Six Flags Great America
Gurnee, Illinois
X-Flight Media Day
May 11, 2012
Page Twelve






At 11:00 X-Flight was shut down and the park held an official opening ceremony.



With an explosion of confetti...



...and a bunch of fireworks X-Flight was officially open and ready to go.


 
With the amassed media, radio station contest winners and guests of the park rushing X-Flight for a ride we ended up just hanging out chatting with friends about the ride and about pretty much everything else.



Of course we had to have one last ride on this amazing coaster before it was time to go and it didn't let us down at all.  Six Flags really has a monster hit with this coaster.  I'd say that the coaster wars might be back on and that this is definitely a first salvo against the competition.
 


Bond thinks there needs to be a few more photos of me here so he grabbed my camera and shot this. 

Thanks to Six Flags Great America for adding such a wonderful and kick ass ride.  A big thank you to them for choosing the American Coaster Enthusiasts to fill out the media day with riders like Bond and myself.  Thanks to ACE Regional Representative Scott Hecht for doing all the organization stuff.  Thanks to Mike, Billy, Scott, Rocco, Johnny, Mike (a different one) and the rest of my coaster buddies for a fun early morning and afternoon. 

And to the rest of you get to Six Flags Great America and take X-Flight for a ride as it is one of the best new coasters that I've been on in a long time. 



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