A long fountain stretches the full length of the street, leading to a man-made mountain that features a dive show.

In early promotions, International Street was billed as "a feast of cultures, rich and satisfying", featuring foods not often found in theme parks, like shrimp, paella, and smoked sausage.

[2] Over the years, retail outlets have moved to more generic kinds of merchandise and well-known Canadian fast food formats.

The bed is empty during the park's first weeks of being open and is replaced with a faux graveyard during the autumn for Halloween Haunt.

A pathway structure, modeled to look like an arch bridge, contained (as of 1982) a computer that controlled the fountain's 93 pneumatic valves and nozzles and its 504 red, white, and turquoise lights.

"[3] It recounted a "forlorn looking person" stopping a security guard outside a set of Latin themed washrooms, asking "Am I a Damas or Caballeros?

"[3] In 2011, the entire street was lit up with 300,000 lights for the nighttime show Starlight Spectacular, featuring animated effects projected on to Wonder Mountain.

[14] In 2003, metal detectors were added to the gates and security was doubled after a person was killed in a shooting during a crowded Mother's Day.

[15] According to a report titled "Maple Theme Park", provided to the municipal government by Canada's Wonderland Ltd. in 1979, the Alpine Building was intended to provide: "Camera and film shop (rentals and service), glass blower, glass cutter, china shop, European arts and crafts, Christmas decorations.

The Alphorn Delikatessen offered a breakfast platter, Knackwurst, Bavarian sandwiches, and salads; Eis featured fresh fruit and ice cream covered in chocolate.

[10] In 1989, the Photo Shop advertised "Products by Kodak", and the western end of the unit, towards the entrance to Medieval Faire, was simply called Alphorn.

[18] The 1979 "Maple Theme Park" report listed plans for: "Tobacco shop (cigarettes, cigars, accessories), camera corner, hand-crafted wearing apparel (jewellery and decorative gifts, Latin American and South America), pottery, plants and baskets (Mexico), giant paper flowers, Spanish dolls.

[10] Collectively, a 1982 park brochure described a selection of "Mexican leather belts, malachite statues, sombreros, woven baskets".

[18] Based on architecture of the European countries at the Mediterranean Sea, the 1979 planning report for the park suggested it would be home to a shirt and sweater store with the option for screen printed customization, a shop of hats featuring Hanna Barbera characters, a magic and novelty shop, and a store of Mediterranean decorative gifts and jewellery.

[10] Calling it a "teenager's delight", a publication on the park remarked on the selling of "the most outrageous candles in the world—hot dogs with relish, banana split ..."[2] Pizza was offered for $1 or less per slice, but the Toronto Star deemed the machine-stretched dough "perhaps too cookie-like," in spite of ample cheese and spicy sauce.

It was remodeled as if it were a Star Trek film studio set, and The Painted Shop (the unit closest to the Grand Exposition entry) served as a "backstage area", where "Paramount branded clothing and other movie related paraphernalia" were sold.

[22] Gradually, the themed merchandise faded into more general content, and in 2005, maps referred to it solely as the Studio Store.

), toy shop (dolls of all nations, Hanna Barbera children's clothing, plush animals, miniatures), hobbies, books, records.

[7] Wonder Mountain is a steel structure, its meshing covered in autumn 1980 with three layers of gunnite, a special type of cement that was later roughened to make it look like rock.

This water helped cool the park's air conditioning units, stored in a 30 by 12-metre (100 by 40-foot) room inside the mountain.

Park publicist Mike Filey suggested in July 1980 that it might be named after Canadian-born Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook.

[2] As of 2013, Canada's Wonderland operates two regular shows on Wonder Mountain, "Victoria Falls High Divers" and "Starlight Spectacular".

[36] Diver Rodney Joyce from Scarborough, Ontario, aged 18, drowned in a slow whirlpool effect in the pond below the waterfall on Victoria Day weekend in 1988.

[39] A nearby life ring had been tied to a tree using three knots and was only equipped with 6 metres (20 feet) of rope, not enough to reach the middle of the pool.

[41] Not only was there no statement about pool dangers on record, but the supervisor for the previous three years denied that anyone in their department had expressed concern.

[1] Hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky also appeared as a special guest, helping to raise the Canadian flag[44] on the bridge near the waterfall.

[35] In 1991, a couple were married on International Street, after winning a contest held by Q107 in conjunction with A Bedrock Wedding (a one-time show in which Fred and Wilma renewed their vows), on The Flintstones′ 50th anniversary.

[45] "Snuggled against the base of the mountain,"[35] the covered amphitheatre seats 3500, and in early years could hold an additional 3000 on the hills in behind.

[48] As well as shows produced by the park, the facility has hosted various outside events, including Toronto Maple Leafs autograph signings, the National Aerobic Championships,[49] YTV Festival of Friends (a benefit concert videotape for Kids Help Phone),[50] the season finales of The Next Star, and concerts by The Nylons,[51] East 17,[52] Chantal Kreviazuk, Ashley MacIsaac, and Colin James.