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2. Six Flags Great America; 2024 season begins Saturday, April 20

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   GURNEE, Ill. - Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois is ready to welcome thrill seekers of all ages for the 2024 season when its gates open on Saturday, April 20. A news release says this ...

3. Freefall (ride) - Wikipedia

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   On May 22, 1984, an accident occurred on The Edge, a first generation Freefall ride at Marriott's Great America (now Six Flags Great America) in Gurnee, Illinois. A supporting cable snapped, and the mechanism's anti-rollback devices failed to stop the car from plummeting nearly 60 feet to the bottom of the tower.

4. Goliath (Six Flags Great America) - Wikipedia

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   Goliath is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) and designed by Alan Schilke, the roller coaster features RMC's Topper Track design and opened to the public on June 19, 2014. Goliath initially set three world records among wooden coasters, having the ...

5. Shockwave (Six Flags Great America) - Wikipedia

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   Shockwave (Six Flags Great America) / 42.3712; -87.9343. Shockwave (occasionally stylized as ShockWave or Shock Wave) was a roller coaster manufactured by Arrow Dynamics at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Standing 170 feet (52 m) tall and reaching speeds of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h), it opened in 1988 as the world's tallest and ...

6. Six Flags Great America to open for the season April 20 with ...

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   April 16, 2024 at 4:05 PM. GURNEE, Ill. - Six Flags Great America is getting ready to welcome guests back to the park starting April 20! And this year, it is announcing a new pendulum thrill ride ...

7. American Eagle (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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   Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 30 riders per train. American Eagle is a wooden racing roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America theme park in Gurnee, Illinois. It was the first wooden roller coaster designed by Intamin of Switzerland and was built in 1981 by the contracting firm Figley-Wright at a cost of $10 ...

8. Demon (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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   Demon is a multi-looping roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois and California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. [1] [2] Both coasters opened in 1976 as Turn of the Century, when both Great America parks were owned by Marriott Corporation. [3] Following the 1979 season, they were slightly modified and renamed ...

9. Raging Bull (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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   Raging Bull is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Designed by Werner Stengel and manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), the ride opened to the public on May 1, 1999. It features a 208-foot (63 m) first drop, a maximum speed of 73 mph (117 km/h), and a track length of over 5,000 feet (1,524 m).