Six Flags Great America
Gurnee, Illinois
June 11, 2021
Page Ten
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X-Flight is always a great coaster to go and stop by for a ride.
Goliath looked great but I'm not really sure how it was running this
year.
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.
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.
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.