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Six Flags Great America in Gurnee plans to seek village permission to construct what may be the fastest-ever wooden roller coaster, officials said. If built, the ride would be in the theme park's County Fair area where the Iron Wolf roller coaster once stood. Iron Wolf operated from 1990 to 2011.
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I'm not looking to argue just post personal experience. Last visit we rode X-Flight twice in 5 minutes in the morning. After a hour wait for Batman later in the day we only waited 20 minutes for X-Flight. I love the ride but frequent visits show and we are not complaining, short lines are the rule for such a new attraction. My best friend coined the phrase "Popular as ever". Is this a put down no. Great America guests want a kick your butt ride. X-Flight is comfortable smooth and we wait for Bull twice as long as X-Flight. Meet us there Wednesday I'll have an X-Flight shirt on and we will show you. But what really matters is a new coaster is coming let's celebrate that fact.
Yep. It's all about operations and capacity. The shortest line at Disneyland is usually Pirate's of the Caribbean and Timber Mountain for Knott's. I wouldn't call either the least popular by a long shot.
Think they might just be relocating this guy? http://rcdb.com/16.htm
Record? "World's biggest relocated coaster"
Wow... I just liked a Tyler post! I too am waiting for the announcement that they will be doing MS up NTG style. But I'm pretty sure they're going to ride the Gatekeeper wave a few more years.
To get back on topic, I think a RMC style coaster would be a great fit for the place. But a RMC "wooden" style coaster combined with Viper might just go to make Eagle obsolete. Not a bad thing really. While I have very fond and nostalgic childhood memories of Eagle, I can't remember my last good ride on it.
I haven't been following this announcement at all. Is there any chance at all that the announcement is in fact an RMC re-tracking of Eagle?
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