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  2. List of former Six Flags Great America attractions - Wikipedia

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    Iron Wolf. 1990. 2011. Bolliger & Mabillard. Stand-Up Coaster. County Fair. Riders maneuver twisting turns and sudden drops while in a standing position. Now located at Six Flags America as Firebird, where it has been converted into a floorless coaster. Iron Wolf was replaced by Goliath in June 2014.

  3. Space Shuttle America - Wikipedia

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    Space Shuttle America (also known as Space Shuttle America – The Next Century) was a motion simulator ride at the Six Flags Great America theme park in Gurnee, Illinois, that opened in 1994. [1] The ride's main feature was a full-scale replica of an American Space Shuttle orbiter. It closed permanently after the 2007 season and was removed on ...

  4. Goliath (Six Flags Great America) - Wikipedia

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    Although the ride is located in the County Fair section of Six Flags Great America, [13] the name and theme of the ride was chosen purely on the basis of the ride's size and scale. [14] The 3,100-foot-long (940 m) ride stands 165 feet (50 m) tall; however, the ride drops a total of 180 feet (55 m) at an angle of 85° into an underground tunnel.

  5. X-Flight (Six Flags Great America) - Wikipedia

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    X-Flight at RCDB. X-Flight is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Designed and built by Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride opened as the fourth Wing Coaster in the world and the second in the United States on May 16, 2012. It replaced both the Splashwater Falls and Great American Raceway attractions.

  6. 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.

  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. Shockwave (Six Flags Great America) - Wikipedia

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    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 fastest looping roller coaster with a record-breaking seven inversions: three vertical loops, a boomerang ...

  9. The Dark Knight Coaster - Wikipedia

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    The Dark Knight Coaster is the name of three enclosed steel roller coasters located at Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Great America, and Six Flags México. They opened in 2008 and 2009, timed closely to the theatrical release of The Dark Knight. [1][2] All three installations were manufactured by Mack Rides.

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