Tag: Maxx Force

Six Flags Great America Opens!!

In park shots of Maxx Force and information regarding the 2019 season!!

Maxx Force is even more impressive once inside the park.

On April 19, 2019, Six Flags Great America opened its gates to the public for the 2019 season and had plenty to display. The parks new record breaking ride, Maxx Force, could be seen all the way from the I-94 Interstate, and becomes a more impressive sight upon entering the park. The double-inversion structure is the tallest point on the ride at 175 feet tall, and can be seen from almost anywhere in the park. The jungle of black steel supports compliments the brand new white track and fits perfectly within the skyline of coasters.

I was able to visit Six Flags Great America on Saturday, April 20, and get pictures and information on the new ride and the all new and updated areas of the park. I would confidently say 65 percent of the track is in place for Maxx Force, and should be totally completed by the end of the month. Near the front gate, Maxx Force’s final brake run stands tall, unfinished, but still impressive. Great America has still yet to provide an opening date for the ride, but as with previous years and new rides, the goal is to be open by Memorial Day Weekend.

Maxx Force’s incomplete final brake run.

Six Flags Great America also does its best to update the park each year with new areas for guests as well as new systems to improve each guest’s experience. At the front gate, the park has done away with Biometric fingerprint scanners for Membership and Season Pass holders, and have changed to facial recognition software provided by Samsung smartphones.

Another change that I noted was the park had updated all of their registers from analog systems to purely digital. This is in relation to the addition of Mobile Ordering for food stands and restaurants which the park has confirmed to launch later this summer. Other smaller changes and updates include free in-park WiFi, updated maps and information centers and a new restaurant named Firehouse Snacks in the Hometown Square section of the park, which will feature spicy nachos and the popular Coca-Cola Freestyle machines.

Six Flags Great America will begin daily operation on May 21.

Maxx Force Construction Update!

All supports are in place, finished track-work soon to come!

Towers 1 and 2 of Maxx Force’s 175 foot high double inversion are connected. Pic Credit: @sfgreat_america

On April 8, Six Flags Great America posted the picture above to their Instagram Story. The picture indicates the connection of the two towers that will support the double inversion that will flip riders 175 feet from the ground. Seeing that this structure of the ride is now complete, all that is left for construction on this highly anticipated new ride is laying the rest of the track to complete the circuit.

Maxx Force is the seventeenth coaster and newest addition to the northern Illinois theme park. The aptly named ride will propel riders at speeds up to 78 mph in just under two seconds, which crowns this ride with the fastest acceleration in North America. Maxx Force will claim two other records when it opens this summer with the Tallest double inversion at 175 feet tall and the Fastest ‘zero-g roll’ inversion at 60 mph.

A full animated POV of Maxx Force can be found Here.

Maxx Force will open later this summer. Pic Credit: Daily Herald