Celebration Swings

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Celebration Swings

California's Great America
Location	Santa Clara, California, USA
Coordinates	37°23′48″N 121°58′27″W / 37.396765°N 121.974066°W / 37.396765; -121.974066
Status	Operating since 2001
Rider height	48 inch minimum

Paramount's Carowinds
Name	Whirling Dervish
Location	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Operated	March 24, 1979 to 2000

Statistics

Manufacturer

Zierer

Product

Wave Swinger

Capacity

48 per cycle

Celebration Swings is a Waveswinger built by German manufacturer Zierer currently located at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California, USA.

History

The attraction opened as Whirling Dervish on March 24, 1979 with the new County Fair themed area at Carowinds.^[1] It closed in 2000 and was sent to Paramount's Great America, where it reopened in 2001.^[2]

References

↑ Lose, Jan (March 23, 1979). "Carowinds Has New Area, More Rides". The Charlotte Observer. p. 36. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
↑ "Paramount's Great America Adds Psycho Mouse Coaster". Ultimate Rollercoaster.

Present

Coasters

Demon Flight Deck Gold Striker Grizzly Lucy's Crabbie Cabbies Patriot Psycho Mouse RailBlazer Woodstock Express

Water slides

Barracuda Feeding Frenzy Shark Reef Plunge

Former

Coasters

Greased Lightnin'Gulf Coaster Invertigo Stealth Whizzer

Attractions

Ameri-Go-Round Edge Firefall H.M.B. Endeavor Lobster Loggers Run Skyhawk Triple Play Triple Wheel Yankee Clipper

Present

Coasters

Afterburn Carolina Cyclone Carolina Goldrusher Copperhead Strike Flying Cobras Fury 325 Hurler Kiddy Hawk Ricochet Snoopy's Racing Railway Thunder Striker Vortex Wilderness Run Woodstock Express

Former

Coasters

Flying Super Saturator Nighthawk Thunder Road White Lightnin'

[1] Lose, Jan (March 23, 1979). "Carowinds Has New Area, More Rides". The Charlotte Observer. p. 36. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[2] "Paramount's Great America Adds Psycho Mouse Coaster". Ultimate Rollercoaster.

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