Amusement Safety Organization - Six Flags Great America

2007 Consumer Report - Six Flags Great America

Location:

Gurnee, Illinois

Sample Injury Complaints

Ride Name	Ride Type	Gender	Age	Body Part	Alleged Injury	Cause of Injury
Iron Wolf	Steel	F	42	Neck	Strain	Rider indicates that rough nature of this roller coaster caused her neck pain. Indicates she sat in middle row of roller coaster train.
Demon	Steel	M	25	Neck	Strain	Rider indicates that during loop in ride, it was rough enough to cause him intense neck pain.
Superman-Ultimate Flight	Steel	F	49	Chest/Head/Misc	Black Out/Nose Bleed/Breathing	Rider indicates restraints used on this roller coaster made it hard to breathe. Further indicates that she sustained a bloody nose and partially blacked during "pretzel loop" element.

This venue has had 1 safety alert:

ID #0823 : Superman Roller Coaster

Injury/Incident Trends:

Demon

Riders on this roller coaster pin point neck pain related issues during the corkscrew element on this ride. Contributors have also made reference to this part of the roller coaster being "really rough and uncomfortable."

Superman-Ultimate Flight

Riders on this roller coaster are having problems breathing -- oddly enough there are two identical roller coasters at two other Six Flags venues that did not have these issues forwarded to us. Riders have indicated the following issues when riding Superman - Ultimate Flight at this venue:

Greying Out
Nose Bleeds
Difficulty Breathing
Various parts of the body "falling asleep"

The above mentioned issue should be considered before you decide to board this roller coaster. Safety Alert being created on this particular roller coaster.

Iron Wolf

This stand-up roller coaster has issues revolving around riders banging their heads into the hard restraints. Rider issues also seem to stem from those who were riding in the last row of the roller coaster train. Ear, Neck, and Back related issues were not uncommon. Headaches induced by this roller coaster were also high, riders indicating that the roughness of this roller coaster triggered pounding headaches that lasted the rest of their visits.

Oddly enough the Viper wooden roller coaster did not receive one complaint, in fact riders really liked this roller coaster. There were occasional minor complaints, but nothing we would deem an issue. We expect good things out of this amusement park in 2008 and have a visit planned sometime this summer.

Issues with Superman - Ultimate Flight are quite interesting. Two other Six Flags Venues did not have the breathing problem issues. A Safety Alert has been created and there will be a follow-up.

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Venue Information:

Operating since 5/29/1976
Also Known As: Marriott's Great America
Phone: 847-249-1776
Web: Six Flags Great America site
Address: 542 North Illinois Route 21
Gurnee, IL 60031 USA