Best Rides at Californias Great America
The headline rides, ranked by typical wait time
These are the most popular rides at Californias Great America, ordered by how long people typically queue for them. A longer typical wait is a good proxy for the must-do, headline attractions. Tap any ride for its live wait time, busiest hours and reliability.
Top rides by typical wait
13 rides ranked · longest typical queue first
- 1Tiki Twirl~59 min typical wait up to 65 min at peak
- 2RailBlazer~49 min typical wait up to 64 min at peak
- 3Flight Deck~41 min typical wait up to 39 min at peak
- 4Rip Roaring Rapids~34 min typical wait up to 25 min at peak
- 5Psycho Mouse~33 min typical wait up to 35 min at peak
- 6Gold Striker~33 min typical wait up to 52 min at peak
- 7Grizzly~32 min typical wait up to 30 min at peak
- 8Barney Oldfield's Redwood Rally~26 min typical wait up to 33 min at peak
- 9Drop Tower~18 min typical wait up to 20 min at peak
- 10Patriot~16 min typical wait up to 28 min at peak
- 11Flying Eagles~15 min typical wait
- 12Demon~15 min typical wait up to 19 min at peak
- 13Whitewater Falls~9 min typical wait up to 20 min at peak
Ranking is by each ride's typical wait time, which we use as a popularity proxy - the rides people queue longest for tend to be the headline attractions. It isn't an editorial "best" score.