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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. Sky Trek Tower - Wikipedia

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   Sky Trek Tower. / 42.3694; -87.9361. Sky Trek Tower is a 285-foot (87 m) [note 1] gyro tower located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, United States. Manufactured by Intamin, the attraction is the tallest free-standing structure in Lake County, Illinois. Opening on June 28, 1977, the ride was part of an expansion program by the ...

4. 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.

5. Six Flags Entertainment Village - Wikipedia

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   Six Flags Entertainment Village was the working title for a proposed 134-acre (54 ha) entertainment complex in Gurnee, Illinois, across and west of Six Flags Great America, located near Interstate 94. Owned by Six Flags and developed by Prism Development Co., the complex would have cost US$400 million. This project was intended to generate over ...

6. Columbia Carousel - Wikipedia

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   Columbia Carousel. Columbia Carousel or Carousel Columbia [note 1] are a pair of double-decker carousels at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, and California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. Both parks were originally built by the Marriott hotel chain as sister properties but they were later sold off and are presently owned ...

7. 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 ...

8. Condor (ride) - Wikipedia

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   The Condor is the trade name of an amusement ride sold by HUSS of Bremen, Germany. It was debuted at the 1984 New Orleans World's Fair, under the name "Cyclo Tower". The Condor has 28 steel-framed gondolas, each with a fiberglass shell, frequently painted to resemble a bird. The seats hold one to two people, one sitting behind the other if they ...

9. 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 ...