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Although the ride is located in the County Fair section of Six Flags Great America, the name and theme of the ride was chosen purely on the basis of the ride's size and scale. 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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Maxx Force is a launched steel roller coaster at the Six Flags Great America amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, United States. [1] It opened on July 4, 2019, and was manufactured by S&S - Sansei Technologies. Maxx Force is themed on drag racing and is located in the Carousel Plaza area.
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 ...
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).