One of my favorite recurring attractions at Six Flags Great America’s Fright Fest event isn’t a maze, a swarm of scareactors or even the scary decor — it’s the assortment of artifacts and references to past attractions located in a...
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Top 5 Coasters at Six Flags Great America
What are the best roller coasters at Six Flags Great America? The Chicago amusement park has 14 coasters to choose from, with one more opening in a few months. The park features an array of “mild to wild” coasters with...
Continue reading...Six Flags Great America 2019 Theories and Land Clearing – UPDATED
UPDATED (8/30/18) — Six Flags Great America has announced Maxx Force, a triple record-breaking steel launched coaster for 2019. Learn more about it here. UPDATED (8/16/18) — We’ve updated this post to include the teasers videos that the park is...
Continue reading...Six Flags Great America July 2015 Update
I visited Six Flags Great America today to see what was new at the park since I last visited in early June. The day was off to a great start. The sun was shining and the temperatures were mild. I...
Continue reading...Coaster101 10-Year Throwback Giveaway: 2014
Coaster101 turned 10 years old last Monday, and to celebrate, we’re looking back at our favorite posts from the past decade. We’re also giving away TEN Coaster101 Prize Packs! Today we’re revisiting to 2014. The website’s appearance has remained largely the same since “Coaster101 V5” was launched...
Continue reading...Our Favorite Moments from 2014, Part 2
The 2014 coaster season was a stellar one for the Coaster101 team, and we’re highlighting a few of our favorite moments from the year in this two-part series. Read “Part 1” of our Favorite Moments from 2014 feature here. Kyle Coming...
Continue reading...Our Favorite Moments from 2014, Part 1
The 2014 coaster season was a stellar one for the Coaster101 team, and we’re highlighting a few of our favorite moments from the year in this two-part series. John Timber was a common theme of my 2014 coaster season. Wooden...
Continue reading...2014 Golden Ticket Award Winners
Over the weekend, Amusement Today announced the winners of its prestigious 2014 Golden Ticket Awards, which were presented annually to the “Best of the Best” in the amusement industry for the 17th consecutive year. The results came from an international poll presented...
Continue reading...Six Flags Great America Celebrates 40th Season in 2015
In 2015, Six Flags Great America will celebrate its 40th season of operation by honoring its celebration of America, along with the park’s continued efforts to push the envelope in “thrills, entertainment and innovation.” Great America opened in 1976 in...
Continue reading...Six Flags Great America Summer 2014 Update
With August already upon us, it’s hard to believe that the summer season will soon be giving way to fall and parks’ Halloween festivities. I decided to visit Six Flags Great America for a mid-season checkup before the park goes...
Continue reading...A Goliath Music Video
Since Goliath’s opening last month, I’ve accumulated a collection of video clips showing the record-breaking wooden coaster in action. Rather than let them fade into the vast depths of my hard drive, I decided to mesh them together to the...
Continue reading...A Six Flags Great American Sunset
It seems as though several of my trips to Six Flags Great America as of late have been plagued by fog and cloudy skies. So when I was at the park earlier in the week and noticed the beautiful twilight...
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