What's News: Six Flags Great America

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Gurnee, IL - For centuries, man has dreamed of flying high and soaring through the sky like a Super Hero. At Six Flags Great America, that dream is now reality.

Soaring this season, SUPERMAN-ULTIMATE FLIGHT the park's newest generation of roller coaster provides an unparalleled flying experience for all that embark on its journey. Based on the DC Comics Super Hero, SUPERMAN, the World's Greatest Super Hero and a timeless American icon, SUPERMAN- ULTIMATE FLIGHT's phenomenal airborne experience provides everyone with the opportunity to soar like a Super Hero.

"The name SUPERMAN evokes images of freedom and breathtaking flying adventure," said Jim Wintrode, Six Flags Great America's general manager. "SUPERMAN-ULTIMATE FLIGHT combines the world's best roller coaster technology with man's desire to fly through the air, making it the most unique ride to come to this area of the country."

The adventure begins the moment passengers board the sleek and colorful, 32-seat train sitting four abreast. The unique seats of this coaster tilt riders face-first into a flying position before they leave the station, so that everyone is suspended horizontally from the track above. The anticipation builds as the train climbs the 109-foot lift hill providing a bird's eye view of the world below. Finally, with arms stretched forward and feet trailing behind, passengers on SUPERMAN-ULTIMATE FLIGHT fly freely like never before.

For almost three minutes, the coaster sails through sharp dives, high-banked curves and spirals uniquely designed to enhance the flying experience. The track is barely visible as riders are transported from a theme park attraction into an adventure that is as imaginative and limitless as any dream of soaring through the sky. A ride on SUPERMAN-ULTIMATE FLIGHT is an experience that no one will ever forget.

The signature feature of SUPERMAN-ULTIMATE FLIGHT comes as riders sail through the first-ever, pretzel-shaped inverted loop, climbing to the top of the large looping figure and diving into a curve amazingly close to the ground, amplifying the sensational feeling of flying. Rounding out the flight is a surprising 360-degree in-line roll just before the train enters the station, turning average coaster enthusiasts into high-flying Super Heroes.

SUPERMAN-ULTIMATE FLIGHT's remarkable flight pattern covers more than 2,798-feet, with two sleek trains soaring over virtually invisible track at speeds greater than 50 mph.

"Our guests expect the best in thrills and entertainment. SUPERMAN-ULTIMATE FLIGHT perfectly compliments the park's vast and varied coaster collection," added Wintrode.

Six Flags Great America will now boast 12 wide-ranging roller coaster thrills, including intensely tall and fast, suspended looping, boomerang, wooden, launching and even child-size thrills. The addition of SUPERMAN-ULTIMATE FLIGHT enhances the coaster package, now offering guests the ability to FLY!

SUPERMAN-ULTIMATE FLIGHT will be the park's fourth coaster designed by Swiss engineers Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, considered by many as the industry's premier roller coaster manufacturers. Bolliger and Mabillard's other three Six Flags Great America coasters-Iron Wolf, Raging Bull and BATMAN THE RIDE-consistently rank among the park's most popular rides.

Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest regional theme park company. Through its subsidiaries, it owns and operates a total of 39 parks in North America and Europe. Six Flags parks serve 35 of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly held corporation with corporate offices in New York City and Oklahoma City. The Company's stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol: PKS.

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