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The X-Flight Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

X-Flight is always a great coaster to go and stop by for a ride.

The Goliath Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

Goliath looked great but I'm not really sure how it was running this year.

The Goliath Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

Six Flags like so many other businesses are obviously having a tough time getting employees as so many people are still at home taking the expanded unemployment benefits offered to help people through the pandemic.

The Goliath Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

Most of the rides were running with smaller crews and for the most part were keeping up with the crowds.  Goliath really wasn't keeping up with the crowds especially as the ride operators have to check your seatbelt and then check your lap bar.  

The Goliath Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

Fully staffed Goliath normally has four ride operators checking the restraints which makes for a dispatch every couple of minutes.  With two ride ops just keeping an eye on Goliath we noticed that dispatch was every ten minutes which means that the line barely moved.  As a result we decided to ride something else.



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