6. The Park has gone from zero to 16,458 feet of wooden roller coaster track with the addition of Goliath making it home to the most wooden roller coaster track of any theme park in the nation.
7. Yankee Harbor has been the home of the only two roller coasters that launch riders in the Park's history, Tidal Wave and Vertical Velocity.
8. Each ride in Hometown Square is an original ride from Marriott's Great America, the Park's original name.
9. In 1976, the tallest roller coaster in the Park was the Turn of the Century (demon) at 104 feet. Today the highest is Raging Bull at 202 feet.
10. 2015 will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Harbor, a massive 20-acre development to Great America.
No launching me. --DaCoot
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Monday, June 15, 2015
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Six Flags Great America in Illinois Turns 40
From the 2015 Summer Fun Guide.
This is our biggie amusement park located in Gurnee, Illinois, Lake County in the state's northeast corner across the stateline from Wisconsin.
Six Flags Great America is celebrating 40 seasons of thrills in 2015. It opened on the nation's Bicentennial in 1976, at a cost of $50 million with classic American-themed territories.
Today, it is one of the largest theme parks iin the country. Park president Hank salemi says: "In 2015 we plan to celebrate out park's history and how it has grown onto one of the premier amusement parks in the country. From the American Eagle to Goliath, and Whizzer to X-Flight, the Skyline of Great America has grown impressively over the last four decades."
As part of the celebration, the Carousel Plaza and Hometown Square sections of the park are being refreshed.
Three original children's rides also will be brought back: Tots Livery Surrey Carriages, Red Baron Airplanes and Lady bugs. (Maybe something I could ride and enjoy without being "skeered" out of my mind.
From just there roller coasters in 1976 to 14 today, Great America is now home to 80 rides, attractions and slides spread across 100 acres of land.
It is also home to the world's tallest, steepest and fastest wooden roller coaster-- Goliath.
No Thanks On That Last One or Any of the Other 13 Coasters. --DaScaredCoot
This is our biggie amusement park located in Gurnee, Illinois, Lake County in the state's northeast corner across the stateline from Wisconsin.
Six Flags Great America is celebrating 40 seasons of thrills in 2015. It opened on the nation's Bicentennial in 1976, at a cost of $50 million with classic American-themed territories.
Today, it is one of the largest theme parks iin the country. Park president Hank salemi says: "In 2015 we plan to celebrate out park's history and how it has grown onto one of the premier amusement parks in the country. From the American Eagle to Goliath, and Whizzer to X-Flight, the Skyline of Great America has grown impressively over the last four decades."
As part of the celebration, the Carousel Plaza and Hometown Square sections of the park are being refreshed.
Three original children's rides also will be brought back: Tots Livery Surrey Carriages, Red Baron Airplanes and Lady bugs. (Maybe something I could ride and enjoy without being "skeered" out of my mind.
From just there roller coasters in 1976 to 14 today, Great America is now home to 80 rides, attractions and slides spread across 100 acres of land.
It is also home to the world's tallest, steepest and fastest wooden roller coaster-- Goliath.
No Thanks On That Last One or Any of the Other 13 Coasters. --DaScaredCoot
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