Best Rides at Californias Great America
The headline rides, ranked by typical wait time
These are the most popular rides at Californias Great America, ordered by how long people typically queue for them. A longer typical wait is a good proxy for the must-do, headline attractions. Tap any ride for its live wait time, busiest hours and reliability.
Top rides by typical wait
12 rides ranked · longest typical queue first
- 1Flight Deck~56 min typical wait up to 70 min at peak
- 2Tiki Twirl~41 min typical wait up to 58 min at peak
- 3Psycho Mouse~35 min typical wait up to 46 min at peak
- 4RailBlazer~32 min typical wait up to 51 min at peak
- 5Gold Striker~30 min typical wait up to 56 min at peak
- 6Drop Tower~24 min typical wait up to 30 min at peak
- 7Grizzly~22 min typical wait up to 36 min at peak
- 8Barney Oldfield's Redwood Rally~18 min typical wait up to 30 min at peak
- 9Flying Eagles~15 min typical wait up to 25 min at peak
- 10Patriot~15 min typical wait up to 39 min at peak
- 11Demon~12 min typical wait up to 33 min at peak
- 12Flying Ace~10 min typical wait up to 15 min at peak
Ranking is by each ride's typical wait time, which we use as a popularity proxy — the rides people queue longest for tend to be the headline attractions. It isn't an editorial "best" score.