California’s Great America Plans to Open Rethemed Section With New Ride
California’s Great America on Thursday announced a new ride and themed section for the park’s 2023 season. What was formerly the Action Zone area of the...
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The Coaster101 Podcast: California’s Great America’s Land is Sold…Now About Those Rides…
We weren’t going to have a podcast this week. Then, the news broke that Cedar Fair had sold the land out from underneath California’s Great America...
Cedar Fair Sells California’s Great America Land; Park to Close by 2033.
Today, Cedar Fair announced it has sold the land at its California’s Great America amusement park and plans to close the park. Cedar Fair elected to...
California’s Great America Announces a New Ride and Events For 2022!
California’s Great America made a surprise announcement that a new ride is opening this Spring. No, it’s not a surprise coaster, but Liberty Twirler, a new scrambler...
Top 10 Most-Missed Coasters from the 1970s
The 1970s were a pivotal time period for roller coasters. Designers pushed the envelope as steel became a more popular track material. Still, the classic wooden...
What Your 2022 Cedar Fair Season Pass Will Cost You
That sound you hear? It’s the return of theme park normalcy (almost, anyway.) After significantly shortened seasons (if even opening at all) in 2020, all of...
8 New Things You’ll Find In California’s Great America When it Opens
California’s Great America is set to re-open to the public on May 22 — with passholder previews May 15 and 16 —after being closed all of...
California’s Great America South Bay Shores Construction Tour
UPDATE: The park announced South Bay Shores will open on June 5! Check out photos from our construction tour below. ? Just announced! South Bay Shores...
So When Will California Theme Parks Start Reopening? What We Know, and What We’re Guessing
Update: We’re adding the dates parks are opening as they announce them below, but also be sure to check our running list of re-opening dates for...
Who Should Be the Next Professional Sports Team to Get Their Own Attraction?
On a recent episode of The Coaster101 Podcast, twitter user @Coaster365 posed an interesting question: “Who do you think will be the next pro sports team to...
20 in 2020: Stealth at California’s Great America
In the year 2000, roller coaster fans finally got to experience something that parks had touted for years but never really achieved: the true feeling of...
South Bay Shores Construction Tour At California’s Great America
Although California’s Great America is closed until 2021, crews are still hard at work on their new, expanded water park: South Bay Shores. Yesterday I had...
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