California Screamin'
From The Unofficial DisneyWiki
California Screamin' is a steel roller coaster located in Paradise Pier at Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It is one of the original attractions at Disney's California Adventure, having opened on February 8, 2001.
California Screamin' was designed by Walt Disney Imagineering and built by Swiss design company Intamin AG. It is 6,072 feet long with a top speed of 55 miles per hour, achieved in the launch at the beginning of the ride. The launch uses linear induction motors to propel the train with enough momentum to clear the first lift hill, rather than using a traditional lift hill chain.
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- At 6,072 feet long, it is the second-longest steel roller coaster in the United States, and the sixth-longest in the world.
- It is also the longest roller coaster in the world with an inversion.
- With its solitary loop, it is the first and only ride in the Disneyland Resort to have an inversion, and only the third of five Disney coasters around the world to do so (the others being Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril at Disneyland Paris, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Walt Disney Studios Park, and Raging Spirits at Tokyo DisneySea).
