Negative-G - Six Flags Great America 2021

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The Maxx Force Roller Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

Looking at the station for Maxx Force I was really surprised how much the station looks like the station for Top Thrill Dragster at Six Flags Great America's competitor Cedar Point.

Looking at the station for Maxx Force I was really surprised how much the train looked like the train for Top Thrill Dragster at Six Flags Great America's competitor Cedar Point.

It's as almost if Six Flags Great America was trying to give customers a similar experience to Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point? It is just kind of amusing how Six Flags Great America really went out of their way makig Maxx Force Top Thrill Dragster-ish.

Now I have to be honest that I purposefully avoided watching any videos of this ride before this visit as I wanted to really be able to honestly experience it for the first time. Sitting in the front row of the first train of the day Maxx Force didn't quite give me what I expected from the ride's record breaking launch. The train slowly rolled out onto the launch track and came to a stop. The launch shuttle moved back to connect to the car in preparation for launch and then...

...we sat there.

We sat there for twenty minutes under the hot summer morning sun while maintenance was called to get the ride up and running.

When Maxx Force finally kicked in and launched us oh my lord! Coasters don't scare the crap out of my but this launch did.

Maxx Force sends you from stillness to seventy-eight miles an hour in one point eight seconds. Just say those words "one point eight". It took longer for you to say it than it took for Maxx Force to get you up to well...max force.