Top 15 Rides at California's Great America

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  • @JohnSmith-mt3wf
    @JohnSmith-mt3wf 2 роки тому +30

    Honestly, it sucks that gold striker will probably get scrapped. However, I think it is reasonable for cedar fair to clone the layout and reuse some of the mechanical parts and trains, and kind of relocate gold striker that way. This could possibly resemble what Bay Beach did with zippin pippin.

    • @micoasters
      @micoasters 2 роки тому +1

      For those who don’t know zippin pippin used the old lift motor and trains from the thunder eagle in pigeon forge

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      It's possible.

  • @diegolopez5617
    @diegolopez5617 3 місяці тому +2

    Love front seat railblazer and holding on to the handlebars lol

  • @johnpolese6575
    @johnpolese6575 Рік тому +14

    This was my home park between 2016-2021. Sad to see it go. I remember this park thriving attendance-wise in 2018-2019, the first full year Railblazer started operating. But I think the pandemic really killed the momentum this park was building. It’s a very expensive area and as a result it became hard to find staffing, especially post-pandemic.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  Рік тому +2

      It's a bummer this park was sold for the land.

    • @frozenuruguayball6436
      @frozenuruguayball6436 Рік тому

      I doubt the park will close. The land is zoned for theme park land by the city and the park brings in tourism so I doubt the city will sit their and let it close, it’s not gonna go away without a fight

  • @cskillet2003
    @cskillet2003 Рік тому +5

    The Grizzly was kind of boring but made up for the length of time you got to spend on the ride. The Demon makes your head hit the side of the restraints. Top gun was my favorite. I still remember the Tidal Wave... good times. I was at the park the day Drop Zone opened, and unfortunately, the day someone fell out of the restraints and died. This is a great park and it's sad to hear that it's going to be shut down... That real estate is going to go for top dollar.

  • @ThatGuy3DPrintz
    @ThatGuy3DPrintz Рік тому +4

    Finally, a person who’s tier list I actually agree with! Nice video! +1 Subscriber! My after school program is going there soon and I’m soooooo hyped!

  • @murderslime2kyessir740
    @murderslime2kyessir740 Рік тому +2

    Growing up and born in mountain view this was my spot all teen and as kid, loved it, will definitely go one more time, Halloween haunt 2021 was last time i went

  • @michaelpatten315
    @michaelpatten315 2 роки тому +61

    I didn't realize they had more than 15 rides lol

  • @gilbertceballos8674
    @gilbertceballos8674 Рік тому +2

    This park is on my to-do list this summer!

  • @ndelli23
    @ndelli23 2 роки тому +1

    Yo I love that you don’t really post POV footage in these videos. I love hearing your reviews and opinions and I also like keeping some mystery for rides I hope to ride.

  • @josecastro2332
    @josecastro2332 2 роки тому +7

    I'm surprised Orbit wasn't on the list. That ride is a top 5 for me. I do miss the Endeavor. It was such a hangtime machine. It actually had a great setting but sadly rarely had a line. Even on busier days.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому +2

      Orbit is just ok for me. Love the light package though!

    • @aquaberryshark5798
      @aquaberryshark5798 Рік тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @thedinogamer_fn3073
      @thedinogamer_fn3073 Рік тому +1

      I once rode orbiter 4 consecutive times, they didn’t make me get off as there was no line, my head has never spun so much

  • @AnnPheobeAnn
    @AnnPheobeAnn 2 роки тому +2

    What about the Edge? I was there when it first opened. Great ride. Got lots of $$ off ride from previous riders. The hovering coin on your knee when ride first drops was great to show other riders. Memories...

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I like Demon Drop, which is the same ride. Would've placed highly.

  • @sfGiantsboi03
    @sfGiantsboi03 Рік тому +4

    Man, they need a bill to pass to keep this open.. this place was my childhood.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  Рік тому

      I hope it stays open.

    • @frozenuruguayball6436
      @frozenuruguayball6436 Рік тому +1

      Santa Clara had the land zoned for theme park land and the park is a draw in for tourism and the city isn’t gonna let it go without a fight

  • @giothed00d
    @giothed00d Рік тому +8

    Real ones still call it “Top Gun”

  • @marcocampos2332
    @marcocampos2332 Рік тому +4

    They have over 40 rides and Santa Cruz beach boradwalk has 35 rides

  • @SlimFury
    @SlimFury 3 місяці тому

    My list
    1 Flight Deck, it may be a short ride, but it packs a punch. Shout out to the crew who gave the train I was on a double ride at the end of the day after we all shouted one more ride.
    2 Railblazer, this is an aggressive ride in all the best ways
    3 Gold Striker, I always love wood coasters with twisted layouts, plus this one is very aggressive.
    4 Drop Tower, you lose your stomach on this
    5 Delirium, these are always fun rides
    6 Mission Falls, this was my first experience with this type of waterslide, and it was a fun experience
    7 Rue le Dodge, these bumper cars had more power than I expected
    8 Star Tower, the views of the surrounding area are wonderful.

  • @ScottyMania313
    @ScottyMania313 2 роки тому +1

    In your opinion, how many of the rides here will moved to new parks by 2034? I know you are a sports fan, maybe a video of a Cedar Fair Draft of all the park in the chain drafting rides from here that their parks lack?
    I really hope Michigan's Adventure gets multiple picks in the Top Ten 🤞
    Solid list. The western themed Bayern Curve looks unique, but it looks compact and less speedy than the other(s). This flat piques my curiosities. Great video as always!

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      Not sure. I don't know how many flats will be saved since some were older.

  • @WarDaddy66
    @WarDaddy66 6 місяців тому +2

    Man I came here to remember top gun just to find out it’s called flight deck now

  • @clairefunnell8481
    @clairefunnell8481 2 роки тому

    I'd visit if I could. Good rides. I like Rail blazer. Such a great looking ride.

  • @SarBChild
    @SarBChild 2 роки тому +1

    Great countdown. Really sad that it’s gonna close after all these years.

  • @greer776611
    @greer776611 Рік тому +1

    The Revolution was a badass ride!

  • @maxhagenauer24
    @maxhagenauer24 Рік тому +6

    The collection really is pretty nice, they are definitely missing that big stand out hyper or launch coaster and I know they won't get one as this park is about to go😢 . Patriot looks underated, Demon as well looks underated, Flight Deck looks really good. Then you have a crazy RMC and GCI!

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  Рік тому +2

      It's a shame they never got Megabyte like originally planned.

  • @aldoparise1224
    @aldoparise1224 2 роки тому +2

    I loved HMB Endeavour. Then again the Intamin Looping Starship is my most favourite flat ride.
    I have no idea if it was scrapped after it was removed.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      Probably was due to age.

    • @josecastro2332
      @josecastro2332 2 роки тому

      It was scrapped unfortunately. It also rarely had a line but man. The hangtime on it was AMAZING.

    • @aldoparise1224
      @aldoparise1224 2 роки тому

      Are there any photos of it being scrapped?

  • @aggiesjc
    @aggiesjc 7 місяців тому

    I never rode the Turn of the Century, but have heard that the hills they removed to include the loops when it became the Demon were really good airtime hills.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  7 місяців тому

      I imagine they rode like hills on Corkscrew at Cedar Point.

  • @Greenkai3000
    @Greenkai3000 18 днів тому +1

    I grew up in the Bay Area . Going to Great America was a yearly tradition for my friends and I. We were fortunate enough to ride Stealth when it first open. It was the greatest coaster there, util I got to ride Flying Dinosaur at Universal Studios Japan. It's far more superior clone.

  • @tailsthemile7609
    @tailsthemile7609 Місяць тому

    3:30 RIP FireFall it got removed from great American. When I was a kid I saw that ride and now it gone removed at October 30, 2016 the new is Liberty Twirler

  • @thisguy_w0n
    @thisguy_w0n 2 роки тому +1

    Great countdown and video. Id personally swap places between Demon with Patriot. The Demon has much more fun forces. And better operations. I usually just ignore Patriot when I visit. It's a slow ride with weak forces, and weak slow operations.
    And I definitely rank Goldstriker higher than Railblazer. Goldstrikers line moves faster, the ride is more reliable and it's like 3x as long. Plus 4g+s on a woodie is great. Yeah Railblazer is amazing in the back row, but it's over in 30 seconds or less.

  • @mateoalvira7826
    @mateoalvira7826 Рік тому

    Canobie Coaster would say:
    The elements are comically drawn out and free of any airtime or laterals. Between a wooden coaster without any airtime and a wooden coaster with airtime, what would you prefer, without airtime or with airtime?

  • @ClaireCrosbys
    @ClaireCrosbys Рік тому

    Yup! I already went there

  • @wakcedout
    @wakcedout Місяць тому

    Well here’s a bit of interesting thought with the six flags cedar fair merger, for the final years of this parks life it will be under the same banner as its sister park again.
    So in an odd way things for the two great Americas have come full circle. Despite the only two similarities between the two are the carasels and the towers. Oh and seeing it they also have demon in common.
    So this one fades but its sister park will live on with the same name. I’m lucky to be near its sister park.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  Місяць тому

      It is funny they're in the same chain again.

  • @paulanderson5356
    @paulanderson5356 2 роки тому +1

    Do you think the legal issues between Cedar Fair and the 49ers led to the sale of Great America?

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I think the land value and construction costs for new rides was a bigger issue.

  • @WraptorRangler
    @WraptorRangler Рік тому +1

    Don't bury a body just yet boss, wouldn't be the first time the park's supposedly being put down

  • @DavidPerez-zm8pe
    @DavidPerez-zm8pe Рік тому +1

    What is the ticket price?

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  Рік тому

      I visited with a season pass, but I believe daily admission is $50-60 if bought online.

  • @openlybookish
    @openlybookish Рік тому +1

    Top Gun, The Revolution, Fiddlers Fling, Superman

  • @aggiesjc
    @aggiesjc 7 місяців тому

    I can't believe the Grizzly could ever be considered smooth. Maybe they smoothed it out since I rode it, but it was a chiropractor's dream.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  7 місяців тому +1

      I found it boring more than rough.

  • @Muses11
    @Muses11 5 місяців тому +1

    Where is top gun?

  • @mateoalvira7826
    @mateoalvira7826 Рік тому

    What do you think about:
    Grizzly at California's Great America
    Wilde Beast at Canada's Wonderland
    Mighty Canadian Minebuster at Canada's Wonderland
    Bandit at Movie Park Germany
    Coaster Express at parque warner Madrid

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  Рік тому

      Wilde Beast is ok. The others aren't all that great.

  • @ClaireCrosbys
    @ClaireCrosbys Рік тому +1

    Why is great America closing 2033?

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  Рік тому

      It's not closing this year, but it will in the next decade. The land was sold.

    • @ClaireCrosbys
      @ClaireCrosbys Рік тому

      @@CanobieCoaster what will happen after it closed?

  • @CaliforniaCapitalRefuse
    @CaliforniaCapitalRefuse Рік тому

    railblazer was the first ride i went on on my school trip... i was shitting bricks

  • @marchingbandtakemebythehan1887
    @marchingbandtakemebythehan1887 2 роки тому

    I think the reason those scooters felt like Bisch Rocco scooters, is because they are bisch rocco! you can tell by the triangle base.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      Interesting, when I looked it up, it said Larson.

  • @Monica-q9k
    @Monica-q9k 2 місяці тому

    I went on every ride and the scariest one in my opinion was in vertigo, but now it’s not here with us now that it got place with rail blazer

  • @magaligarcia4402
    @magaligarcia4402 26 днів тому

    I was here 1 day ago it was so fun my fav was gold striker I prob spelled it wrong

  • @TheGr8Godfather
    @TheGr8Godfather Рік тому

    I guess y’all gotta make a new one 😂

  • @TheGreatestBoxing7
    @TheGreatestBoxing7 3 місяці тому

    Why is star tower higher than grizzly and the mouse ride?

  • @steveperry1344
    @steveperry1344 Рік тому

    i worked as a lineman for the power company my whole life. we had to climb poles and work out of bucket trucks and work on live wires up to 25,000 volts everyday and had no fear of it but i can't do coasters yet my wife can.

  • @mitchellries256
    @mitchellries256 2 роки тому

    I am still staying optimistic that they're could be hope for this park but just to be safe I have to get there quickly. I wanted to get there sooner but I was waiting for them to expand their waterpark to what it is now because it had been over a decade since they added something to that area and it didn't look that impressive at the time.

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 роки тому

      I wanted to go sooner in case Cedar Fair starts ripping rides out.

  • @HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od
    @HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od 8 місяців тому +1

    If I'm Being Honest I Think Only The Wild Mouse Lucy's Crabbie Cabbies And Railblazer Are Getting Save I Think Everything Else Will Be Scrapped Disappointingly

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  8 місяців тому

      I hope the park remains, but if it doesn't, it'll be interesting what gets saved.

  • @johnyseimah229
    @johnyseimah229 2 роки тому

    holy shit that train on trailblazer is moving fast😲😲

  • @mateoalvira7826
    @mateoalvira7826 Рік тому

    Grizzly at California's Great America

  • @jiefenglin1323
    @jiefenglin1323 Рік тому

    My class in summerschool, went there not a long time ago and I had a friend named Ethan and he went on railblazer with everyone else well not everyone. He said went it went straight down he was like this is so boring

  • @ThrillsofColdplay
    @ThrillsofColdplay 2 роки тому +1

    Nighthawk looked cooler as Stealth

  • @AnnPheobeAnn
    @AnnPheobeAnn 2 роки тому +1

    Beware of the Demon...

  • @NorCalCoasterMedia
    @NorCalCoasterMedia 2 роки тому

    Not a fan of centrifuge?

  • @Monica-q9k
    @Monica-q9k 2 місяці тому

    If there was a chance, I will choose vertigo over real blazer

  • @ryandenardo1427
    @ryandenardo1427 11 місяців тому

    The Revolution🚢

  • @jtwoolley
    @jtwoolley 3 місяці тому

    flight deck is wicked

  • @captainAlex258
    @captainAlex258 4 місяці тому

    so 10 years from now they will close? well serves them right for having an underwhelming ride that doesnt feel like a ride at all, yeah I'm looking at u mass effect with ur layoffs

  • @dytamic
    @dytamic 2 роки тому

    did u know that gr8 sk8 is actually the same ride as that one in Las Vegas on the stratosphere?
    im gonna be in Vegas this weekend if you couldnt tell

  • @Redbean2146
    @Redbean2146 Рік тому

    This is a Lagoon not America's greatest

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  11 місяців тому

      It's a fun park. There are better though.

  • @RyuListen
    @RyuListen 2 місяці тому

    I was here a week ago

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  2 місяці тому

      Nice!

    • @RyuListen
      @RyuListen 2 місяці тому

      ​@CanobieCoaster my favorite is the blu one the patriot I think

  • @magaligarcia4402
    @magaligarcia4402 26 днів тому

    Or my fav fav was fly deck

  • @JlinayaoKidsieuLol
    @JlinayaoKidsieuLol 8 місяців тому

    I got on gold striker two times

  • @jiekoigijgjfjrnjfbfjfjfng9765

    YOU. MISS KITE EATING TREE

  • @nelsonbermudez8273
    @nelsonbermudez8273 6 місяців тому

    Wonder World

  • @Ginger30161
    @Ginger30161 Рік тому

    Popular theme park? Umm, no.

  • @Theyes89638
    @Theyes89638 4 місяці тому

    Am I skibidi toilet DOP DOP DOP in the Ohio land but skibidi toilet is not sigma 😡

  • @magaligarcia4402
    @magaligarcia4402 26 днів тому

    I msnt flight

  • @Theyes89638
    @Theyes89638 4 місяці тому

    A Iiisii

  • @cliquet3scliquet3s96
    @cliquet3scliquet3s96 Рік тому

    I know a video starting with a bunch of rough wooden coasters that said:
    Hades 360?

    • @CanobieCoaster
      @CanobieCoaster  Рік тому

      Hades 360 is very rough, but the layout is good.

  • @cliquet3scliquet3s96
    @cliquet3scliquet3s96 Рік тому

    What do you think about grizzly?
    What do you think about patriot?
    What do you think about demon?

  • @cliquet3scliquet3s96
    @cliquet3scliquet3s96 Рік тому

    Grizzly, Wilde Beast and Mighty Canadian Minebuster?

  • @cliquet3scliquet3s96
    @cliquet3scliquet3s96 Рік тому

    Bandit?

  • @cliquet3scliquet3s96
    @cliquet3scliquet3s96 Рік тому

    Predator and Zeus?