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Roaring Rapids
River Rapids at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois. Opened 1984.
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- Designer
- Intamin
Roaring Rapids is a river rapids ride in the Mardi Gras area of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Built by Intamin, it sends groups of riders in rafts down a whitewater channel with unpredictable currents, small falls, rocks and spouting geysers. The park notes that the currents decide who gets the biggest splash, so each ride differs, and everyone gets wet sooner or later.
History
The ride opened in the park's Orleans Place area in the early 1980s; the park lists 1984 as its opening year, while Wikipedia gives 1983. When part of Orleans Place was turned into the new Mardi Gras area in 2004, Roaring Rapids became one of that area's four rides, alongside Big Easy Balloons, King Chaos and Jester's Wild Ride. It is the park's river rapids ride, separate from the Logger's Run and Aquaman Splashdown flumes.
Sources
- sixflags.com/greatamerica/attractions/roaring-rapids (Park page: whitewater river rafting ride in Mardi Gras, introduced 1984, manufacturer Intamin; unpredictable currents, falls, rocks, geysers; riders get wet.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Great_America (Roaring Rapids, an Intamin river rapids ride, opened in Orleans Place in 1983 and became one of the four rides of the Mardi Gras area when it opened in 2004 (with Big Easy Balloons, King Chaos and Jester's Wild Ride); Logger's Run and Aquaman Splashdown are separate flumes.)
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