California Screamin'

California Screamin' is a roller coaster at Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The attraction's name comes from the song "California Dreamin'" is a song by The Mamas & the Papas; written 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 7th longest roller coaster in the world, at 6,072 feet long. Its highest point is 120 feet tall followed by a 108-foot 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 LSM, or linear synchronous motors, to launch the train up the first lift hill, and replaces the traditional lift hill chain with LSM. 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 the roller coaster is set to music. California Screamin' is the only inverting ride in the Disneyland Resort. This attraction has both FASTPASS and single rider passes/entrance.

Table of contents

1 Attraction facts 2 Additional facts 3 External links

Attraction facts

• Grand Opening: February 8, 2001 (Opened with Disney's California Adventure)
• Designers: Walt Disney Imagineering, and Intamin AG
• 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'
• LIM Launch Length: 215'
• Largest Hill/Drop: 120'/108'
• Inversions: 1 (Train loops around giant silhouette head of Mickey Mouse)
• Top Speed: 55 mph
• Ride Duration: 2:36
• Max Acceleration: 0 - 55 mph in 4 seconds
• Height Requirement: 48"

Additional facts

• California Screamin' contains over 36 miles of electrical wire, and 167 miles of individual conductors.
• It took 5.8 million pounds of steel to build California Screamin'
• There are 11.5 million pounds of concrete in the foundations and the "deepest" foundation is a deep pile of 48 feet
• California Screamin' boasts Disney's first 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 baffle the Guests' screams during those thrill portions of the ride that are sure to elicit such a reaction

External links

• RollerCoaster Database Images and stats
• Official Disneyland Resort Link

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