Americana (Kings Dominion)

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Americana

Kings Dominion
Location	Doswell, Virginia, USA
Coordinates	37°50′15″N 77°26′42″W / 37.837458°N 77.445086°W / 37.837458; -77.445086
Status	Operating since April 4, 2009
Rider height	48 inch unaccompanied

Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom
Location	Aurora, Ohio, USA
Coordinates	41°21′04″N 81°22′37″W / 41.351223°N 81.376925°W / 41.351223; -81.376925
Operated	1999 to September 16, 2007

Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park
Location	Thorntown, Indiana, USA
Operated	unknown to August 11, 1996

Statistics

Manufacturer

Chance Rides

Product

Wheel

Type

Ferris Wheel

Height

110 feet

Americana is a Ferris Wheel built by US manufacturer Chance Rides currently located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, USA.

History

The ride opened in 1999 at Geauga Lake and was called Giant Wheel.^[1] It would be later renamed Americana. After the 2007 season, Cedar Fair announced that the amusement park side of Geauga Lake would not reopen for the 2008 season.^[2] Americana was subsequently dismantled and sent to Kings Dominion, where it reopened on April 4, 2009.^[3]