Negative-G Six Flags Great America April 2009 Page Eight

Six Flags Great America
Gurnee, Illinois
April 10, 2009
Page Eight

The Great American Eagle Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

The Great American Eagle Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

Even though Raging Bull scared Bond a bit he was not scared off of coasters as he demanded that we hit The Great American Eagle next.

The Great American Eagle Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

We gave the blue side a try and well, it didn't really perform for us so we headed across to the red side that has this newly refurbished train for us to hop into. While we got little air with the blue the red side kept sending our rears out of the seat again and again. It was a blast to ride although still a bit rough and in need of some track work at the bottom of the first hill and in its helices. Honestly if they ever got this coaster performing like Viper it'd be an awesome 1-2 wood coaster punch.

The Great American Eagle Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

This is something that I haven't seen in decades. Yes, they were actually racing the Eagle and they were all day long. We ended up getting a ride with a couple of the Eagle's leads and they said that not racing a racing coaster was a pet peeve of theirs and that it would be happening this year.

Even though the red train was a bit behind the blue always bet on the red as it caught up and overcame the blue by quite a margin every time as it's running that well.

The Iron Wolf Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

The Iron Wolf Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

After hitting the red and blue sides of the Eagle (multiple on the red) we were off to Iron Wolf as our next port of call.