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| Woodstock Express | |
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 Woodstock Express in 2017 | |
| California's Great America | |
| Park section | Planet Snoopy |
| Coordinates | 40°34′46″N75°31′57″W / 40.579326°N 75.532553°W /40.579326; -75.532553 |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | 1987 |
| Hanna-Barbera Land | |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | 1984 |
| Closing date | 1986 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Height | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Length | 1,300 ft (400 m) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Height restriction | 46 in (117 cm) |
| Trains | Single train with 4 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 16 riders per train. |
| Woodstock Express at RCDB | |
Woodstock Express is a steel kiddie roller coaster located atCalifornia's Great America inSanta Clara, California. The coaster has slight drops and turns and uses a lap bar for guests' safety. It is themed to Woodstock, the best friend ofSnoopy from thePeanuts comic strip.
Since the roller coaster opened in 1987, it has been re-themed at least three times. It was designed byIntamin and originally opened in 1984 asScooby's Ghoster Coaster atHanna-Barbera Land inSpring, Texas. The coaster moved to California's Great America, reopening in 1987 as Blue Streak. The coaster had aSmurfs theme when it opened within "Smurf Woods," a land featuring a Smurf village with mushroom houses. Smurf Woods was closed in the early 1990s.
Paramount Parks acquired Great America in 1993 and openedNickelodeon Central. The coaster was given new yellow and green seats, and it was named Green Slime Mine Car in 1995. One Smurf house managed to survive; it may still be seen in the Picnic Grove area. In 2002, Paramount Parks repainted the coaster orange and re-themed it as Rugrats Runaway Reptar.
In 2007,Cedar Fair Entertainment Company acquired all 5 Paramount Parks (Kings Island,Canada's Wonderland,Carowinds,Kings Dominion, and California's Great America). The park did not have the license to use Nickelodeon property, so Nickelodeon Central was re-themed toPlanet Snoopy in 2010. Cedar Fair (nowSix Flags) gave the coaster a new yellow paint job and the name Woodstock Express; famously named after Snoopy's best friend, Woodstock.[1][2]
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