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The Great American Revolution

Historische Schwarzkopf-terraincoaster met een 90 ft hoge loop, tunnelpassage en de status van s werelds eerste moderne 360-graden looping coaster.

The Great American Revolution is een klassieker met een verrassend vloeiende layout door het groen rond de entree van Magic Mountain. De rit bouwt naar een iconische loop en voelt meer als een snelle historische coasterrit dan als brute inversiemachine.

Normal 5 min
Average 16 min
Highest measurement 90 min Measured at 21-07 13:24
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
Closed - status
RCDB

Coaster profile

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Classification

RCDB #130
RCDB status Operating since May 8, 1976
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Sit Down
Scale Extreme
Layout Terrain looping coaster
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Sit Down, Extreme, Terrain
RCDB track 3,457.0 ft (1,053.7 m) length; 113.0 ft (34.4 m) height; 55.0 mph (88.5 km/h); 1 inversion; 2:12 duration; 4.9 G
RCDB elements Chain Lift Hill; 90.0 ft (27.4 m) Loop; 144.0 ft (43.9 m) Tunnel
RCDB train 5 cars per train; 2 across in 2 rows; 20 riders per train
Official ride profile 48 inch minimum; thrill level 3; Six Flags Plaza; first opened 1976-05-08
RCDB notes Lap bar only at opening; over-the-shoulder restraints added in 1992; lap bars returned for 2016 season

Tracks

Length 3,457.0 ft (1,053.7 m)
Height 113.0 ft (34.4 m)
Speed 55.0 mph (88.5 km/h)
Inversions 1
Ride duration 2:12

Trains

Arrangement 5 wagens per trein; rijders zitten 2 naast elkaar in 2 rijen, samen 20 rijders per trein.
Cars per train 5
Rows per car 2
Riders per row 2
Riders per train 20

Location

The Great American Revolution staat bij Six Flags Plaza en vormt boven de entreezone een herkenbare historische looping-coaster.

Notes

De officiele Six Flags-pagina noemt 8 mei 1976 als openingsdatum en meldt dat de naam Great American Revolution voor het 50-jarig jubileum is teruggebracht. RCDB vermeldt eerdere namen zoals New Revolution, Revolution en La Revolucion.

Theming

De huidige presentatie gebruikt een patriottisch rood-wit-blauw kleurenschema en viert de rol van de baan als eerste moderne looping coaster.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 5 min
Average 16 min
Highest measurement 90 min Measured at 21-07 13:24
Measurements 5201
Outage measurements 505
Avg. outage duration 18 min
Often busy 12:00 30 min average
Often quiet 10:00 0 min average
Reliability High 5562 measurements, 12 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

5201 measurements

0 min 25 min 50 min 75 min 100 min
Min
0 min
Q1
5 min
Median
5 min
Q3
25 min
Max
90 min

Typical wait time: around 5 min.

It usually falls between 5 min and 25 min.

See more than 25 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 5 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

189 outages

0 min 40 min 80 min 120 min 160 min
Min
1 min
Q1
5 min
Median
8 min
Q3
16 min
Max
128 min

On average, an outage lasts about 8 min.

In three out of four cases, the attraction reopens within 16 min.

If it takes longer, expect extra waiting time.

Outages per day

50 days

0 3 6 9 12
Min
1
Q1
2
Median
4
Q3
4
Max
10

On days with outages, we see an average of 4 per day.

That usually falls between 2 and 4.

On quiet days it was 1, on busy days up to 10.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 10 min 20 min 30 min 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 22:00