Patriot, Floorless steel roller coaster at California's Great America, Santa Clara, United States.

Patriot is a floorless steel roller coaster in Hometown Square at California's Great America in Santa Clara. Designed by Werner Stengel and built by Bolliger & Mabillard, it lifts riders to 91 feet, then drops into a vertical loop, two left turnarounds, and a corkscrew before the final brake run. The track is blue with white supports.

Vortex opened on March 9, 1991, as the second Bolliger & Mabillard coaster after Iron Wolf, designed by Werner Stengel as a stand-up ride with purple track and yellow rails. It closed on September 5, 2016, and was converted to the floorless Patriot, reopening on April 1, 2017, with blue track and white supports.

The name Patriot replaced Vortex for the 2017 season, and the ride's logo closely resembles that of the Patriot coaster at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri, another Six Flags park. To mark the opening, the park gave free admission to current and past military service members through Memorial Day weekend 2017, with up to six guests receiving discount tickets.

Patriot runs two trains of seven cars, each row seating four riders held by shoulder restraints. The lift hill stands parallel to the footers of the former Tidal Wave shuttle coaster, and the course once crossed the park train's railroad tracks near the corkscrew. The ride sits in Hometown Square.

Patriot was the second floorless conversion in the Cedar Fair chain, after Mantis became Rougarou at Cedar Point in 2015. It was also the park's first floorless coaster in its 41-year history. The ride's logo closely resembles that of its namesake Patriot at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City.