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Patriot
Steel Floorless at California's Great America, Santa Clara, California. Opened 1991.
- Height
- 91 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 45 mph
- Length
- 1,920 ft
- Inversions
- 2
- Ride time
- 2 min 14 s
- Designer
- Bolliger & Mabillard
This coaster opened in 1991 as Vortex, a stand-up coaster. For the 2017 season it was given floorless sit-down trains and renamed Patriot.
Sources
- sixflags.com/cagreatamerica/attractions/patriot (Park page: Patriot, the park's first floorless coaster, replaced the Vortex stand-up coaster; 91 ft, 45 mph; 360-degree loop; introduced 2017; 54-inch minimum, 78-inch maximum height.)
- rcdb.com/79.htm (RCDB: Patriot, California's Great America, operating; B&M stand-up coaster model, now floorless sit-down; length 1,920 ft, height 91 ft, 45 mph, 2 inversions, duration 2:14; loop and corkscrew; former name Vortex; new floorless trains and the Patriot name for 2017.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_Great_America (Patriot, 1991 (2017), B&M floorless, originally Vortex; Vortex opened March 9, 1991.)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.