Goliath (Six Flags Great America)

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Goliath

Six Flags Great America
Location	Gurnee, Illinois, USA
Status	Operating since June 19, 2014
Cost	$10,000,000^[1]
Replaced	Iron Wolf

Statistics

Product

Topper Track

Builder

Rocky Mountain Construction

Designer / calculations

Alan Schilke

Type

Wooden

Riders per train

24

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Height

165 feet

Drop

180 feet

Top speed

72 mph

Length

3100 feet

Inversions

2

Drop angle

85°

HELP

Goliath is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, USA. It has been operating since 2014.

History

On August 29, 2013, Six Flags Great America announced the addition of Goliath.^[2]

The ride was set to open on May 31, 2014, but the opening was delayed.^[3] Goliath opened on June 19, 2014.^[4]

Design

Elements
165 foot tall chain lift hill with a 180 foot drop at 85° Tunnel Over-banked curve Hill Dive loop Zero-g stall Tunnel Over-banked curve

Trains

2 trains with 6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train. One train is red and the other is orange.

Images

A train entering the zero-g stall
A train climbing the lift hill
A train on the brake run
A train on the zero-g stall

References

External links

Goliath on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Tallest wooden roller coaster drop June 2014 - present
Preceded by El Toro	Tallest wooden roller coaster drop June 2014 - present	Succeeded by None

Fastest wooden roller coaster June 2014 - June 2016
Preceded by El Toro	Fastest wooden roller coaster June 2014 - June 2016	Succeeded by Lightning Rod

Steepest wooden roller coaster June 2014 - present
Preceded by Outlaw Run	Steepest wooden roller coaster June 2014 - present	Succeeded by None

Articles on Six Flags Great America

Coasters

Present	American Eagle Batman The Ride Dark Knight Demon Flash: Vertical Velocity Goliath Joker Little Dipper Maxx Force Raging Bull Sprocket Rockets Superman Ultimate Flight Viper Whizzer X-Flight
Former	Déjà Vu Gulf Coaster Iron Wolf Ragin' Cajun Rolling Thunder ShockWave Tidal Wave Z-Force

Other attractions

Present

Former

[1] "Goliath rises in Great America skyline - Chicago Tribune". https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-xpm-2014-05-02-ct-great-america-roller-coaster-met-20140502-story.html.

[2] "Six Flags boasts latest ride will be world's fastest wooden rollercoaster". https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-xpm-2013-08-29-chi-six-flags-great-america-roller-coaster-20130829-story.html.

[3] "Grand Opening For Goliath, World’s Tallest, Fastest and Steepest Wooden Roller Coaster, Delayed". https://979kickfm.com/goliath-worlds-tallest-fastest-wooden-roller-coaster-opens-in-illinois-on-may-31/.

[4] "Goliath at Six Flags Great America Opens Today". Coaster101. June 19, 2014. https://www.coaster101.com/2014/06/19/goliath-six-flags-great-america-opens-today/. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

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