Patriot (Off-ride HD) California's Great America

Buy Me a Coffee! - buymeacoffee.c... Offride footage of Patriot (formally Vortex) at California's Great America in Santa Clara, CA.
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Opened: March 9, 1991
Type: Steel - Floorless Coaster (Formally Stand-Up)
Manufacturer: Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer: Werner Stengel
Model: Floorless Coaster
Lift/launch system: Chain lift hill
Height: 91 ft (28 m)
Length: 1,920 ft (590 m)
Speed: 45 mph (72 km/h)
Inversions: 2
Duration: 2:14
Capacity: 1200 riders per hour
Height restriction: 54-78 in (137-198 cm)
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 28 riders per train.
Patriot is a floorless roller coaster located in Celebration Plaza at the California's Great America amusement park in Santa Clara, California, United States. The roller coaster originally opened as Vortex on March 9, 1991. It was a stand-up roller coaster designed by Werner Stengel and manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard.
Vortex last operated as a stand-up coaster on September 5, 2016, and it reopened as Patriot on April 1, 2017. The ride was converted to a sit-down configuration featuring new floorless trains and a new color scheme.
The coaster takes riders to a 91-foot height after which it makes an initial left hand drop into its first loop. It then executes a left turnaround to travel into another left turnaround through its loop. The train then travels to the other end of its layout into the corkscrew element and another left turnaround after which it enters into the final brake run.
The course used to cross over the park train's railroad tracks by the corkscrew. The coaster's lift hill stands parallel to the footers of the former Tidal Wave looping shuttle coaster.
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[@AndrewsOpinion15]

GREAT PATRIOT (OFF -RIDE HD ) AT CALIFORNIA'S GREAT AMERICA !!!

[@EricXAventura]

I always wondered, was this made better by the floorless conversion?

[@zacharyyamashita8554]

Eric y Álvaro van a Yes

[@askjeevescosby2928]

Gotta be sad going here now knowing it's on the chopping block. They will most likely treat it like sht like they did with geauga lake. Let all the building get run down leave rides sbno like they did with wolf bobs, Villanova, and the watter park. Guarantee if one if these rides gets a semi major issue like a derailment on a test they will jist shut the ride down and leave it there. Also the fact that it takes years to get any permits in California the park will likely sit rotting away with demon, grizzled, and gold striker sitting on the property. Although scrappers will most likely take demon since double loop and villain were scrapped immediately.

[@MrJimmy527]

Jimmy's Great America in Santa Clara, California, United States Since 2001

[@cancelled148]

Lmao the whole station isn’t even covered. Lol

[@claytoncurrie4048]

FredsTheFaz BazClaz right

[@Acro-vf9nd]

This, Patriot, Demon, and Psycho Mouse don't really have a covered station

[@cfrankbii9613]

Lots of uncovered stations out there.

[@petrawolff5641]

Lol

[@ryan.engstrom]

Zzzzzzzzzzz...this one's a real snoozer.