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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 million. While most of the records have since been broken, American Eagle had ...
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.
Small kiddie coaster that was located about where Roaring Rapids' entrance is today. Z-Force: 1985 1987 Intamin Space Diver County Fair Steel roller coaster that featured a stacked design and numerous steep rolling track dives. Later located at Six Flags Over Georgia as Z-Force and at Six Flags Magic Mountain as Flashback. [1] Tidal Wave: 1978 1991
Whizzer, originally named Willard's Whizzer, is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, United States.Designed by Werner Stengel and built by Anton Schwarzkopf, the Speedracer model was one of two identical roller coasters built for the Marriott Corporation in time for the debut of their Great America parks in 1976.
Local thrill ride enthusiasts can look forward to a new roller coaster at Great America next year. Six Flags Great America announced that Wrath of Rakshasa will debut in 2025 at the park located ...
In 1994, Six Flags Great America announced that they would be adding Viper. It would be a wooden roller coaster scheduled to open for the 1995 season. Construction of the coaster began in the fall of 1994 and was completed in early 1995. [2] Viper opened on April 29, 1995. It was built by Rygiel Construction Company, out of McHenry Illinois.
Raging Bull is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, United States.The ride opened to the public on May 1, 1999, as the first hyper-twister roller coaster, the second Hyper Coaster model built by Bolliger & Mabillard, and the tallest and longest coaster in the park.
On March 12, 2001, Six Flags Great America announced the addition of two new roller coasters. These were Vertical Velocity and Déjà Vu. [3] Two months later, Vertical Velocity would officially open on May 18, 2001. [2] The ride also had another clone at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, which was modified in 2002 due to height limit restrictions. [4]