How to Experience 40 Seasons of Six Flags Great America
By: Jonathan Jones 07/02/2015
This year of Six Flags Great America is filled with thrills and of course nostalgia. The Gurnee amusement park is celebrating 40 seasons of operation this year.
What are you doing Next Weekend? Well, the first thing I want to do is sink my teeth into a delicious funnel cake. But then, celebrate the excitement as they will provide a blueprint on How to Experience 40 Seasons of Six Flags Great America.
To kick off the season, Six Flags Great America invited the Guinness Book of World Records to once and for all end all chatter of who had the largest of the large, the steepest of the steep and the fastest of the fast in wooden roller coasters in the world.
Guinness came and Goliath conquered as the world record company confirmed its status as the world’s largest, fastest and steepest wooden roller coaster in the world. This monstrous ride clocks in at 180 feet, at an 85.13 degree angle and rolls at an astonishing 71.89 or 115.6 kmph.
Watch below as Visit Lake County’s Director of Marketing Anthony Haag and Senior Sales Manager Kim Ghys.
[caption id="attachment_4565" align="alignright" width="201"] The Viper[/caption]
Now commemorate 40 seasons of having their doors open, Patrons will be able to ride Goliath and the 13 other roller coasters two times in the last hour of operation. Below is the scheduled for the remainder of the year:
Week of June 29 – X Flight
Week of July 6 – Raging Bull
Week of July 13 – SUPERMAN Ultimate Flight
Week of July 20 – American Eagle
Week of July 27 – Whizzer
Week of August 3 – Goliath
Week of August 10 – Roaring Rapids
Week of August 17 – Giant Drop
Other coasters you can experience throughout your visits to Six Flags Great America this summer are BATMAN: The Ride, Viper, Vertical Velocity, THE DARK KNIGHT and Demon. Continue hereto get a full description of each Six Flags Coaster.
My first ride was the tilt-a-whirl at themed festival. However, my first roller coaster was the Whizzer at Six Flags Great America. I remember feeling terrified as my father held onto me laughing as a grappled my hands to his thighs.
That being said, I grew up and I got a little braver (although I still haven’t ridden Goliath) and rode a lot more rides. I was an 8th grader the year Raging Bull opened and was one of the first ride it when the park opened.
Create memories with your own children. The youngsters that haven’t quite crossed the cusp of being tall enough for some of the hyper coasters, Six Flags Great America has what you’re looking for. Here is a list of thrill rides for the ‘not yet tall enough.’ Big Easy Balloons
Bouncer
Jester’s Wild Ride
Krazy Kars
Krazy Kups
Lady Bugs
Little Dipper
Red Baron
Rocky Road Rescue Service
Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine
Spacely’s Sprocket Rockets
Splish Splash Zone
Tots Livery
Up, Up & Away
Yogi’s Yahoo River
ZoomJets
Continue here for a full description. Watch the video below to see me and intern Josh Hollander ride the Whizzer as adults.
Who doesn’t want to take a dip in the drink when you’re experiencing weather in the 80s and above? There’s also another birthday this year! Hurricane Harbor opens for its 25th season. Without a season pass, you can add a cool off to your full day of excitement for only $7. Large pools, rafting adventures and speed slides are all at your disposal at this wonderful park.
Some of the must-see rides and zones at the Gurnee Harbor include Bahama Mama and Bubba Tubba, Dive Bomber, Hammerhead and Barracuda, Paradise Plunge and Riptide, Skull Island , Surf Rider, Tornado, Vortex and Typhoon and so much more.
For complete listing of what Hurricane Harbor has to offer, continue here.
By following this blueprint in Lake County's coaster haven all under one roof (well outdoors), you will be an expert on how to experience 40 seasons of Six Flags Great America. What are you doing Next Weekend?
This year of 
