{"id":9224,"date":"2022-08-20T01:50:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T01:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/worlds-tallest-indoor-roller-coaster-edmonton-canada\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:04:46","slug":"worlds-tallest-indoor-roller-coaster-edmonton-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/worlds-tallest-indoor-roller-coaster-edmonton-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Things To Do In Edmonton, Canada: Riding The World’s Tallest Indoor Roller Coaster In Canada, Segway Tour and Visiting Distilleries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next morning, after a rather hurried breakfast (I got the timings wrong and we just missed breakfast \u2013 thankfully the kind folk at the Metterra Hotel<\/a> rustled something up for us from the kitchen), we headed off to Downton Edmonton<\/a> to try our hands at something new \u2013 segwaying.<\/p>\n

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I tend to be more of a city-walker (or taxi-er) so I have to admit, I had no idea what to expect when it came to seeing a city via Segway<\/a> (\u2026or about riding one, to be honest).<\/p>\n

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As it turns out, using a segway is so much more fun than I\u2019d imagined (in huge part because of how terrible Lloyd is at it and how much I laughed when he managed to trip up a couple who were riding with us).<\/p>\n

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Thing is, segways rely a lot on balance and a huge element of trust in the thing itself and so, although it can be tricky at the start, it very quickly becomes rather natural to use and turned out to be a very fun (and very effective way) to cover as much ground in the seeing the city as possible within the space of a couple of hours.<\/p>\n

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After our morning of segwaying and breezing through the Canadian winds, we headed off to the Little Brick Caf\u00e9<\/a> for a much needed winter warmer.<\/p>\n

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Lloyd and I went for grilled cheese sandwiches (we\u2019re talking sylvan star gruyere & fig jam) and a chicken stew \u2013 the latter of which totally surprised me as I\u2019m not much of a stew person (*I make a huge exception for delicious Welsh cawl) and I thoroughly enjoyed the chicken stew.<\/p>\n

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The chicken stew was another perfect example of how Edmontonians truly know how to do winter comfort food and even took precedence over the cr\u00e8me brulee, which says a lot as I\u2019m all about desserts (especially cr\u00e8me brulee\u2026 and sticky toffee puddings\u2026 and pannacotta \u2013 fine; any kind of dessert).<\/p>\n

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Lunch over, I dragged Lloyd to West Edmonton Mall. Bear with \u2013 there\u2019s good reason why! I have to admit, when in Edmonton, the last place I really needed to visit was a mall. I\u2019d been so worried about dressing appropriately for Canadian winters before we left London that I\u2019d spent quite a while back in London hunting for the right clothes and gear to do winter properly.<\/p>\n

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I pretty much arrived into Edmonton with a suitcase of new winter clothes (along with some trusted oldies from our trip to Iceland) so I was all-shopped out by the time we were in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

Fantastic as the mall here is for shopping (seriously this place has EVERYTHING \u2013 it\u2019s massive) – our trip to the mall was for other reasons. See, I\u2019d heard there was something of an indoors theme park here called Galaxyland<\/a> which I was pretty keen to check out. (I also heard there was a pretty epic waterpark here \u2013 complete with a beach, which intrigued me far too much to not want to check out).<\/p>\n

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Galaxyland starts off chilled and builds up as you wander through. Before long, I found a ride I really wanted to get on \u2013 a twisty, turning triple loop roller coaster.<\/p>\n

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What I didn\u2019t realise was how high this rollercoaster was and I totally got so surprised once we got on and I realised how high it was. I didn\u2019t even get the time to mentally prepare myself before we zooming through the loops! It was thrilling and terrifying in equal measure \u2013 I sooooo wasn\u2019t expecting that at all.<\/p>\n

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Despite this, I found myself laughing so hard about halfway through once I looked at Lloyd. Lloyd is usually a lot calmer on rollercoasters and as it turns out, he\u2019d also been lured into a false sense of security like I had from this roller coaster being indoors.<\/p>\n

His hair was flying everywhere, his face totally terrified and letting out a banshee-like scream as we rode the roller coaster! It was priceless! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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Needless to say, after the next few rides, we were mentally prepared for the loops and all the other rides at Galaxyland and almost forgot entirely about the waterpark!<\/p>\n

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Leaving the mall, we popped by quickly to check the waterpark out (making a note to return at some point) and headed off to Hansen Distillery<\/a> for a drink and a chance to check out one of Edmonton\u2019s newest brewers.<\/p>\n

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Hansen<\/a> has it roots back in the days of prohibition and that famous American drink (apparently adopted by the Canadians) \u2013 moonshine! The owner\u2019s grandparents used to make their own hooch back in the day and the skills have been passed down from generation to generation to become what now exists in this family owned operation.<\/p>\n

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We started off with a few delicious cocktails \u2013 a Northern Green Card, a Ceasars and a White cranberry cosmo\u2026<\/p>\n

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The sheer amount of time, dedication and even the science that goes into distilling alcohol never ceases to amaze me. It\u2019s something we all drink so flippantly, especially on a night out, yet it\u2019s something that the so much thought (and love) goes into creating even the most subtle of tastes.<\/p>\n

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No distillery tour is complete without a tasting session of course and so we finished off, our session here with a taste of the Hansen Vodka, Moonshine, White rye whisky and Cherry rye whisky before heading back to our hotel in Old Strathcona.<\/p>\n

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Dinner that evening was in a new place called Baijiu<\/a> which is a really fun bar\/restaurant mix and is a really popular place to head out to on a Friday evening.<\/p>\n

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We carried on the day as we\u2019d already started \u2013 with cocktails; before diving into a delicious medley of crispy fried chicken, pulled pork buns, seasoned cabbage, dumplings and sizzling steaks!<\/p>\n

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By the time we decided to call it a night, suffice it to say, we were very well-fed and quite merry! Best way to finish or indeed begin a Friday night!<\/p>\n

(*N.B.: If you\u2019re up for dancing or just more drinks \u2013 Mercer Tavern<\/a> and The Needle Vinyl Tavern<\/a> come very highly recommended by the locals here).<\/p>\n

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