It's named the Goliath. — -- Roller Coaster enthusiasts were quaking with anticipation Thursday morning as Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, officially opened Goliath, a triple ...

He said the new wooden coaster will be called Goliath. "It goes 72 miles an hour, " he said. "It's the tallest drop, at 180 feet, and the steepest drop, at 85 degrees, of any wooden roller coast ...

This summer they’ll get their wish, thanks to the opening of the appropriately named Goliath roller coaster, the biggest and fastest wooden coaster ever built, which just took its inaugural runs ...

While Six Flags Great America prepares to open its newest roller coaster — the record-breaking Goliath is due to debut to the general public Thursday after a preview for media and special guests ...

The daunting Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags has a new name as one of the "seven roller coaster wonders of the world," according to travel website Orbitz. In honor of National Roller Coaster ...

Trustees voted 6-0 on Monday to grant special permission to Six Flags Great America for construction of Goliath, expected to be the fastest wooden roller coaster in the world. Great America ...

Thrill-seekers waiting for of Six Flags Great America's new Goliath roller coaster to open can get a preview of the ride on a new YouTube video being released by the Gurnee theme park. The first ...

Weather is to blame for the delay of the long-awaited Goliath roller coaster, billed as the fastest and steepest wooden coaster in the world, according to officials at Six Flags Great America.

Six Flags Great America's Goliath wooden roller coaster -- billed as the world's fastest -- opens to the public on Thursday, but NBC's Today Show got a sneak peek firsthand experience on the new ride.

then Goliath is the roller coaster for you. This steel "hypercoaster" at Six Flags Over Georgia has some giant-sized thrills starting with a 200-foot climb to the top. From there, though ...

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 ...

It's also the tallest roller coaster in California. At 415 feet in height, it's also the tallest coaster in the state and the third tallest in North America. Visitors ride the Goliath roller ...