Patriot is now open at California's Great America

It's always great when a classic coaster gets a new lease on life, and this year is no exception as Vortex at California's Great America has received a new lease on life this year with all new floorless trains, a great new paint job and a general freshening up of the front of the park. 
The next few years are going to be very exciting for California's Great America and we can't wait to see what the future holds. 

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Written by Stephen Harrington

We'll start off with a great POV of Patriot 

Good Morning from Santa Clara, home of your Santa Clara, we mean San Francisco 49ers. =) 

But this is the real reason we're here 

Something is going on here today

The stage is set 

The new paint job looks amazing 

City of Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor talking about the re-zoning approval and future expansions of the park

Patriot is officially open!! 

Patriot Fun Facts 

The entrance, going to guess more people will ride Patriot this year. =) 

The station also got some freshening up 

SHADE!!!! 

Lots of great Patriot merchandise for all of your Patriot needs. 

And of course, no media event would be complete without a lot of awesome food 

United States service members, the first to enjoy Patriot

​Thanks again California's Great America for a fantastic day and a fantastic event. Come out and ride!!

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• Mystic Timbers completes it's first test run 
• Offseason update at California's Great America 
• Carowinds County Fair Construction Update
• Knott's announces new additions and events for 2017 
• ​Kings Island announces Mystic Timbers for 2017

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