California Kingdom

California Kingdom (formerly known as Six Flags California Kingdom) is an amusement park located in Redding, California. It first opened in 1978.

History
In 1978, the park opened. In 1982, it was sold to Funtime Parks.

In 1995, the park was sold to Premier Parks.

In 1999, after Premier Parks purchased the Six Flags chain, the park was renamed "Six Flags California Kingdom".

In 2004, Six Flags sold the park to Vista Parks, and the park's name was reverted back to "California Kingdom".

In 2009, the park took a huge gamble by buying a Doppelmayr Mountain Glider, which were known for having flawed maintenance, and purchased the ride for only $500,000 with $2 million in shipping the ride from Austria to California, which would take a total of five and a half months to get done, as the coaster traveled throughout Eastern Europe and Asia before the parts finally sailed their final voyage from Port of Osaka to the Port of Long Beach in the September of 2009. Surprisingly, when the ride eventually opened in 2010, it had a lot less downtime than Vertigo at Walibi Belgium initially had during it's opening.

Trivia

 * California Cyclone got the lift chain and the fin brakes from Psyclone at Six Flags Magic Mountain when it closed.
 * California Cyclone originally had D.H. Morgan wooden coaster trains from 1989 until 2019 when they were replaced by GCI Millennium Flyers.
 * After Looping Lightning's closure, Six Flags sent the train to Six Flags Over Georgia to be used on Viper (which later closed in 2001).