Honestly, it sucks that gold striker will probably get scrapped. However, I think it is reasonable for cedar fair to clone the layout and reuse some of the mechanical parts and trains, and kind of relocate gold striker that way. This could possibly resemble what Bay Beach did with zippin pippin.
Yo I love that you don’t really post POV footage in these videos. I love hearing your reviews and opinions and I also like keeping some mystery for rides I hope to ride.
This was my home park between 2016-2021. Sad to see it go. I remember this park thriving attendance-wise in 2018-2019, the first full year Railblazer started operating. But I think the pandemic really killed the momentum this park was building. It’s a very expensive area and as a result it became hard to find staffing, especially post-pandemic.
I doubt the park will close. The land is zoned for theme park land by the city and the park brings in tourism so I doubt the city will sit their and let it close, it’s not gonna go away without a fight
Growing up and born in mountain view this was my spot all teen and as kid, loved it, will definitely go one more time, Halloween haunt 2021 was last time i went
3:30 RIP FireFall it got removed from great American. When I was a kid I saw that ride and now it gone removed at October 30, 2016 the new is Liberty Twirler
Canobie Coaster would say: The elements are comically drawn out and free of any airtime or laterals. Between a wooden coaster without any airtime and a wooden coaster with airtime, what would you prefer, without airtime or with airtime?
I can't relate to this version of Great America as my years spent there were during the Marriot/Paramount years in the late 80's to mid 90's. Back then they had The Edge, Tidal Wave, Loggers Run AND Yankee Clipper. Sky Whirl, Bottoms Up, Triple Play. H.M.B. Endeavor was called The Revolution, Flight Deck was Top Gun, Centrifuge was Fiddler's Fling, and Patriot was The Vortex. Also, it had a Railroad, IMAX theater, and the Great America Theater had an ice skating show. Those were the days.
What about the Edge? I was there when it first opened. Great ride. Got lots of $$ off ride from previous riders. The hovering coin on your knee when ride first drops was great to show other riders. Memories...
I'm surprised Orbit wasn't on the list. That ride is a top 5 for me. I do miss the Endeavor. It was such a hangtime machine. It actually had a great setting but sadly rarely had a line. Even on busier days.
My list 1 Flight Deck, it may be a short ride, but it packs a punch. Shout out to the crew who gave the train I was on a double ride at the end of the day after we all shouted one more ride. 2 Railblazer, this is an aggressive ride in all the best ways 3 Gold Striker, I always love wood coasters with twisted layouts, plus this one is very aggressive. 4 Drop Tower, you lose your stomach on this 5 Delirium, these are always fun rides 6 Mission Falls, this was my first experience with this type of waterslide, and it was a fun experience 7 Rue le Dodge, these bumper cars had more power than I expected 8 Star Tower, the views of the surrounding area are wonderful.
The Grizzly was kind of boring but made up for the length of time you got to spend on the ride. The Demon makes your head hit the side of the restraints. Top gun was my favorite. I still remember the Tidal Wave... good times. I was at the park the day Drop Zone opened, and unfortunately, the day someone fell out of the restraints and died. This is a great park and it's sad to hear that it's going to be shut down... That real estate is going to go for top dollar.
I never rode the Turn of the Century, but have heard that the hills they removed to include the loops when it became the Demon were really good airtime hills.
In your opinion, how many of the rides here will moved to new parks by 2034? I know you are a sports fan, maybe a video of a Cedar Fair Draft of all the park in the chain drafting rides from here that their parks lack? I really hope Michigan's Adventure gets multiple picks in the Top Ten 🤞 Solid list. The western themed Bayern Curve looks unique, but it looks compact and less speedy than the other(s). This flat piques my curiosities. Great video as always!
My class in summerschool, went there not a long time ago and I had a friend named Ethan and he went on railblazer with everyone else well not everyone. He said went it went straight down he was like this is so boring
What do you think about: Grizzly at California's Great America Wilde Beast at Canada's Wonderland Mighty Canadian Minebuster at Canada's Wonderland Bandit at Movie Park Germany Coaster Express at parque warner Madrid
Well here’s a bit of interesting thought with the six flags cedar fair merger, for the final years of this parks life it will be under the same banner as its sister park again. So in an odd way things for the two great Americas have come full circle. Despite the only two similarities between the two are the carasels and the towers. Oh and seeing it they also have demon in common. So this one fades but its sister park will live on with the same name. I’m lucky to be near its sister park.
i worked as a lineman for the power company my whole life. we had to climb poles and work out of bucket trucks and work on live wires up to 25,000 volts everyday and had no fear of it but i can't do coasters yet my wife can.
I grew up in the Bay Area . Going to Great America was a yearly tradition for my friends and I. We were fortunate enough to ride Stealth when it first open. It was the greatest coaster there, util I got to ride Flying Dinosaur at Universal Studios Japan. It's far more superior clone.
Great countdown and video. Id personally swap places between Demon with Patriot. The Demon has much more fun forces. And better operations. I usually just ignore Patriot when I visit. It's a slow ride with weak forces, and weak slow operations. And I definitely rank Goldstriker higher than Railblazer. Goldstrikers line moves faster, the ride is more reliable and it's like 3x as long. Plus 4g+s on a woodie is great. Yeah Railblazer is amazing in the back row, but it's over in 30 seconds or less.
The collection really is pretty nice, they are definitely missing that big stand out hyper or launch coaster and I know they won't get one as this park is about to go😢 . Patriot looks underated, Demon as well looks underated, Flight Deck looks really good. Then you have a crazy RMC and GCI!
I am still staying optimistic that they're could be hope for this park but just to be safe I have to get there quickly. I wanted to get there sooner but I was waiting for them to expand their waterpark to what it is now because it had been over a decade since they added something to that area and it didn't look that impressive at the time.
If I'm Being Honest I Think Only The Wild Mouse Lucy's Crabbie Cabbies And Railblazer Are Getting Save I Think Everything Else Will Be Scrapped Disappointingly
so 10 years from now they will close? well serves them right for having an underwhelming ride that doesnt feel like a ride at all, yeah I'm looking at u mass effect with ur layoffs
Finally, a person who’s tier list I actually agree with! Nice video! +1 Subscriber! My after school program is going there soon and I’m soooooo hyped!
Thanks!
Honestly, it sucks that gold striker will probably get scrapped. However, I think it is reasonable for cedar fair to clone the layout and reuse some of the mechanical parts and trains, and kind of relocate gold striker that way. This could possibly resemble what Bay Beach did with zippin pippin.
For those who don’t know zippin pippin used the old lift motor and trains from the thunder eagle in pigeon forge
It's possible.
Yo I love that you don’t really post POV footage in these videos. I love hearing your reviews and opinions and I also like keeping some mystery for rides I hope to ride.
You're welcome.
This park is on my to-do list this summer!
Definitely get there before they close.
This was my home park between 2016-2021. Sad to see it go. I remember this park thriving attendance-wise in 2018-2019, the first full year Railblazer started operating. But I think the pandemic really killed the momentum this park was building. It’s a very expensive area and as a result it became hard to find staffing, especially post-pandemic.
It's a bummer this park was sold for the land.
I doubt the park will close. The land is zoned for theme park land by the city and the park brings in tourism so I doubt the city will sit their and let it close, it’s not gonna go away without a fight
Love front seat railblazer and holding on to the handlebars lol
I like the whip in the back more.
Growing up and born in mountain view this was my spot all teen and as kid, loved it, will definitely go one more time, Halloween haunt 2021 was last time i went
Make sure to go before they close.
3:30 RIP FireFall it got removed from great American. When I was a kid I saw that ride and now it gone removed at October 30, 2016 the new is Liberty Twirler
I miss that ride.
I didn't realize they had more than 15 rides lol
They do lol
@@CanobieCoaster It was a joke, they've been on the decline since the early 2000's
@@michaelpatten315 wdym?
@@brucegibson1813 It was a joke fam
@@michaelpatten315 oh
Great countdown. Really sad that it’s gonna close after all these years.
I know!
I loved HMB Endeavour. Then again the Intamin Looping Starship is my most favourite flat ride.
I have no idea if it was scrapped after it was removed.
Probably was due to age.
It was scrapped unfortunately. It also rarely had a line but man. The hangtime on it was AMAZING.
Are there any photos of it being scrapped?
What is the ticket price?
I visited with a season pass, but I believe daily admission is $50-60 if bought online.
Canobie Coaster would say:
The elements are comically drawn out and free of any airtime or laterals. Between a wooden coaster without any airtime and a wooden coaster with airtime, what would you prefer, without airtime or with airtime?
With airtime
Why is star tower higher than grizzly and the mouse ride?
I love the views.
I can't relate to this version of Great America as my years spent there were during the Marriot/Paramount years in the late 80's to mid 90's. Back then they had The Edge, Tidal Wave, Loggers Run AND Yankee Clipper. Sky Whirl, Bottoms Up, Triple Play. H.M.B. Endeavor was called The Revolution, Flight Deck was Top Gun, Centrifuge was Fiddler's Fling, and Patriot was The Vortex. Also, it had a Railroad, IMAX theater, and the Great America Theater had an ice skating show. Those were the days.
The park has changed, but thankfully they keep investing.
What about the Edge? I was there when it first opened. Great ride. Got lots of $$ off ride from previous riders. The hovering coin on your knee when ride first drops was great to show other riders. Memories...
I like Demon Drop, which is the same ride. Would've placed highly.
I'm surprised Orbit wasn't on the list. That ride is a top 5 for me. I do miss the Endeavor. It was such a hangtime machine. It actually had a great setting but sadly rarely had a line. Even on busier days.
Orbit is just ok for me. Love the light package though!
I was thinking the same thing
I once rode orbiter 4 consecutive times, they didn’t make me get off as there was no line, my head has never spun so much
They have over 40 rides and Santa Cruz beach boradwalk has 35 rides
Both have plenty to do.
@@CanobieCoaster indeed they do
My list
1 Flight Deck, it may be a short ride, but it packs a punch. Shout out to the crew who gave the train I was on a double ride at the end of the day after we all shouted one more ride.
2 Railblazer, this is an aggressive ride in all the best ways
3 Gold Striker, I always love wood coasters with twisted layouts, plus this one is very aggressive.
4 Drop Tower, you lose your stomach on this
5 Delirium, these are always fun rides
6 Mission Falls, this was my first experience with this type of waterslide, and it was a fun experience
7 Rue le Dodge, these bumper cars had more power than I expected
8 Star Tower, the views of the surrounding area are wonderful.
Nice list!
The Grizzly was kind of boring but made up for the length of time you got to spend on the ride. The Demon makes your head hit the side of the restraints. Top gun was my favorite. I still remember the Tidal Wave... good times. I was at the park the day Drop Zone opened, and unfortunately, the day someone fell out of the restraints and died. This is a great park and it's sad to hear that it's going to be shut down... That real estate is going to go for top dollar.
I pray it can remain a park somehow.
The Revolution was a badass ride!
Amazing hangtime.
Oh yes. Always was scared I'd fall out 🤣
I never rode the Turn of the Century, but have heard that the hills they removed to include the loops when it became the Demon were really good airtime hills.
I imagine they rode like hills on Corkscrew at Cedar Point.
I'd visit if I could. Good rides. I like Rail blazer. Such a great looking ride.
It is.
In your opinion, how many of the rides here will moved to new parks by 2034? I know you are a sports fan, maybe a video of a Cedar Fair Draft of all the park in the chain drafting rides from here that their parks lack?
I really hope Michigan's Adventure gets multiple picks in the Top Ten 🤞
Solid list. The western themed Bayern Curve looks unique, but it looks compact and less speedy than the other(s). This flat piques my curiosities. Great video as always!
Not sure. I don't know how many flats will be saved since some were older.
Where is top gun?
It was renamed as Flight Deck.
Man I came here to remember top gun just to find out it’s called flight deck now
Same great ride at least.
Man, they need a bill to pass to keep this open.. this place was my childhood.
I hope it stays open.
Santa Clara had the land zoned for theme park land and the park is a draw in for tourism and the city isn’t gonna let it go without a fight
My class in summerschool, went there not a long time ago and I had a friend named Ethan and he went on railblazer with everyone else well not everyone. He said went it went straight down he was like this is so boring
It's far from boring.
Real ones still call it “Top Gun”
Never rode it during those days.
Wrong ones still call it Top Gun.
I still call it top gun
@@dj_gzero agreed!
What do you think about:
Grizzly at California's Great America
Wilde Beast at Canada's Wonderland
Mighty Canadian Minebuster at Canada's Wonderland
Bandit at Movie Park Germany
Coaster Express at parque warner Madrid
Wilde Beast is ok. The others aren't all that great.
Yup! I already went there
Nice!
Why is great America closing 2033?
It's not closing this year, but it will in the next decade. The land was sold.
@@CanobieCoaster what will happen after it closed?
Do you think the legal issues between Cedar Fair and the 49ers led to the sale of Great America?
I think the land value and construction costs for new rides was a bigger issue.
Well here’s a bit of interesting thought with the six flags cedar fair merger, for the final years of this parks life it will be under the same banner as its sister park again.
So in an odd way things for the two great Americas have come full circle. Despite the only two similarities between the two are the carasels and the towers. Oh and seeing it they also have demon in common.
So this one fades but its sister park will live on with the same name. I’m lucky to be near its sister park.
It is funny they're in the same chain again.
I went on every ride and the scariest one in my opinion was in vertigo, but now it’s not here with us now that it got place with rail blazer
Railblazer is my favorite.
railblazer was the first ride i went on on my school trip... i was shitting bricks
It's intense!
i worked as a lineman for the power company my whole life. we had to climb poles and work out of bucket trucks and work on live wires up to 25,000 volts everyday and had no fear of it but i can't do coasters yet my wife can.
Wow!
been to canobie many time over the years.@@CanobieCoaster
I grew up in the Bay Area . Going to Great America was a yearly tradition for my friends and I. We were fortunate enough to ride Stealth when it first open. It was the greatest coaster there, util I got to ride Flying Dinosaur at Universal Studios Japan. It's far more superior clone.
I much prefer Flying Dinosaur as well.
Great countdown and video. Id personally swap places between Demon with Patriot. The Demon has much more fun forces. And better operations. I usually just ignore Patriot when I visit. It's a slow ride with weak forces, and weak slow operations.
And I definitely rank Goldstriker higher than Railblazer. Goldstrikers line moves faster, the ride is more reliable and it's like 3x as long. Plus 4g+s on a woodie is great. Yeah Railblazer is amazing in the back row, but it's over in 30 seconds or less.
Patriot's corkscrew gave it the edge over Demon for me.
@@CanobieCoasterpatriots corkscrew is insane
I can't believe the Grizzly could ever be considered smooth. Maybe they smoothed it out since I rode it, but it was a chiropractor's dream.
I found it boring more than rough.
The collection really is pretty nice, they are definitely missing that big stand out hyper or launch coaster and I know they won't get one as this park is about to go😢 . Patriot looks underated, Demon as well looks underated, Flight Deck looks really good. Then you have a crazy RMC and GCI!
It's a shame they never got Megabyte like originally planned.
I think the reason those scooters felt like Bisch Rocco scooters, is because they are bisch rocco! you can tell by the triangle base.
Interesting, when I looked it up, it said Larson.
I was here 1 day ago it was so fun my fav was gold striker I prob spelled it wrong
Nice!
I am still staying optimistic that they're could be hope for this park but just to be safe I have to get there quickly. I wanted to get there sooner but I was waiting for them to expand their waterpark to what it is now because it had been over a decade since they added something to that area and it didn't look that impressive at the time.
I wanted to go sooner in case Cedar Fair starts ripping rides out.
Top Gun, The Revolution, Fiddlers Fling, Superman
Oldies.
I guess y’all gotta make a new one 😂
I hope the park can stick around.
Don't bury a body just yet boss, wouldn't be the first time the park's supposedly being put down
I hope it can survive.
Not a fan of centrifuge?
It's fine, but I prefer these 15.
holy shit that train on trailblazer is moving fast😲😲
The ride hauls.
did u know that gr8 sk8 is actually the same ride as that one in Las Vegas on the stratosphere?
im gonna be in Vegas this weekend if you couldnt tell
Rye Playland has one too.
Grizzly at California's Great America
Boring
If there was a chance, I will choose vertigo over real blazer
Railblazer is my favorite.
If I'm Being Honest I Think Only The Wild Mouse Lucy's Crabbie Cabbies And Railblazer Are Getting Save I Think Everything Else Will Be Scrapped Disappointingly
I hope the park remains, but if it doesn't, it'll be interesting what gets saved.
I got on gold striker two times
Nice!
Or my fav fav was fly deck
Flight Deck is fun.
I know a video starting with a bunch of rough wooden coasters that said:
Hades 360?
Hades 360 is very rough, but the layout is good.
The Revolution🚢
I miss that ride too.
Nighthawk looked cooler as Stealth
The white did look cool.
Beware of the Demon...
The song is great.
so 10 years from now they will close? well serves them right for having an underwhelming ride that doesnt feel like a ride at all, yeah I'm looking at u mass effect with ur layoffs
Most of the park is quality.
flight deck is wicked
It's intense.
I was here a week ago
Nice!
@CanobieCoaster my favorite is the blu one the patriot I think
This is a Lagoon not America's greatest
It's a fun park. There are better though.
YOU. MISS KITE EATING TREE
Not one of the 15 best.
Wonder World
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@@CanobieCoaster from Beverly Hills cop 3
I msnt flight
Yes I figured.
Popular theme park? Umm, no.
I think it's popular.
What do you think about grizzly?
What do you think about patriot?
What do you think about demon?
Patriot and Demon are ok. Grizzly is dull.
Grizzly, Wilde Beast and Mighty Canadian Minebuster?
Which Grizzly?
Bandit?
Not a big fan.
Predator and Zeus?
Enjoy both