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North America · steel coaster
Goliath
Six Flags Great America · Gurnee, Illinois, USA
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- Height
- 165 ft50 m
- Drop
- 180 ft55 m
- Top speed
- 72 mph116 km/h
- Length
- 3,100 ft945 m
- Inversions
- 0
- Track
- SteelLift hill
- Opened
- 2014
- Status
- Operating
About Goliath
★ World's steepest drop at opening (85°)
Goliath is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, USA, open since 2014. The ride stands 165 feet tall, drops 180 feet and reaches 72 mph over 3,100 feet of track.
Held the record for steepest drop in the world at 85 degrees when it opened, plunging riders into an underground tunnel at the bottom.
Field note: the drop track descends below the level of the lake it's built beside.
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