Comments on: Demon @ Six Flags Great America | Coaster Reviews

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:50:26 +0000

I just rode it again a few weeks ago and you're right Emily. There's no helix at the end of Demon. I'm not sure what ride I confused it with. Thanks for pointing that out.

There was a waterfall when I rode it back in 2006. It was right when you exited that tunnel and began the first corkscrew. It wasn't running when I rode it recently though. This wiki entry mentions it as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_(roller_coaste…

By: Emily moeison

Emily moeison — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:45:14 +0000

I love the demon but I wasn't sure about what u wer talking about when u said about the blood waterfall and the helix in the tunnel??? I didn't remember that when I traveled far to go to the six flags in gurney. (I live in Arkansas) so Is there a waterfall and helix in gurnee?

By: Joey Till

Joey Till — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:13:51 +0000

Demon is honestly a pretty good ride! SFGAm my home park and ive ridden it so many times that maybe im used to it but this is a pretty smooth coaster as far as arrows go.

By: Levi

Levi — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:47:10 +0000

…by the way, happy to report that upon my visit yesterday there was NO cheesy bubblegum ad on the Demon, so I guess the deal has lapsed. Hopefully that means the hairspray ad on Kingda Ka and stride gum ad on El Toro might soon be gone, as the evil Dan Snyder regime fades into the rearview mirror.

By: Levi

Levi — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:46:02 +0000

The "bubble gum irrelavancy" slam is more of a comment on Six Flags' cheesiness than it is on the Demon itself. Two of Six Flags' signature rides – El Toro and Kingda Ka – have also received this treatment.

The Demon itself is a very good coaster and it's short-sighted in my opinion to call for its demise. For an "unpopular" ride, the thing is actually quite popular. Everybody seems to like it. On my recent visit, upon leaving the park I heard a couple teenagers who were coming in say – "look, there's the demon!" Obviously these kids have ridden it and like it, and they'll be riding it again.

The demon is 30 years old in a park with about a dozen "newer" coasters. Of course it's not going to have 45 minute waits, and that's a GOOD thing. It doesn't mean the ride should be razed. All amusement parks with some age on them should have some classic coasters from their past, and at SFGreat America the Whizzer and the Demon both fill this need.

By: Emily moeison

Emily moeison — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:14:00 +0000

I love the demon but I wasn’t sure about what u wer talking about when u said about the blood waterfall and the helix in the tunnel??? I didn’t remember that when I traveled far to go to the six flags in gurney. (I live in Arkansas) so Is there a waterfall and helix in gurnee?

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:39:00 +0000

I'd love to hear what you think of my old home park's Arrow looper Anaconda at Kings Dominion. Having ridden it a hundred times I've had plenty of time to note all of its flaws. I'd imagine that I'm much harder on it than you'd be and I bet it's the same case with Demon to some extent. It was definitely unpopular but for me it was a refreshingly fun ride for its age and stats.

By: Jacohn

Jacohn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:43:35 +0000

Six Flags Great America being my home park, I've ridden Demon numerous times. I respect the ride for being a vintage Arrow Looper but other than the nostalgia of being a classic 1980s coaster, it has little to offer. The theming isn't bad but the ride itself is average at best. Upon entering the queue you realize that this ride is quite unpopular (even on busy days the wait is no longer than 10-15 minutes) and after riding, you understand why. In my opinion the first drop is the highlight of the ride, it does give some airtime. But after the first drop everything else is sub par. The first two loops are quick and fairly boring. After the first two inversions the lighted tunnel just seems dull and out of place. To cap off the ride, you are forced to endure two consecutive corkscrew. By then, you've been rattled around so much that you literally dread the thought of the final two inversions. Although the inversions themselves are shockingly painless, going into the first corkscrew is a painful ordeal. Overall, the ride is an outdated looper that attracts little ridership. I think the ride is very forgetable and that Six Flags should consider removing it and replacing it with a more modern coaster. The ride has had its moment in the sun and may have been thrilling and fun when it first debuted, but today, it is skippable and boring. Personally, I think it probably would have been better as the old Turn Of The Century. The fact that the coaster no longer matters is cemented by the fact that one of its trains is literally wrapped in a bubble gum ad. To any potential Great America visitors, this coaster is worth one ride considering the short wait and because of the chance it gives to experience a classic looper, but worth skipping on every subsequent visit to the park.

By: XYZ

XYZ — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:28:37 +0000

I've ridden the Demon at California's Great America, though I don't think it is as smooth as the one in Six Flags that is described as smooth. The one at Great America is good but is pretty rough, much rougher than the Grizzly.

By: airtime

airtime — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:50:42 +0000

I have been riding Demon at SFGAm since its inaugural season, and I have loved every single one of the dozens of rides I have taken on it in the last 30 years. Sure, now a trip to SFGAm centers on Raging Bull and S:UF, but we still take time to ride the legend (not to mention our Schwarzkopf treasure, the Whizzer!) I also still love the Demon song! ("You're delicious, nutritious to the Demon…")