Theater 2000: Stealth (flying steel coaster) opens to the public; Scenic Railroad and Skyhawk are removed 1999: KidZVille; Tidal Wave renamed Greased Lightnin'; Stealth is constructed and tested all season; Logger's Run modified to allow construction of Stealth 1998: Invertigo; James Bond: License to Thrill; in the Paramount Action F/X Theater Yankee Clipper is removed 1997: Xtreme Skyflyer; Triple Wheel (originally Sky Whirl) is removed 1996: Drop Tower Scream Zone (Formerly Drop Zone Stunt Tower) 1995: Nickelodeon Splat City; The Edge and Ameri- Go Round are removed. 1994: Action Theater featuring Days of Thunder 1993: Park is renamed Paramount's Great America; Flight Deck (Formerly Top Gun); Lobster is removed 1992: KECO is acquired by Paramount, and renamed Paramount Parks; IMAX Pictorium Theater received a $1.5 million upgrade allowing it to screen 3-D films. 1991: Vortex (March 9); Saskatchewan Scrambler is removed. 1990: Whitewater Falls (March 31) 1989: Skyhawk (March 11); KECO purchases buildings, rides, and equipment from the City of Santa Clara (June 2); Dolphin and Seal show and Cajun Carpet are removed. 1988: Rip Roaring Rapids (March 12). Whizzer and Bottom's Up are removed 1987: Woodstock Express (Formerly Blue Streak/ Green Slime Mine Car Coaster/ Runaway Reptar); Smurf Woods (March 21); Fort Fun (March 21); HMB Endeavor (Formerly known as The Revolution, March 21) 1986: The Grizzly (March 15); Redwood Amphitheater with the Miami Sound Machine (June 14) 1985: Park is renamed Great America. 1985: Park is sold by Marriott corporation to the City of Santa Clara (June 5); management transfers to Kings Entertainment Company (KECO) 1984: Hilltopper is removed. 1983: The Edge (June 18); Red Baron and Ladybugs are removed. 1982: Atari Video Adventure 1980: The Demon (remodeled from Turn of the Century, March 15); Gulf coaster is removed 1979: Star Tower (formerly Sky Tower, March 31) 1978: IMAX Pictorium Theater, with film Man Belongs to the Earth (June 3) 1977: Tidal Wave (July 8) 1976: Marriott's Great America opens (March 20) In film and television Beverly Hills Cop III Though appearing under the name "Wonder World", Paramount's Great America was used for exterior scenes of the theme park in the 1994 film Beverly Hills Cop III (itself released by Paramount Pictures) after Knott's Berry Farm declined filming rights. Writer Steven E. de Souza originally wrote the story as more "Die Hard in a theme park". He was told that each of the rides he had designed would