Grizzly at California's Great America
Drop off the turnarounda good pop of airtime, one rider says

California's Great America, Santa Clara, California

Grizzly

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at California's Great America

It has a decent sense of speed after the first turnaround, and when it’s running at its fastest, you get a mild pop of floater on the second-to-last hill.

Castor

...is a rollercoaster which is both terribly rough and almost forceless at the same time: Airtime is non-existent as it slows to a crawl over the tops of its hills, and the parts where it does speed...

Theme Park James

It doesn’t have much airtime and kind of meanders around, but if it gets lines away from other coasters, then I guess it fills its purpose.

Max S.

I won’t rate it lower than a 2/5 because there isn’t any major discomfort, but there’s no forces or fun to be had on this.

Kellen Grady

It is a nice change of pace and surprisingly comfortable.

Ryan B

There are far better rollercoasters to ride at California’s Great America, and Grizzly is only really good if you’re after an extremely uncomfortable place to sit down.

Theme Park James

A rattly mess with 0 redeeming qualities totally wasting its size and potential with the most shallow and uncomfortable transitions I’ve ever seen.

Shmee

I read everyone’s negative reviews before riding it so I was surprised how intense and weird and interesting this ride actually was.

David

I thought this was a rather nice wooden coaster, fills a mid-level, almost family intensity slot for this park.

Brian Start

Not every rollercoaster needs to be an intensity machine.

Ryan B

As for the ride experience, it’s a janky, rattly leisurely cruise around the layout that will give you little to no thrills while crushing your lap the entire time.

Evangelion Martini

...is both terribly rough and almost forceless at the same time: Airtime is non-existent as it slows to a crawl over the tops of its hills, and the parts where it does speed through are bumpy and rough.

Theme Park James

The queue always moves painfully slow, because the ride operators always seem to take literally 5 minutes preparing each train.

John Montague

Would be a hell of a lot less disappointing if the operations on this ride weren’t so anemic.

Jackson Bryman

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

91 ftHeight
108 GoldStriker 106 RailBlazer 102 Demon 102 FlightDeck 91 Grizzly 91 Patriot
88 ftFirst drop
103 GoldStriker 100 RailBlazer 91 FlightDeck 90 Demon 88 Grizzly
55 mphTop speed
Grizzly55 Gold Striker54 RailBlazer52 Demon50 Flight Deck50 Patriot45 055 mph
0Inversions

What riders say

Criticised for

OverratedSlowed by trimsRough or rattlyLittle airtimeLong waitsWeak layoutOften closed

The first drop and the drop off the turn around are pretty good, and both have a good pop of airtime the coaster isn’t that rough and it’s a decent coaster.

RThirtyEight Coasters, Captain Coaster review

Yes it’s boring at times; but there is a nice turnaround and some laterals.

Reed Dutton, Captain Coaster review

I remember the first drop being great and the ride to be really fun overall but looking back at it, it dosen’t look all that great.

Lukedaballer, Captain Coaster review

There are far better rollercoasters to ride at California’s Great America, and Grizzly is only really good if you’re after an extremely uncomfortable place to sit down.

Theme Park James, published review

The best word I could use to describe this coaster is pointless.

Eli Lassiter Michael, Captain Coaster review

I read everyone’s negative reviews before riding it so I was surprised how intense and weird and interesting this ride actually was.

David, Captain Coaster review

Photos

The entrance of The Grizzly at California's Great America
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Grizzly (California's Great America)
FASTILY, CC BY-SA 4.0
Grizzly (California's Great America)
FASTILY, CC BY-SA 4.0
Grizzly at California's Great America
FASTILY, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Grizzly, Great America, Santa Clara
mliu92, CC BY-SA 2.0
The Grizzly, Great America, Santa Clara
mliu92, CC BY-SA 2.0
The Grizzly, Great America, Santa Clara
mliu92, CC BY-SA 2.0
The Demon & The Grizzly
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0
The Grizzly
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0
The Grizzly
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0
The Grizzly
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0

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Planning your ride

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: California's Great America. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, themeparkjames.co.uk, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: DestinationFearFan (CC BY-SA 4.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), FASTILY (CC BY-SA 4.0), mliu92 (CC BY-SA 2.0), Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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