Status Operating Manufacturer Intamin AG Opened 1987 | Opening date 1987 (1987) Model masters coaster | |
Similar Woodstock Express, Flight Deck, Gulf Coaster, Patriot, Grizzly | ||
Woodstock Express is a steel kiddie roller coaster located at California's Great America in Santa Clara, CA. The coaster was designed by Intamin AG and opened in 1987 as Blue Streak. The coaster had a Smurfs theme to it when it opened. Paramount Parks acquired Marriot's Great America in 1993 and opened Nickelodeon Central. They gave the coaster new yellow and green seats and named it Green Slime Mine Car in 1995. In 2002, Paramount Parks repainted the coaster orange and rethemed it as Rugrat's 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.) They didn't have the licence to use the Nickelodeon characters so in 2010, they closed Nickelodeon Central and added Planet Snoopy. Cedar Fair gave the coaster a new yellow paint job and the name Woodstock Express. Since the coaster opened in 1987, it has been rethemed at least 3 times.
The coaster is currently adjacent to the Boomerang Bay water park.