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Demon
Steel Looper at California's Great America, Santa Clara, California. Opened 1976.
- Height
- 102 ft
- Drop
- 90 ft
- Top speed
- 50 mph
- Length
- 2,130 ft
- Inversions
- 4
- Ride time
- 1 min 45 s
- Designer
- Arrow Dynamics
Demon is a steel looping roller coaster at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California, and one of the park's original rides. It was built by Arrow Dynamics as a custom looping coaster. RCDB gives a height of 102 feet, a drop of 90 feet, a top speed of 50 mph, a track length of 2,130 feet and four inversions: a 70-foot loop, a 55-foot loop and a double corkscrew. The ride lasts 1 minute 45 seconds and passes through two tunnels, including a dive into a dark cave. Riders must be at least 48 inches tall.
History
The coaster opened with the park in 1976 as Turn of the Century, a corkscrew coaster. In 1980 the park added the two vertical loops and the cave, painted the track black and rethemed the ride as Demon.
Sources
- sixflags.com/cagreatamerica/attractions/demon (Park page: Demon, steel coaster with vertical loops, a double corkscrew and a dive through a dark cave; introduced 1976 as Turn of the Century; loops and cave added 1980; 48-inch minimum height.)
- rcdb.com/76.htm (RCDB: Demon, California's Great America, operating; Arrow Dynamics custom looping coaster; length 2,130 ft, height 102 ft, drop 90 ft, 50 mph, 4 inversions, duration 1:45; 70 ft loop, 55 ft loop, two tunnels, 35 ft double corkscrew; former name Turn of the Century; opened 1976 with two corkscrews, loops added and Demon theme in 1980.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_Great_America (Current coasters: Demon, 1976, Arrow Dynamics, originally Turn of the Century.)
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