“Imagine a roller coaster modeled after the traditional wooden coasters of the 1920s. Now add a launch that takes you from 0 to 55 miles per hour in under five seconds, a loop-de-loop around a glimmering silhouette of Mickey Mouse’s head, over a mile of track reaching heights of 120 feet, and a 108-foot drop at 50 degrees—and you’ve got California Screamin’ , the adrenaline rush of the century!”

If Walt Disney had visited one of Southern California’s amusement piers after he arrived from Kansas City in 1923, he would have seen many architectural styles and construction materials, but nothing like California Screamin’ . The style of its queue and load area can best be described as “late-20th-century cost-effective.” Its neon sign suggests the 1940s or 1950s.

It’s a fun thrill ride. It even looks like a wooden roller coaster, at least from a distance.

The old song says, “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.” So go next door to Catch a Flave Ice Cream for some California ice cream.

You’ve finished screamin’ on California Screamin’. What are you going to do next?