California's Great America

California's Great America

Location	Santa Clara, California, USA
Status	Operating
Opened	May 20, 1976
Owner	Cedar Fair
General manager	Raul Rehnborg
Previous names	Marriott's Great America (1976–1985) Great America (1985–1992; 2007–2008) Paramount's Great America (1993–2006)
Website	http://cagreatamerica.com
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California's Great America is a Cedar Fair amusement park in Santa Clara, California, USA. It first opened on May 20, 1976 as Marriott's Great America, with a near-identical sister park of the same name (now known as Six Flags Great America) opening nine days later.

History

The park first opened on May 20, 1976 as Marriott's Great America.

The land on which the park sits on was acquired by Cedar Fair for $150 million in June 2019.

Aerial view of the park

On August 4, 2020, the park announced that it would not operate at all in 2020 due to challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

On June 27, 2022, it was announced that California's Great America would be closing within the next decade.

Roller coasters

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Demon	Arrow Dynamics	Sit-Down	May 20, 1976	Operating
Flight Deck	Bolliger & Mabillard	Inverted	March 19, 1993	Operating
Gold Striker	Great Coasters International	Wooden	May 31, 2013	Operating
Grizzly	Curtis D. Summers	Wooden	1986	Operating
Lucy's Crabbie Cabbies	E&F Miler Industries	Kiddie	1999	Operating
Patriot	Bolliger & Mabillard	Floorless	March 9, 1991	Operating
Psycho Mouse	Arrow Dynamics	Wild Mouse	March 24, 2001	Operating
RailBlazer	Rocky Mountain Construction	Single rail	June 14, 2018	Operating
Woodstock Express	Intamin	Kiddie	March 21, 1987	Operating

Past

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Greased Lightnin'	Schwarzkopf	Launched Shuttle	1977	2002	Stored at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Gulf Coaster	Allan Herschell Company	Kiddie	1976	1980	Unknown
Invertigo	Vekoma	Inverted Shuttle	1998	2010	Relocated to Dorney Park
Stealth	Vekoma	Flying	2000	2003	Relocated to Carowinds
Whizzer	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	1976	1988	Scrapped

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Barney Oldfield Speedway	Arrow Dynamics	Track Ride	1976
Berserker	Schwarzkopf	Bayern Kurve	1976
Celebration Swings	Zierer	Waveswinger	2001
Centrifuge	Schwarzkopf	Calypso	1976
Carousel Columbia	Chance Rides	Carousel	1976
Character Carousel	Unknown	Junior Carousel	Unknown
Delirium	Chance Rides	Frisbee	2002
Drop Tower: Scream Zone	Intamin	Drop Tower	1996
Eagle's Flight	Von Roll	Cableway	1976
Flying Ace	Zamperla	Junior Flying Carpet	1999
Flying Eagles	Larson International	Flying Scooters	2002
Kite Eating Tree	S&S Worldwide	Junior Drop Tower	1999
GR8 SK8	Interactive Rides	Sky Skater	2015
Joe Cool's Dodgem School	Unknown	Junior Dodgems	1999
Liberty Twirler	Eli Bridge Company	Scrambler	2022
Orbit	Schwarzkopf	Enterprise	1976
Pacific Gliders	Zamperla	WindstarZ	2023
Peanuts 500	Zamperla	Junior Whip	2015
Peanuts Pirates	HUSS	Breakdance	2003
Pumpkin Patch	SBF Visa Group	Balloon Tower	2003
Rip Roaring Rapids	Intamin	River Rapids	1988
Rue Le Dodge	Soli	Dodgems	1976
Sally's Love Buggies	Preston & Barbieri	Junior Jets	2003
Sally's Swing Set	Zamperla	Junior Waveswinger	Unknown
Snoopy's Space Buggies	Zamperla	Jump Around	2015
Snoopy's Space Race	Barbieri	Junior Jets	1976
Star Tower	Intamin	Observation Tower	1979
Thunder Raceway	J&J Amusements	Go-Karts	2001
Tiki Twirl	Zamperla	Disk'O	2006
Whitewater Falls	Intamin	Shoot The Chute	1990
Xtreme Skyflyer	Sky Fun 1 Inc.	Skycoaster	1997

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Ameri-Go-Round	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	Carousel	1976	1995	Stored - relocated to Woodland Park Zoo
Edge	Intamin	Freefall	1983	1995	Relocated to Beto Carrero World
Firefall	HUSS	Top Spin	2008	2016	Scrapped
H.M.B. Endeavor	Intamin	Ranger	1987	2017	Scrapped
Loggers Run	Arrow Dynamics	Log Flume	1976	2017	Scrapped
Skyhawk	Intamin	Flight Trainer	1989	2000	Unknown
Triple Wheel	Waagner-Biro	Triple-Wheel	1976	1997	Scrapped