Negative-G - Six Flags St. Louis 2025 - Daredevil Daze- Page Six

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The Boss roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, Missouri

The Boss' first drop is hidden from the park so it is nice to head out here to take a gander at it.

The first drop is a hundred and fifty-five feet and is a double down.

What is great about The Boss' double down is about two thirds of the way down the track from a steep drop to a shallow dive that plunges into some of the rides massive structure. With the structure whizzing on by it feels like The Boss just speeds into turbo before the bottom falls out and you plunge to bottom of the drop.

The Boss has been the trouble child of the coasters at Six Flags St. Louis. Custom Coasters International, who built The Boss, went from building three to four coasters a year to building seven for 2000. With CCI almost doubling their output quality took a hit on a few of their rides that year and The Boss is one of them. Running perfect The Boss is an aggressive coaster. Unfortunately, The Boss hasn't ran perfect in a really long time. It's normally a "one and done" ride when visiting the park. Knowing that Six Flags has decided to start replacing rough sections of The Boss with metal Titan Track from Great Coasters International. The first few hundred feet to get replaced are near the bottom of the first drop. The plan is to replace a few hundred feet a year in a long term quest to make it a better ride.

The question is the Boss a better ride with Titan Track? Yes! Having those few hundred feet of track sooth gives The Boss a little more velocity ratcheting up the forces and thrill for the rest of the ride. If changing a fraction of the track to Titan Track will make that big of a difference they will have a world class coaster here once they finish.