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Grizzly
Wood Out-and-Back at California's Great America, Santa Clara, California. Opened 1986.
- Height
- 91 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 55 mph
- Length
- 3,250 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 2 min 40 s
- Designer
- Curtis D. Summers
Grizzly is a wooden roller coaster at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. RCDB notes that it is based on the design of the Wildcat at Coney Island, and Wikipedia describes it as a double out-and-back coaster. RCDB gives a height of 91 feet, a top speed of 55 mph, a track length of 3,250 feet and a ride time of 2 minutes 40 seconds, with trains of seven cars that seat 28 riders. It has a chain lift hill and no inversions.
History
Grizzly opened on March 15, 1986, during the years when the city of Santa Clara owned the park and Kings Entertainment managed it. Wikipedia credits its design to Curtis D. Summers. It is a different ride from Grizzly at Kings Dominion in Virginia, which has its own page.
Sources
- rcdb.com/77.htm (RCDB: Grizzly, California's Great America, operating; wood; length 3,250 ft, height 91 ft, 55 mph, 0 inversions, duration 2:40; chain lift; 7 cars, 28 riders per train; based on the Coney Island Wildcat design.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_Great_America (Current coasters: The Grizzly, 1986, Curtis D. Summers, wooden double out-and-back; timeline: 1986 The Grizzly (March 15); city of Santa Clara owner and Kings Entertainment manager from 1985.)
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