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Santa Clara, United States
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Riders sit in one of six gondolas arranged on tracks around the tower. A catch car latches onto the top each gondola and is winched to the top.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Drop Tower
California's Great America
Drop Tower does what it says on the tin.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Drop Tower
California's Great America
Riders straddle a saddle (Similar to a motorbike) with a front chest guard, and a pad on an arm flips up from the floor and holds them in by pressing on their back.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Tiki Twirl
California's Great America
The track curves up to elevated dead ends at each end, with a camel hump in the middle.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Tiki Twirl
California's Great America
Queue line theming.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Tiki Twirl
California's Great America
The main entrance.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Tiki Twirl
California's Great America
Tiki Twirl is a Disk'o "Coaster". It spins around whilst gliding along a short length of roller coaster style track.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Tiki Twirl
California's Great America
Barney Oldfield Speedway is a typical vintage car ride.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Barney Oldfield Speedway
California's Great America
Technically speaking, the ride is known as an Intamin "Looping Starship".
by Gazza, 9 years ago
HMB Endeavour
California's Great America
In the loading position.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
HMB Endeavour
California's Great America
Centrifuge is a rather fast rotating flat ride.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Centrifuge
California's Great America
This New Orleans inspired ride building houses the bumper cars.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Rue Le Dodge
California's Great America
Rue Le Dodge = Auto-tamponneuse.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Rue Le Dodge
California's Great America
Carousel Columbia is a rare example of a double decker carousel.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Carousel Colmbia
California's Great America
Clutches at the pivot points on the gondola allow it to be locked in position to hold riders parallel with the arms. When the clutch is released the gondola can swing freely, and sometimes flip depending on ride programming.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
FireFall
California's Great America
In the loading position.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
FireFall
California's Great America
FireFall holds a swinging gondola between two arms, flips riders, and occasionally dunks them into the line of fountains.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
FireFall
California's Great America
Berserker is one of the few remaining Schwarzkopf "Bayern Kurve". Essentially a train of "bobsleds" is powered by an electric rail and speeds around the circular track.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Berserker
California's Great America
Orbit is a common Enterprise type ride.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Orbit
California's Great America
From above.
by Gazza, 9 years ago
Flying Eagles
California's Great America
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