Goliath (Six Flags Great America)

Roller coaster in the United States


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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°
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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

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

Queue line

  • The extended queue area

    The extended queue area

Exterior

  • The test seat

    The test seat

Layout

  • A train entering the zero-g stall

    A train entering the zero-g stall

  • A train climbing the lift hill

    A train climbing the lift hill

  • A train on the brake run

    A train on the brake run

  • A train on the zero-g stall

    A train on the zero-g stall

References

  1. ↑ "Goliath rises in Great America skyline - Chicago Tribune".
  2. ↑ "Six Flags boasts latest ride will be world's fastest wooden rollercoaster".
  3. ↑ "Grand Opening For Goliath, World's Tallest, Fastest and Steepest Wooden Roller Coaster, Delayed".
  4. ↑ "Goliath at Six Flags Great America Opens Today". Coaster101. June 19, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

External links

The category Goliath (Six Flags Great America) contains additional media.
  • 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


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