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Rip Roaring Rapids Wait Times
Water · 46" minimum height · California's Great America
Rip Roaring Rapids is temporarily down right now.
Live wait, plus a model forecast by day and hour for Rip Roaring Rapids at California's Great America, built on 0 measured readings.
Best time to ride Rip Roaring Rapids
Thoosie is still gathering enough data on Rip Roaring Rapids to map its best hours. Check the live wait above before you head over.
Rip Roaring Rapids average wait by month
| Month | Avg Wait | Readings |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 30 min | 3,490 |
| July 2026 | 35.4 min | 9,260 |
| August 2026 | 921.4 min | 1,197 |
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Reliability, measured
How often this ride was actually running, not how long the line was.
Across 416 hours that California's Great America was open, Rip Roaring Rapids was running 91.82% of the time, with 36 separate interruptions. That ranks #5 for availability out of 54 tracked rides at California's Great America, where the typical ride runs 96.77% of operating hours.
Measured 2026-05-23 to 2026-09-30 from ride status polled about every minute. Scheduled refurbishment is recorded separately and is not counted as an outage. How we measure
Based on 0 measured readings, updated continuously · How we measure
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