California’s Great America

Description

California’s Great America
California’s Great America is a 100-acre (40 ha) amusement park located in Santa Clara, California. Owned and operated by Cedar Fair, it originally opened as Marriott’s Great America in 1976 as one of two parks built and operated by the Marriott Corporation. The park has appeared in 1994 films Beverly Hills Cop III and Getting Even with Dad and features over 40 rides and attractions. One of its most notable attractions, Gold Striker, has been featured as a top-ranked wooden roller coaster in Amusement Today’s annual Golden Ticket Awards publication.






DROP TOWER

Experience the rush of gravity as you descend 22 stories in less than four seconds on Drop Tower, one of the tallest and most intense free-fall rides in the world. Hold on tight!

DEMON COASTER

Experience stomach-churning airtime, harrowing vertical loops, a double corkscrew and a dive through the Demon’s dark lair on California’s Great America’s classic steel coaster, Demon. As one of the park’s first roller coasters, Demon has been thrilling guests for decades. Will you be brave enough to conquer the Demon?

FLIGHT DECK RIDE

It’s time to take off on Flight Deck, the incredible suspended jet coaster. Soar through a 360-degree vertical loop, two 270-degree afterburn turns, a full-circle wingover and a zero gravity roll. If that’s not enough, you take this 50-mile-per-hour flight in a floorless coach, suspended below the coaster’s steel track.






PSYCHO MOUSE RIDE

Get ready to drop, twist, bank and curl on Northern California’s ultimate family coaster – Psycho Mouse. You’ll enjoy chasing this mouse through tight hairpin curves and thrilling camelback hills. This rude rodent features 14 crazy twists and turns along 1,257 feet of track.

Snoopy’s Space Buggies

Snoopy’s Space Buggies lifts astronauts into the air for a gravity defying lunar landing.

JACKAROO LANDING
A complete Australian adventure that lets kids discover a multi-level water fortress of seven family slides connected by bridges, passageways and rope ladders. Watch out for water jets and a huge bucket of water that tips when it fills to the top!

DOWN UNDER THUNDER

The first of its kind in the West, this slide is an unforgettable water adventure! Ride a two-person tube down a chute, and then glide back up a nearly vertical wall before coasting toward the ground.





KOOKABURRA CAY

Little blokes and sheilas will splish and splash in this “spray-ground” of interactive fountains and water activities.

Visit the official California’s Great America website for complete details,www.cagreatamerica.com/