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Wrath of Rakshasa
Steel Dive Machine at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois. Opened 2025.
- Height
- 180 ft
- Drop
- 171 ft
- Top speed
- 67 mph
- Length
- 3,239 ft
- Inversions
- 5
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Bolliger & Mabillard
Wrath of Rakshasa is a steel dive coaster in the County Fair area of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, it opened on May 31, 2025, on the former site of the Buccaneer Battle ride, and became the park's 16th roller coaster. Its name comes from the rakshasa, a shape-shifting demon of Hindu mythology.
The train climbs a 180-foot chain lift and pauses at the top in a face-first hold before a 171-foot drop at 96 degrees, beyond vertical. The park calls it the steepest dive coaster in the world and the one with the most inversions. Riders pass through five inversions on 3,239 feet of track and reach nearly 67 mph; RCDB lists an Immelmann, a dive loop, a zero-g roll, a corkscrew and a barrel roll.
Each of the three trains has three rows of seven riders. The park lists a minimum height of 48 inches and a maximum of 78 inches.
Sources
- sixflags.com/greatamerica/attractions/wrath-of-rakshasa (Park page: steepest and most inverted dive coaster in the world; County Fair; introduced 2025; custom B&M dive coaster; 180 ft tall, 171-ft drop at 96 degrees, cliffhanger hold, 5 inversions, nearly 67 mph, 3,239 ft; three trains of three rows of seven; 48-inch minimum, 78-inch maximum height.)
- rcdb.com/22031.htm (RCDB: Wrath of Rakshasa, operating since May 31, 2025; B&M Dive Coaster (custom narrow); length 3,239 ft, height 180 ft, drop 171 ft, 67 mph, 5 inversions, 96 degrees; Immelmann, dive loop, zero-g roll, corkscrew, barrel roll; 3 trains of 3 cars, 7 across; named after the rakshasa demon of Hindu mythology.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Great_America (Announced August 15, 2024; opened May 31, 2025, replacing Buccaneer Battle; the park's 16th roller coaster.)
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