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 |
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.[1]

On August 4, 2020, the park announced that it would not operate at all in 2020 due to challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic.[2]
On June 27, 2022, it was announced that California's Great America would be closing within the next decade.[3]
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
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 |
References
- ↑ "Cedar Fair's Purchase of California's Great America is Official + 2020 Construction Is Underway". NewsPlusNotes. http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2019/06/cedar-fairs-purchase-of-californias.html.
- ↑ "A Message from Manny Gonzalez, Vice President & General Manager of California's Great America". California's Great America. https://web.archive.org/web/20200806202124/https://www.cagreatamerica.com/park-update.
- ↑ "Great America might close in six years after developer buys land under Santa Clara park". https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/06/27/great-america-santa-clara-buy-develop-park-close-real-estate-covid/.
Cedar Fair | Amusement parks operated by|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current | |||||||||
Former |