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Best rides at Californias Great America

13 rides rankedpark averages 28 min

The longest queue at Californias Great America is Tiki Twirl, at about 59 minutes on a typical day. Across the 13 ranked rides the park averages 28 minutes. 2 of them are usually a walk on.

Every Californias Great America ride ranked by its usual queue

Top rides by typical wait

13 rides · longest typical queue first

  1. 1Tiki Twirl ~59 min typical59m
  2. 2RailBlazer ~59 min typical · up to 75 min at peak59m
  3. 3The Grizzly ~46 min typical · up to 56 min at peak46m
  4. 4Psycho Mouse ~37 min typical · up to 45 min at peak37m
  5. 5Barney Oldfield's Redwood Rally ~34 min typical · up to 50 min at peak34m
  6. 6Flight Deck ~33 min typical · up to 69 min at peak33m
  7. 7Gold Striker ~31 min typical · up to 52 min at peak31m
  8. 8Patriot ~17 min typical · up to 32 min at peak17m
  9. 9Demon ~14 min typical · up to 21 min at peak14m
  10. 10Flying Eagles ~12 min typical12m
  11. 11Flying Ace ~10 min typical10m
  12. 12Drop Tower ~9 min typical · up to 13 min at peak9m
  13. 13Whitewater Falls ~4 min typical4m

The ranking is each ride's typical wait, which stands in for popularity - the rides people queue longest for tend to be the headline attractions. It is not an editorial "best" score.

Walk on under 10 minShort 10-19 minModerate 20-34 minLong 35-59 minVery long 60 min and up

Typical waits are each ride's own recorded queue times over recent weeks, sampled every few minutes through the park's opening hours. A ride with too little history to average honestly is left out.