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Six Flags Great America – Gurnee, Illinois Bolliger & Mabillard do not design intense roller coasters anymore. Sure, some of their rides might have moments of forcefulness, but none from the past...
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Six Flags Great America – Gurnee, Illinois I’m not sure which of Great America’s B&M quartet is my personal favorite but I think Raging Bull is easily their most ambitious. Unfortunately, that...
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Six Flags Great America – Gurnee, Illinois A dialectic runs through my head over whether or not I think Batman is one of B&M’s finest inverted coasters, or simply a scaled-back practice outing that...
View ArticleIron Wolf – The Last Stand
Six Flags Great America – Gurnee, Illinois It was not so very long ago that the Iron Wolf was my favorite roller coaster at Six Flags Great America. I think the year was 2005. Back then I found a...
View ArticleSix Flags Great America (Part 2)
Gurnee, Illinois I was once asked by a friend why Cedar Point was able to build better rides than Six Flags Great America. It caused me a moment’s pause. Great America doesn’t have much in the way of...
View ArticleSix Flags Great America (Part 1)
Gurnee, Illinois – Sunday, September 6th, 2009 I had been burned too many times before. Despite being a struggling company that was forced to enter bankruptcy protection earlier this year, every single...
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