Six Flags Great America to debut world's largest 'loop coaster' in 2018
Six Flags Great America in Gurnee will be home to the world's largest loop coaster next year.
The planned ride, which hasn't been named yet, will take riders forward and backward on a gigantic loop before suspending them completely upside down.
At 100 feet tall, the new ride will provide an experience thrill seekers can't get anywhere else on the planet, park President Hank Salemi said in a news release.
"With the multiple inversions and record hang-time, this new coaster packs a punch and is going to be one of our most intense attractions," Salemi said.
The seats on the new coaster will be back-to-back and face-to-face, so half the riders will experience a backward loop before a forwards loop and vice versa.It will have 32 seats.
The coaster, the park's 16th, will be in the Mardi Gras area of the park, where the King Chaos ride recently closed.
The new coaster will open to the public in the spring.
Earlier this year, Great America debuted The Joker roller coaster in the Yankee Harbor section of the park next to Batman: The Ride.