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California Screamin'Roller coasterMinimum height to ride: 48 inches About California Screamin'This steel coaster (built to look wooden) offers up a 0-55 launch in four seconds, a 107-foot drop and a vertical loop around a Mickey Mouse logo. You'll also hear "surf guitar" music through an on-board soundtrack, a la "Space Mountain." This is the 6th longest coaster in the world, and 2nd longest steel coaster in the U.S. this coaster currently has a maximum of 5 cars running at one time. An on-ride camera lets guests take home a picture of their screaming on the ride. For a limited time in January 2007, to help increase attendance, the audio track for California Screamin' was temporarily replaced with a remix of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Around the World," and the attraction was renamed Rockin' California Screamin'. This was promoted with Rockin' Space Mountain, a similar change made to Space Mountain in Disneyland. These changes were part of the "Rockin' Both Parks" campaign. -- Last edited by Brandon Mendoza [Update this description | Read previous versions] Photos from California Screamin'
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This is a decent steel coaster. My problem with it is that is too intense for the excitement that you get out of it. It is one of the few steel coasters that makes me mildly ill. 7/10 - Will Chilcote One time the music shut off and the coaster still kept running. It was still fun! Get a fast-pass so you can go on at night! It's better at sunset and dark! - M.S. Cool In a word, AWESOME...If Space Mountain hadn't been such a marvelous improvement over Magic Kingdom's SM, Califoria Screamin' would easily have topped my list of ride experiences at Disneyland. This coaster takes all the best aspects of a steel coaster, a wooden coaster, along with the EMI launch of Aerosmith's Rockin' Roller Coaster at Disney Studios Orlando. Pretty much the perfect steel coaster and now sits #2 on my list of top coasters. Theming is great, lineups are minimal for this type of E-ticket experience and my only negative was the 9pm closing of the California Adventure park which did not allow me to return to the park at night and experience it in the dark. The vibrant colours of the Paradise Pier area are truly beautiful and a demonstration of what ALL midways SHOULD look like. Don't miss this coaster on your trip's to Disney's California parks as it's a keeper!! Get a FASTPASS and head over to the Maliboomer to kill some time. Or hit Toy Story's Midway Mania on the boardwalk. - William LeMasurier Probably the smoothest coaster I've ever ridden! The soundtrack really adds to the fun! And I agree with the reviewers who said this ride is much more enjoyable than the "so many inversions you'll get sick or a headache" kind at so many other parks. This ride has just enough thrills, without leaving you feeling beaten and battered. - Beth Olliges Another great Disney ride. California Screamin' mixes a long, smooth ride with drops and an inversion. The on board soundtrack greatly enhances this fun ride. Though the ride looks intimidating it is pure Disney genious and is a must ride for anybody meeting the height requirement. My favorite time of day to ride this is at night when Paradise Pier is lit up, and the scream tunnels inside the coaster are also flashing. An awesome experience that has long waits most of the time. The unthemed queue can hold about a 40 minute line before it is overflowed on the sidewalk near the ride causing congestion in that area of the park. I recommend using fastpass since this ride maintains long lines throughout the day. - Manny Barron This ride is just so...fun! It's one of my favorites, next to tower of terror and the toy story ride. But no matter how many times i go on this, it's still fun. It may not be the tallest or fastest coaster ever, but its definitley a great one. - Chloe ! Definitely a fantastic ride for thrill-seekers out there. It starts out taking you to a launch pad, counts down from 5,4,3,2,LIFT-OFF! And then you're gone, speeding away at 60mph!!! And you know you're screwed when the ride starts to slow down and so does the music (that you had no idea was even playing until right now) and then you see the edge and you're over it dropping down and then turning and lopping around!!! An amazing ride altogether!!! - Alexz Krysstensin I'm afraid that this is a ride that does little to nothing for me. The launch is far from intense, and the theme is just not that interesting. The soundtrack is very nice though, as are the operations. - Jacob Sundstrom This is an amazing coaster. It has great operations and the line moves quickly. It is not too intense for kids, but will give thrill-seekers a nice thrill and is also long and has a nice setting next to the lake - Patrick Gorham Just a fantastic coaster. I've ridden the scream machines at Hersheypark, and I prefer this ride. Just the right level of intensity, nice and long, and a really smooth ride. May be one of the best rides at any Disney park. - Kelly Smith This is the epitome of the Disney Coaster, or any coaster for that matter! I t has only one inversion, which makes it less likely to cause you to black out after several trips back-to-back on this coaster. It never fails to entertain! This, to me, is the perfect coaster, because its not a "We're-gonna-throw-every physical-trick-at-you-to-make-you-black-out, over-the-top, Six-Flags, Knott's, lets-see-how-many-inversions-we-can-cram-in-without-causing-a-concussion" roller coaster. This is the classic coaster of the old pier carnivals of our parents' youth. Its timeless, much like the Disney magic that went into it. =D - Sarah E
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