California Screamin'
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| Disney's California Adventure | |
| Land | Paradise Pier |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Manufacturer | Intamin AG |
| Attraction type | Steel Rollercoaster |
| Theme | Boardwalk Rollercoaster |
| Propulsion method | linear induction motors |
| Opening date | February 8, 2001 |
| Music | Original music by Gary Hoey
Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Around the World" (Rockin' version only) |
| Vehicle type | Roller Coaster cars |
| Vehicle capacity | 5 - 24 person trains (Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue, and Purple)/2 - 23 Person trains (Both Green) |
| Ride duration | 2:36 minutes |
| Maximum speed | 61 mph (98.2 km/h) |
| Height requirements | 48" (122 cm) |
| Number of lifts | 1 |
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California Screamin' is a steel rollercoaster at Disney's California Adventure theme park. The attraction's name is derived from the song California Dreamin', written by The Mamas & the Papas in 1963. A hit with guests, the gleaming white-by-day/glowing blue-by-night boardwalk-themed coaster was designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, and was built by Intamin AG. California Screamin' is the 5th longest roller coaster in the world (2nd longest steel coaster in the United States), at 6,072 feet (1,850 m) long. Its highest point is 120 feet tall (36.5 m) followed by a 108-foot (33 m) drop. The design is such that it resembles a wooden coaster, but is in reality a steel coaster.
This coaster is more uncommon than most, as it uses LIMs, or linear induction motors, to launch the train up the first hill, replacing the traditional lift hill chain. The seaside launch ramp also sports a wave-machine that allows waves to crash along side the rock base of the ramp as well as crashing up onto the trains before launch. This coaster is one of Disney's fastest attractions, accelerating guests from zero to 55 miles per hour (88.5 km/h) in four seconds at the launch, and like Space Mountain and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster the roller coaster is set to music. This attraction offers both FASTPASS and Single Rider entrances.
On the evening of July 29, 2005 at 6:39 p.m. (Pacific Daylight time), a failure of a braking system caused a train to collide with the rear of a second, stopped train near the station.[citation needed] Forty-eight people were aboard the two trains; fifteen were transported to local hospitals with minor injuries. Emergency units from the Anaheim Fire Department and nearby Garden Grove Fire Department responded to the incident. All fifteen minorly injured guests were released from hospitals within one day of the incident.[citation needed] It is the first such incident in the attraction's history, as well as the first significant incident in the history of Disney's California Adventure.[citation needed]
California Screamin' reopened on October 14, 2005 after trim brakes were added to the ride.
On December 11, 2006, California Screamin' was closed and its loop was temporarily removed due to construction below on a new attraction.
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[edit] Rockin' California Screamin'
On January 3, 2007, the standard audio track for California Screamin' was replaced with a remixed version of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Around the World," and the attraction was renamed Rockin' California Screamin'. This is being promoted alongside Rockin' Space Mountain, a similar change made to Space Mountain in Disneyland Park. These changes are part of the "Rockin' Both Parks" campaign and will remain in effect until April 26, 2007.
[edit] Attraction facts
- Grand opening: February 8, 2001 (Opened with Disney's California Adventure)
- Designers: Walt Disney Imagineering, and Intamin AG
- Manufacturer: Intamin AG
- Restraint System: Shoulder restraints
- Vehicles: 5 - 24 person trains (Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue, and Purple)/2 - 23 Person trains (Both Green)
- Max trains on track: (2001) 6/(2002-Present) 5
- Length: 6072 feet (1,850 m)
- LSM launch length: 215 feet (65.5 m)
- Largest hill/drop: 120 feet/108 feet (36.5 m/33 m)
- Inversions: 1 (Train loops around giant silhouette head of Mickey Mouse)
- Brake Zones: 12
- Top speed: 61 mph (88.5 km/h)
- Ride duration: 2:36
- Max acceleration: 0 - 55 mph (88.5 km/h) in 4.5 seconds
- Height requirement: 48 inches (1.2 m)
- Ride system: Roller Coaster
[edit] Additional facts
- California Screamin' contains over 36 miles (58 km) of electrical wire, and 167 miles (268 km) of individual conductors.
- It took 5.8 million pounds (2.6 million kg) of steel to build California Screamin'.
- There are 11.5 million pounds (5.2 million kg) of concrete in the foundations and the "deepest" foundation is a deep pile of 48 feet (14 m).
- California Screamin' boasts Disney's first vertical loop (loop-de-loop) inversion to be built on the west coast.
- Because Disney's California Adventure is located within a residential zone and must adhere to certain noise restriction guidelines, special "scream" tubes were designed for California Screamin' to muffle the Guests' screams during those thrill portions of the ride that are sure to elicit such a reaction.
- After the incident on July 29, 2005, Intamin AG refused to help Disney in servicing the attraction, as is the normal practice. Intamin no longer associates itself with the coaster as a result of the work done to it by Walt Disney Imagineering.
[edit] External links
- RollerCoaster Database Images and stats
- California Screamin' Details about the roller coaster on Ultimate Rollercoaster.com.
- Official Disneyland Resort Link
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- Satellite image from WikiMapia, Google Maps or Windows Live Local
- Street map from MapQuest or Google Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image from TerraServer-USA
