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Great America

Santa Clara, California

About Great America

- California's Great America is Northern California's most thrilling theme park with more than 50 rides, roller coasters and attractions. Included with admission is Boomerang Bay, California's Great America's in-park waterpark. For younger guests the park has a universe of Nickelodeon fun, friends, and adventures. The stars of Nickelodeon's top-rated television programs step off-screen and come to life to interact with their No. 1 fans in 10 exciting Nickelodeon rides and attractions. California's Great America has the most rides in Northern California: the most kids' rides, the most coasters, and the most water rides. And, it's the only place in the Bay Area where kids can meet and play with their favorite Nickelodeon friends. The 100-acre theme park is located on Great America Parkway between highways 101 and 237, in Santa Clara, Calif. California's Great America is open March through November. -- Last edited by mark geron

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Attractions

Action Zone(Rating)(Height)
Thunder Raceway836
Drop Tower854
Survivor: The Ride848
Eagle's Flight8
Centrifuge8
Psycho Mouse744
The Grizzly548
All American Corners(Rating)(Height)
Action FX Theater844
Delirium848
Flying Eagles836
H.M.S Endeavour848
FireFall754
Rip Roaring Rapids746
50's Gazebo6
Orbit654
Logger's Run536
County Fair(Rating)(Height)
Barney Oldfield Motor Speedway9
Invertigo954
The Demon748
Berserker644
Hollywood Plaza(Rating)(Height)
Xtreme Skyflyer948
Great America Theatre8
Whitewater Falls846
Carousel Columbia8
Vortex654
Celebration Swings648
Star Tower6
KidZville(Rating)(Height)
Pixie and Dixie's Swing Set1042
Kidz Construction Company Net Climb10
Kidz Construction Company Cement Mixer1044
Top Cat's Car Lot10
Fender Bender 5008
Cartoon Carousel7
Scooby-Doo's Haunted River6
KidZAir6
Taxi Jam536
Orleans Place(Rating)(Height)
Flight Deck954
Delta Flyer8
Showtime Theatre7
Rue Le Dodge448

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Dining

Action Zone(Rating)
Sticky Fingers10
All American Corners(Rating)
American Cafe8
Outback Shack7
Festival Plaza(Rating)
Food Festival7
Hollywood Plaza(Rating)
Frankie's Pizza10
Maggie Brown's9
KidZville(Rating)
Shaggy's Snack Shack10
Nickelodeon Central(Rating)
Nicktoons Café9
Orleans Place(Rating)
Sweet Tooth9
Pizza Orleans6

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