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California Screamin' Roller Coaster

Disney California Adventure Rides: Paradise Pier

California Screamin' Roller Coaster

California Screamin' Roller Coaster

© 2009 Betsy Malloy Photography. Used by Permission.

About California Screamin'

It appears to be a nostalgic wooden roller coaster, but underneath it's a modern steel coaster designed to elicit screams. You'll experience a 108-foot drop and a 360-degree loop.

Rating: 5 smiles
Recommended for: Anyone who likes roller coasters and meets the height restrictions

California Screamin' Facts

  • Type: Metal-railed roller coaster
  • Location: Paradise Pier
  • Height restrictions: 48 in (122 cm)
  • Duration:  4 minutes
  • Use a Fastpass to shorten your time in line, or try getting in line during the parades or evening shows. Single Rider and Child Swap are also available

Advice About California Screamin'

  • This fast-paced, twisting, turning ride turns you upside down as you cross Mickey Mouse's face. It's not for anyone a neck or back trouble, heart problems or for expectant mothers.
  • Put away your glasses and hat before you ride, or you may lose them.
  • This ride is especially fun in the dark.

Fun Facts About California Screamin'

When it was built, California Screamin's 6,072-foot-long track was the world's fourth longest. To start, accelerators catapult cars from 0 to 55 miles per hour in just 4.7 seconds.

Accessibility

You'll have to transfer from your wheelchair or ECV to the ride vehicle by yourself or with help from your traveling companions. Enter with everyone else, then go to the elevator and ask a cast member how to board. Service animals are not allowed.

There's More

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