Negative-G - La Ronde - Le Monstre Showdown 2014

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The Le Monstre Rollercoaster at La Ronde, Montreal, Quebec

The big ride that I was looking forward to at La Ronde is this giant coaster that hovers over a large portion of La Ronde's east end.

Le Monstre is a twin tracked racing/dueling coaster that has been "the ride" at la Ronde since 1985.

One of the big things attendees at Le Monstre Showdown were given was a behind the scenes tour of Le Monstre.

All of us headed deep into Le Monstre's structure to check out this ride.

Le Monstre has an elongated figure 8 layout that its two tracks work their way around. At both ends of the ride are a bowl section of track for the rides helices and these chains connected to a central pole help reduce lateral strain on the structure.