Raging Bull (roller coaster)

Raging Bull
Six Flags Great America
Park section	Southwest Territory
Coordinates	42°21′56.89″N 87°56′13.39″W / 42.3658028°N 87.9370528°W / 42.3658028; -87.9370528Coordinates: 42°21′56.89″N 87°56′13.39″W / 42.3658028°N 87.9370528°W / 42.3658028; -87.9370528
Status	Operating
Opening date	May 1, 1999 (1999-05-01)
Replaced	Rolling Thunder
General statistics
Type	Steel
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Hyper Coaster
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	202 ft (62 m)
Drop	208 ft (63 m)
Length	5,057 ft (1,541 m)
Speed	73 mph (117 km/h)
Duration	2:30
Max vertical angle	65°
Capacity	1560 riders per hour
Height restriction	54 in (137 cm)
Trains	3 trains with 9 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 36 riders per train.
Flash Pass Available
Must transfer from wheelchair
Raging Bull at RCDB Pictures of Raging Bull at RCDB

Raging Bull is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard and designed by Werner Stengel, the Hyper Coaster model opened on May 1, 1999. It features a 208-foot (63 m) first drop, a top speed of 73 miles per hour (117 km/h), and over 5,000 feet (1,500 m) of track. It has been announced on June 15, 2016 that Raging Bull will receive Virtual Reality later in the year.^[1]

Location

Raging Bull is located near Viper, one of four wooden roller coasters in Six Flags Great America. The land used by Raging Bull was formerly occupied by Rolling Thunder, a bobsled roller coaster which arrived in 1990 from Six Flags Great Adventure but was later relocated in 1996 to The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom in Queensbury, New York.

Theme

Raging Bull is named after a ferocious beast that terrorized the citizens of the old Southwest Territory until they fled the town and built the courtyard and mission seen today.^[2]

Ride Layout

The ride starts with a left turn and a small dip out of the station as riders enter the lift hill. At the 202-foot peak (62 m), the ride drops a very small distance (known as a pre-drop) followed by a 208-foot plunge (63 m) into a tunnel at the base of the drop reaching speeds of up to 73 mph (117 km/h). The train then ascends 155 feet (47 m) into a hammerhead turn to the right, passing over the queue line of the neighboring Viper wooden roller coaster twice. After the turnaround, the train climbs a 141-foot-parabolic hill (43 m) that applies a trim brake near the hill's apex. It then enters a 128-foot hill (39 m) that banks left over the station area, followed by a dip under the lift hill and the 2nd hammerhead turn to the left. Riders then twist up into a mid-course brake run. Upon clearing the block brakes, the train drops into a valley where the on-ride camera snaps photos. Riders then experience a slight hill and a rising helix as the grand finale – a series of low-to-the-ground turns that culminate with a twisting ascension into the station brake run.

Awards

References

• Raging Bull (Six Flags Great America)

External links

• Six Flags Great America: Raging Bull