Psycho Mouse at California's Great America
Lap barfew rider fit complaints

California's Great America, Santa Clara, California

Psycho Mouse

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What riders love
  • That first set of turns was the highlight for me. It’s a relatively mild, wacky good time.
  • I thought it was a kiddie coaster but when you get pulled at the top, you really feel it.
  • Plus, the ride op on the comm is really fun!
  • It’s a wild mouse so it’s not a great ride by default, but it’s probably the smoothest and least annoying wild mouse I’ve ridden along with the one at Cedar Point.
  • Actually pretty good airtime for a wild mouse, pretty smooth and the seats are comfortable.
  • Drops are great!
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at California's Great America

Actually pretty good airtime for a wild mouse, pretty smooth and the seats are comfortable.

Niko Ramos

Great airtime, Good laterals, and some weird outerbanked turns at the end.

Ejector Productions

Seemed a bit more janky than a typical mouse coaster, but had some random pops of airtime.

Max S.

The layout is pretty bad, but there are a couple hills where you get some airtime.

Erik C.

Laterals on the turns, tiny drops, some little airtime.

Lightning Productions

It’s a wild mouse so it’s not a great ride by default, but it’s probably the smoothest and least annoying wild mouse I’ve ridden along with the one at Cedar Point.

David

Pretty smooth though overall, but not much to offer.

Ryan Hanna

Runs smooth and gives a fun ride overall.

Shmee

However, these moments (and more) are pretty uncomfortable.

Erik C.

this ride is too rough i think, i do like when it turns and you feel like ur gunna go off the tracks tho!

@DanTheMan0894

Such an underrated coaster, much better than a normal wild mouse coaster, all the elements hit, and the first 2 har pin turns are the insane.

RThirtyEight Coasters

As wild mice go, Psycho Mouse is fairly gentle.

Theme Park James

It’s a relatively mild, wacky good time.

John Montague

It’s fun because you hit those turns fast enough to make it feel like your going to go over the edge.

@showbiz408

Those first few turns give some really good laterals but unfortunately the trims then kick in hard and kill the rest of the ride.

Shmee

But like many wild mouses, there are dead spots and it breaks down quite a bit.

Niko Ramos

An alright mouse, but they only had a single car running the track at a time which made the line last about 3x longer than it needed to.

Brian Start

Other than that the capacity is really a problem because it causes really long lines for honestly not the best coaster.

Gibson Williams

Should I ride it?

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Actually pretty good airtime for a wild mouse, pretty smooth and the seats are comfortable.

Niko Ramos, Captain Coaster review

An alright mouse, but they only had a single car running the track at a time which made the line last about 3x longer than it needed to.

Brian Start, Captain Coaster review

Other than that the capacity is really a problem because it causes really long lines for honestly not the best coaster.

Gibson Williams, Captain Coaster review

Such an underrated coaster, much better than a normal wild mouse coaster, all the elements hit, and the first 2 har pin turns are the insane.

RThirtyEight Coasters, Captain Coaster review

Holy shit this thing loads slow, other than that pretty much a typical wild mouse without much to stand out.

Kellen Grady, Captain Coaster review

It’s a wild mouse so it’s not a great ride by default, but it’s probably the smoothest and least annoying wild mouse I’ve ridden along with the one at Cedar Point.

David, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Psycho Mouse
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0
Psycho Mouse
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Psycho Mouse from Eagle's Flight
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Psycho Mouse from Eagle's Flight
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0
Psycho Mouse
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Psycho Mouse
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Psycho Mouse
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Psycho Mouse
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Psycho Mouse
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0
Psycho Mouse from Eagle's Flight
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0

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Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. 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, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: FASTILY (CC BY-SA 4.0), 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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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): RThirtyEight Coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Such an underrated coaster, much better than a normal…”; John Montague, rider review on Captain Coaster: “That first set of turns was the highlight for…”; Gibson Williams, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I thought it was a kiddie coaster but when…”; Reed Dutton, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Plus, the ride op on the comm is really…”; Shmee, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Not bad for a wild mouse. Runs smooth and…”; David, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It’s a wild mouse so it’s not a great…”; Ejector Productions, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Great airtime, Good laterals, and some weird outerbanked turns…”; Niko Ramos, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Actually pretty good airtime for a wild mouse, pretty…”; Will Anderson, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Drops are great!”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: coastercrutchfield's front row POV, Psycho Mouse Front Row (HD POV) California's Great America (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.