Viper
Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, IL
Photos: Feather Better, https://www.flickr.com/photos/hendricksphotos/, Wacky Windjammer, David B. Gleason from Chicago, IL, Jeremy Thompson · Wikimedia Commons
Twister coaster · Wooden · In-house
Opened 1995 · Owned by Six Flags
A hand-built mirror image of the Coney Island Cyclone — old-fashioned, out-of-control wooden airtime.
- Height
- 100 ft
- Top speed
- 50 mph
- Length
- 3,458 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Opened
- 1995
- Builder
- In-house
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Plan your ride
Lines are shortest at park open and in the last hour of the day. Enthusiasts swear by the back row for the biggest airtime.
Good to know
No inversions — intense, but you never go upside down
Wooden ride — expect a classic, rattly feel
Compact layout — 3,458 ft of track
