If you’re planning to pull a Ferris Bueller by taking a day off to traipse around the Chicago area, you should check out this bad boy. The new Goliath roller coaster just officially opened for ...

AGAWAM – Most mornings, I have a cup of coffee and a bagel to get my blood pumping. Wednesday, I tried something different ... a 20-story vertical drop leading into a 110-foot "boomerang" turn at 65 ...

In Biblical times, Goliath was considered a giant champion of the Philistines who purportedly was killed by a stone that David shot from a sling. But in the modern age, Goliath is at Six Flags Great ...

Nathan Unterman didn’t always know how to ride a roller coaster, but after 28 years of taking high schoolers on amusement park attractions, he’s got a pretty good idea. Those who savor that moment ...

Six Flags Great America announced Saturday that it has secured the last section of its165-foot-high roller coaster Goliath, now the world's fastest wooden roller coaster. The Gurnee, Ill. park said it ...

SAN ANTONIO – Six Flags Fiesta Texas is transforming its iconic steel-inverted Goliath roller coaster into the park’s latest attraction based on a legendary folklore creature known for its swift, ...

Gurnee firefighters were at Six Flags Great America this afternoon after roof shingles caught fire on a structure attached to the park’s new wooden roller coaster, Goliath. Those shingles, located ...

GURNEE, Ill. (WLS) -- Thrill-seekers will soon experience the twists and turns of Six Flags Great America's newest roller coaster "Goliath." The record-breaking ride is scheduled to open to the public ...

GURNEE, Ill. (CBS) --A two-week delay for the grand opening of the new Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Great America didn't dampen the spirits of the passengers who experienced the twists and ...

Six Flags Great America will launch the latest salvo in the ongoing wooden coaster war this summer with the addition of a steel-wood hybrid aimed squarely at dethroning the reigning king and knocking ...

An autopsy of the Fontana woman who died after riding the Goliath roller coaster at Magic Mountain in Valencia determined she suffered hemorrhaging around her brain stem and a ruptured aneurysm of a ...