Raging Bull

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Raging Bull

Six Flags Great America
Location	Gurnee, Illinois, USA
Coordinates	42°21′56″N 87°56′14″W / 42.365462°N 87.937104°W / 42.365462; -87.937104
Section	Southwest Territory
Status	Operating since May 1, 1999
Cost	$25,000,000^[1]
Rider height	54 inch minimum
Replaced	Rolling Thunder

Statistics

Manufacturer

Bolliger & Mabillard

Product

Hyper Coaster

Designer / calculations

Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH

Type

Steel - Hyper

Riders per train

36

Hourly capacity

1,560

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Height

202 feet

Drop

208 feet

Top speed

73 mph

Length

5057 feet

Inversions

0

Drop angle

65°

Duration

2:30

Raging Bull is a steel hyper roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, USA. The ride opened on May 1, 1999 as the second Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster to exceed 200 feet. Like Viper, Raging Bull is located in Southwest Territory, a frontier-themed area.

History

Six Flags Great America announced the addition of Raging Bull in October 1998.^[2] Construction of Raging Bull started in November of that year. Raging Bull opened on May 1, 1999.

During the 2008 off-season, the sign for the coaster was replaced and the ride was repainted.^[3]

On June 15, 2016, Six Flags announced that virtual reality would be put on the ride.^[4]

Design

Elements
202 foot tall chain lift hill with a 208 foot drop Tunnel 155 foot tall horseshoe 141 foot tall hill 128 foot tall hill Horseshoe Block brake Hill Helix

Raging Bull is one of two Bolliger & Mabillard hyper roller coasters to feature a pre drop, with the other one being Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Unlike other Bolliger & Mabillard coasters, the coaster has a "Hyper-Twister" layout instead of the "Out and Back" layout hyper coasters usually star. The layout was different so that the ride could fit in a relatively small plot of land. It is themed to a ferocious beast that terrorized residents of the old Southwest Territory until they fled the town.