Raging Bull
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| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||
| Type | Steel - Hyper | ||||||||
| Model / product | Hyper Coaster | ||||||||
| Riders per train | 36 | ||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1,560 | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift | ||||||||
Height202 feet
Drop208 feet Top speed73 mph Length5,057 feet Inversions0 Steepest drop65° Duration2:30
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Raging Bull is a steel hyper roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, USA. The ride opened in 1999 as the second Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster to exceed 200 feet.
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Design[edit | edit source]
Raging Bull is one of two B&M hyper coasters to feature a pre drop. It is themed to a ferocious beast that terrorized residents of the old Southwest Territory until they fled the town.
Trains[edit | edit source]
3 trains with 9 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 36 riders per train.
Incident[edit | edit source]
On May 3, 2003 an 11-year-old girl died after choking on a sweet while riding the Raging Bull.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Girl chokes on taffy during coaster ride - Amusement Today (Wayback archive)
| Roller coasters at Six Flags Great America | |||||||||
| Present | American Eagle • Batman The Ride • Dark Knight • Demon • Goliath • Joker • Little Dipper • Maxx Force • Raging Bull • Spacely's Sprocket Rockets • Superman Ultimate Flight • Vertical Velocity • Viper • Whizzer • X-Flight | ||||||||
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