California's Great America - California's Great America's Timeline

California's Great America's Timeline

• 2012: Several park improvements such as a repaint of Carousel Columbia, Demon and Flight Deck. ADA improvements including an elevator lift entrance for Loggers Run and Vortex. Also, The Grizzly is retracked, Fast Lane. Construction commenced on the New 49ers Stadium in the former Great America overflow parking lot., Construction of 2013 attraction, Gold Striker (wooden coaster), in former Whizzer site.
• 2011: Invertigo removed to be sent to Dorney Park; Three new live shows. Halloween Haunt Expansion.
• 2010: Planet Snoopy (Retheme of Nickelodeon Central); Hanna Barbera references removed in KidZville; Panda Express
• 2009: All Wheels Extreme Stunt show; Chipper Lowell Experience show; expanded Halloween Haunt
• 2008: Park is renamed to California's Great America; FireFall; Dora's Sing-Along Adventure; Endless Summer On Ice show; Halloween Haunt
• 2007: Park is renamed to Great America; Great Barrier Reef Wavepool added to Boomerang Bay; Ed Alonzo Misfit of Magic; Twistin' to the '60s Show
• 2006: Tiki Twirl (Formerly Survivor: The Ride); Park is sold to Cedar Fair
• 2005: Boomerang Bay expansion to include lazy river, three other waterslides and a large swimming pool.
• 2004: Boomerang Bay is added including a complex of children's water slides/play area, a 4 person adult raft/tube ride, and 2½ person tube water slides. Triple Play is removed
• 2003: SpongeBob SquarePants 3-D in the Action Theater; Nickelodeon Central (expansion of Splat City); Stealth (flying steel coaster) is removed and sent to Carowinds as Nighthawk
• 2002: Delirium; Flying Eagles; Greased Lightning (shuttle loop coaster) removed
• 2001: Psycho Mouse; Celebration Swings
• 2000: Stealth (flying steel coaster) opens to the public; Scenic Railroad and Skyhawk are removed
• 1999: KidZVille; Tidal Wave renamed Greased Lightnin'; Stealth is constructed and tested all season; Logger's Run modified to allow construction of Stealth
• 1998: Invertigo; James Bond: License to Thrill; Yankee Clipper is removed
• 1997: Xtreme Skyflyer; Triple Wheel (originally Sky Whirl) is removed
• 1996: Drop Tower Scream Zone (Formerly Drop Zone Stunt Tower)
• 1995: Nickelodeon Splat City; The Edge and Ameri-Go-Round are removed
• 1994: Action Theater
• 1993: Park is renamed Paramount's Great America; Flight Deck (Formerly Top Gun); Lobster is removed
• 1992: KECO is acquired by Paramount, and renamed Paramount Parks; IMAX Pictorium Theater received a $1.5 million upgrade allowing it to screen 3-D films.
• 1991: Vortex
• 1990: Whitewater Falls
• 1989: Skyhawk; Park is acquired by KECO from the City of Santa Clara.
• 1988: Rip Roaring Rapids. Whizzer is removed
• 1987: Woodstock Express (Formerly Blue Streak/ Green Slime Mine Car Coaster/ Runaway Reptar); Smurf Woods; Fort Fun; HMB Endeavor (Formerly known as The Revolution)
• 1986: The Grizzly; Redwood Amphitheater with the Miami Sound Machine
• 1985: Park is renamed Great America;
• 1984: Park is sold by Marriott corporation to the City of Santa Clara; management transfers to Kings Entertainment Company (KECO)
• 1983: The Edge
• 1982: Atari Video Adventure
• 1980: The Demon (remodeled from Turn of the Century)
• 1979: Star Tower (formerly Sky Tower)
• 1978: IMAX Pictorium Theater, with film Man Belongs to the Earth
• 1977: Tidal Wave
• 1976: Marriott's Great America opens