List of former Six Flags Great America attractions
Rides and attractions -- Former roller coasters
Table:
Coaster

Year Opened

Year Closed

Manufacturer
(Model)

Location in Park

Description

Gulf Coaster

1976

1976

Allan Herschell Company

Orleans Place

Small kiddie coaster that was located about where Roaring Rapids' entrance is today.

Tidal Wave

1978

1991

Anton Schwarzkopf
Shuttle Loop

Yankee Harbor

Riders accelerated from 0 to 57 mph (92 km/h) in 6 seconds. Was removed to make room for Batman: The Ride. Later located at Six Flags Over Georgia as Viper, and at Kentucky Kingdom as Greezed Lightnin'. Was scrapped in 2013 to make way for Lightning Run.

[1]

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.

[2]

Shock Wave

1988

2002

Arrow Dynamics
Looping Coaster

Orleans Place

Riders turned upside-down seven times in three different ways and reached speeds of 65 mph (105 km/h). It was removed due to maintenance issues, declining popularity, and to make room for Superman: Ultimate Flight.

[3]

Rolling Thunder

1989

1995

Intamin
Swiss Bob

Hometown Square

Secured in bobsled-like vehicles, riders careen around tight turns. Originally located at Six Flags Great Adventure as Sarajevo Bobsleds. It was removed from Great America to make room for Southwest Territory. Now located at Great Escape as Alpine Bobsled.

[4]

Déjà Vu

2001

2007

Vekoma
Giant Inverted Boomerang

County Fair

Floorless trains suspended beneath an overhead track traversed the track forward and in reverse. Removed due to maintenance issues. Now located at Silverwood as Aftershock.

[5]

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 Apocalypse. Iron Wolf was replaced by a new roller coaster called Goliath in June 2014.

[6]

Ragin' Cajun

2004

2013

Zamperla
Spinning Wild Mouse

Mardi Gras

Riders careen around tight turns and sharp dips while strapped within a spinning vehicle. Closed at the end of the 2013 season to be relocated to Six Flags America. Replaced by The Joker in 2017.

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The Gulf Coaster was a small children 's roller coaster that was built for both the Great America parks . Gulf Coaster was built by the Allan Herschell Company with its trains made by Bradley and Kaye . It was a standard Little Dipper model . Today , neither Gulf Coasters operate .
The Allan Herschell Company specialized in the creation of amusement rides , particularly carousels and roller coasters . The company manufactured portable machines which could be used by traveling carnival operators . It was started in 1915 in the town of North Tonawanda , just outside Buffalo , New York , US .
Shuttle Loop is a type of steel launched shuttle roller coaster designed by Reinhold Spieldiener of Intamin and manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf . A total of 12 installations were produced between 1977 and 1982 . These 12 installations have been located in a total of 22 different amusement parks .
Anton Schwarzkopf ( 8 July 1924 - 30 July 2001 ) was a German engineer of amusement rides , and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries Company , which built numerous amusement rides and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and traveling funfairs .
Batman : The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster based on the DC Comics character Batman and found at seven Six Flags theme parks in the United States . Built by consulting engineers Bolliger & Mabillard , it rises to a height of between 100 and 105 feet ( 30 and 32 m ) and reaches top speeds of 50 miles per hour ( 80 km/h ) . The original roller coaster at Six Flags Great America was partially devised by the park 's general manager Jim Wintrode . Batman : The Ride was the world 's first inverted roller coaster when it opened in 1992 , and has since been awarded Coaster Landmark status by the American Coaster Enthusiasts . Clones of the ride exist at amusement parks around the world .
Six Flags Over Georgia is a 290-acre ( 120 ha ) theme park located west of Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County , Georgia , United States . Featuring characters and themes from a variety of Warner Bros. properties such as Looney Tunes and DC Comics , the park opened to the public in 1967 as the second of three theme parks built by Six Flags . It features 11 roller coasters , including top-ranked Mind Bender and Goliath that have been recognized annually by Amusement Today , and over 30 other rides , shows , and attractions . Hurricane Harbor , a 7-acre ( 2.8 ha ) water park included in the price of admission to the amusement park , was added in 2014 .
Kentucky Kingdom ( formerly called Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom ) is an amusement park in Louisville , Kentucky . The 63-acre ( 25 ha ) park includes a collection of amusement rides and a water park named Hurricane Bay . The park reopened to the public on May 24 , 2014 .
Lightning Run is a Hyper GT-X roller coaster located at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville , Kentucky . The ride is manufactured by Chance Rides and opened on May 24 , 2014 . The coaster is the only operational Hyper GT-X model coaster in the world .
Flashback was a steel roller coaster made by Intamin of Switzerland . The coaster was located in the Six Flags Plaza area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia , California . The model of the ride , a Space Diver coaster , was supposed to be mass-produced , only for Flashback to be the only installation .
Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau , Switzerland . It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide . The Intamin brand name is an abbreviation for international amusement installations . The company has offices throughout the world including three in Europe , three in Asia and two in the United States . Intamin is a major player in the amusement park attractions industry , supplying 17 different styles of roller coasters , 7 different vertical rides , 8 different water rides , 5 different immersive rides , 7 different swing rides and 5 different observation attractions . The company has installed a total of 163 coasters in several countries around the globe . Intamin designed and built the first river rapids ride known as Thunder River based on the idea supplied by Bill Crandall , a past General Manager at the now defunct AstroWorld . Intamin also marketed the first Freefall ( developed by Giovanola ) experience and the first drop tower .
Six Flags Magic Mountain , originally Magic Mountain , is a 262-acre ( 106 ha ) theme park located in the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita , California , 35 miles ( 56 km ) northwest of downtown Los Angeles . It opened on May 30 , 1971 , as a development of the Newhall Land and Farming Company . In 1979 , Six Flags purchased the park and added the name Six Flags to the park 's name . With 19 roller coasters , Six Flags Magic Mountain holds the world record for most roller coasters in an amusement park . In 2017 , the park had an estimated 3.3 million visitors , ranking it sixteenth in attendance in North America .
Shockwave ( occasionally stylized as ShockWave or Shock Wave ) was a roller coaster manufactured by Arrow Dynamics at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee , Illinois . Standing 170 feet ( 52 m ) tall and reaching speeds of 65 miles per hour ( 105 km/h ) , it opened in 1988 as the world 's tallest and fastest looping roller coaster with a record-breaking seven inversions : three vertical loops , a boomerang ( also known as a batwing ) , and two regular corkscrews . Shockwave was closed in 2002 and has been dismantled .
Arrow Dynamics was an American manufacturing and engineering company that specialized in designing and building amusement park rides , especially roller coasters . Based in Clearfield , Utah , the company was the successor to Arrow Development ( 1946-1981 ) and Arrow Huss ( 1981-1986 ) , which were responsible for several influential advancements in the amusement and theme park industries . Among the most significant was tubular steel track , which provided a smoother ride than the railroad style rails commonly used prior to the 1960s on wooden roller coasters . The Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland , built in 1959 , was Arrow 's first roller coaster project . In 1975 , Arrow Development introduced the first corkscrew style track Corkscrew , at Knott 's Berry Farm that sent riders through a series of corkscrews . Arrow created several other firsts over the years , introducing the first suspended roller coaster in almost a century , The Bat , in 1981 , and the world 's first hypercoaster , Magnum XL-200 , which opened in 1989 . They built the first 4th Dimension roller coaster , X2 , which was designed by Alan Schilke in 2002 . Arrow Development 's ownership changed three times between the 1950s and 1980s . Arrow Dynamics would eventually survive two bankruptcies and spin off a sister company , Fabriweld , primarily to build track , by 1988 . Arrow Dynamics eventually closed on December 3 , 2001 . S & S Worldwide purchased part of Arrow 's remaining assets on October 28 , 2002 , and the remainder of the company was dissolved . In 2012 , Sansei Yusoki Co. of Osaka , Japan , acquired a 77.3% interest in S & S - Arrow .
Superman : Ultimate Flight is a steel flying roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard . Themed to the popular comic book character , Superman : Ultimate Flight has been installed at three Six Flags theme parks around the United States : Six Flags Over Georgia , Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Great America . Superman : Ultimate Flight simulates flying by positioning its passengers parallel to the track , supported by harnesses and facing the ground through most of the ride . In the station , riders board the train sitting down . After the train is locked and checked , the trains are raised into the flying position . After the ride , the seats are lowered back into the sitting position for the next round of riders .
Alpine Bobsled is a steel bobsled roller coaster , made by Intamin . It has been at three parks , Six Flags Great Adventure , Six Flags Great America and Great Escape in Queensbury , New York , where it stands .
Six Flags Great Adventure is an amusement park located in Jackson , New Jersey , owned by Six Flags . Situated between New York City and Philadelphia , the park complex also contains the Hurricane Harbor water park . The park opened in 1974 under restaurateur Warner LeRoy . Six Flags took over ownership of the park in 1977 . Today , the park contains eleven themed areas . On August 30 , 2012 , Six Flags combined its 125-acre ( 51 ha ) Great Adventure Park with its 350-acre ( 140 ha ) Wild Safari animal park to form the 475-acre ( 192 ha ) Six Flags Great Adventure & Safari park , making it the second-largest theme park in the world , after Disney 's Animal Kingdom .
The Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor is an amusement and water park owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corp . It is located approximately 60 miles ( 97 km ) north of Albany , in Queensbury , New York . It is one of three Six Flags parks not to be officially branded with the Six Flags name [ citation needed ] , with La Ronde in Montreal , Quebec , Canada and Frontier City in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma being the two others .
A Giant Inverted Boomerang is a type of steel shuttle roller coaster manufactured by Vekoma . The ride is a larger , inverted version of Vekoma 's popular Boomerang sit down roller coasters . As of February 2020 [ update ] , five installations of the model are operating , with another one under construction
Vekoma Rides Manufacturing is a Dutch amusement ride manufacturer . Vekoma is an abbreviation of Veld Koning Machinefabriek ( Veld Koning Machine Factory ) and was established in 1926 by Hendrik op het Veld . They originally manufactured farm equipment and later made steel constructions for the coal mining industry in the 1950s , After the closure of Dutch mines in 1965 , they manufactured steel pipes for the petrochemical industry . Since the 1970s , they have manufactured amusement rides . In 2018 , Vekoma was acquired by Sansei Technologies , the parent company of American ride manufacturer S & S Sansei .
Silverwood Theme Park is an amusement park located in the city of Athol in northern Idaho , United States , near the town of Coeur d'Alene , approximately 47 miles ( 75 km ) from Spokane , Washington on US 95 . Owner Gary Norton opened the park in June 20 , 1988 . Originally , the park included a small assortment of carnival rides , a main street with shops and eateries , and an authentic steam train that traveled in a 30-minute loop around the owner 's property . From 1973 to 1988 , the land , along with a fully functioning airstrip , was operated as the Henley Aerodrome , named after the family whom Norton bought it from in 1981 . Over the years , Silverwood has grown in both size and popularity , transforming from a small local amusement park to a regional theme park destination . In 2003 , an adjacent waterpark named Boulder Beach Water Park was opened . Entrance to Boulder Beach is included with admission to Silverwood . In 2009 , Silverwood began an annual Halloween event called Scarywood , held during evenings in the month of October . Comic characters Garfield and Odie are the official mascots of the park . Today , Silverwood is the largest theme and water park in the American Northwest on 413-acre ( 1,670,000 m2 ) and boasting more than 70 rides , slides , shows and attractions . It is the northernmost theme Park in the United States . In 2019 , Silverwood co-hosted ( along with Rocky Mountain Construction ) the Golden Ticket Awards .
Firebird is a floorless roller coaster located at Six Flags America in Prince George 's County , Maryland . The roller coaster had originally debuted in 1990 as a stand-up roller coaster named Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America . It was later relocated to Six Flags America in 2012 and renamed Apocalypse , under which it operated until 2018 . The roller coaster was the first to be built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard . When known as Iron Wolf , the roller coaster briefly held world records among stand-up roller coasters for height ( 100-foot or 30-metre ) and speed ( 55 miles per hour or 89 kilometres per hour ) before being surpassed several years later .
Bolliger & Mabillard , officially Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers , Inc. and often abbreviated B & M , is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey , Switzerland . The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard , both of whom had worked for Giovanola . B & M has pioneered several new ride technologies , most notably the inverted roller coaster and the box-section track . In 2016 , the company completed its 100th roller coaster . B & M produces nine types of coaster models : Stand-Up Coaster , Inverted Coaster , Floorless Coaster , Flying Coaster , Hyper Coaster , Dive Coaster , Sitting Coaster , Wing Coaster and Family Coaster .
Six Flags America is a theme park located in Woodmore CDP , Prince George 's County , Maryland , near Upper Marlboro , and in the Washington , DC metropolitan area . Founded as a wildlife center in 1973 by Ross Perot , ABC television operated the park as a drive-through safari called The Largo Wildlife Preserve beginning in 1974 until its closure in 1978 . The property was bought by Jim Fowler 's Wild Kingdom ; thereafter the site was converted from a wildlife preserve into a theme park named Wild World gradually over the years . In 1992 , the park was renamed Adventure World after being acquired by Premier Parks , and ultimately was branded as the 10th Six Flags park when Premier Parks acquired Six Flags Inc. and adopted its name in 1999 . The America in the park 's name was chosen regarding the close proximity to the United States ' capital .
Goliath is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America amusement park in Gurnee , Illinois . Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction ( RMC ) and designed by Alan Schilke , the roller coaster features RMC 's Topper Track design and opened to the public on June 19 , 2014 . Goliath initially set three world records among wooden coasters , having the longest drop at 180 feet ( 55 m ) , the steepest angle of 85 degrees , and the fastest speed of 72 mph ( 116 km/h ) . It still holds the record for the longest drop . In addition , the ride also features two inversions and a maximum descent that reaches 15 feet ( 4.6 m ) below ground level . Goliath was constructed over a nine-month period on the site previously occupied by Iron Wolf , a steel roller coaster removed in 2011 and relocated to Six Flags America . Goliath 's opening allowed Great America to claim the title of having the most wooden track in one park , a recognition that was later claimed by Kings Island . Following its record-breaking debut , the coaster was well-received by the media and enthusiasts , and it has consistently ranked in the top 25 among wooden coasters in the annual Golden Ticket Awards publication from Amusement Today .
Ragin ' Cajun is a steel mouse roller coaster at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro , Maryland . Manufactured by Zamperla and Reverchon Industries , the design is a Crazy Mouse , which is similar to a Wild Mouse . Crazy Mouse coasters ' cars freely spin during the second half of the ride , but Wild Mouse coasters ' cars do not . The ride runs five cars at a time , and each car holds up to four riders with a maximum of three adults . Ragin ' Cajun previously operated at Six Flags Great America from 2004 to 2013 .
Antonio Zamperla S.p.A. is an Italian design and manufacturing company founded in 1966 . It is best known for creating family rides , thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide . The company also makes smaller coin-operated rides commonly found inside shopping malls . Zamperla builds roller coasters , like the powered Dragon Coaster , Mini Mouse , Zig Zag , and Volare . In 2006 , Zamperla announced Motocoaster , a motorcycle-themed roller coaster . Rights to some of S.D.C . 's rides were handed to Zamperla ( along with S & C and S & MC ) after the company went bankrupt in 1993 . In 2005 the founder of the company , Mr. Antonio Zamperla , became the first Italian to be inducted into the IAAPA Hall of Fame by virtue of his significant contribution to the entire industry , joining other pioneers such as Walt Disney , George Ferris and Walter Knott . Unlike companies such as Intamin , Vekoma , or Bolliger & Mabillard that concentrate on larger and faster roller coasters , Zamperla focuses on more family-friendly roller coasters that can be easily mass-produced , taken down , and transported to different locations . They are also a major manufacturer of flat rides with such names as : Balloon Race , Bumper cars , Disk ' O , Ferris wheel , Water Flume Ride , Galleon/Swinging Ship , Sky Drop , Discovery , Windshear , Tornado , Energy Storm , Z-Force , Mixer , Rotoshake , Turbo Force , Power Surge , and Mini Jet .
The Joker is a roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure , Six Flags Great America , Six Flags New England , and Six Flags Over Texas . Built by S & S Worldwide , an American ride manufacturer , the coaster is one of their Free Spin models . Since 2016 , Six Flags has installed The Joker in four of their parks . Riders zig zag along the track while flipping head over heels up to six times throughout the ride in a somewhat uncontrolled manner . Six Flags started installing more after the success of Batman : The Ride that opened in 2015 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas .