Comments on: X-Flight @ Six Flags Great America | Roller Coaster Review

By: 1570626

1570626 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:07:03 +0000

How do you know? I like many amuesment parks, not just Cedar Point.

By: chuck

chuck — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:52:22 +0000

well if you would have had a speed pass would been on 10 to 15 min. thats your fault not the parks speed passess are the way to go I got to ride every ride 4 or 5 times some in a roll at fright fest 2012 which is AWESOME

By: chuck

chuck — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:48:08 +0000

this is an awesome ride i give it a 10 i went dureing fright fest 2012 its awesome rideing at night the speed alone and going though the tower side ways very scary in deed . i give it thubs up a big 10 Chuck LaMont Rockford IL.

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:20:58 +0000

Thanks Dylan. I don't remember that tight feeling on X-Flight as much as I do with Wild Eagle, but I know what you mean about the restraints.

By: Dylan Steichen

Dylan Steichen — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:17:21 +0000

Great review you got it all right at least from my personal experiences the ride wasn’t batman the ride intensity where I get of with Shaking legs, it was just awesome going through the air and seeding people’s coins, wallets, and keys flie off it was hysterical! The keyhole is the only element to make me tuck my arms and legs instictibely and is the great showstopping moment to a great ride. Couple of things are to note though the rides restainst were very tight and at the end of the ride it felt a bit hard to take deep breaths, however they are comfortable and snug feeling similar to superman UFlight. The capacity was good the recurring in the station really started to annoy pretty quickly, and lastly the amount of Change and wallets that were littered all over and seriously almost pegging people in line especially at the end where there is an awning with coins bouncing off each cycle.

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:19:28 +0000

I hate to give a complicated answer, but it's really tough to say because their layouts are so different. After riding them both within a month of each other I didn't get off Wild Eagle with a strong sense of which I'd like better. I'll have to do an in-depth roller coaster showdown post and compare the two element by element. Check back for that in the next month or so.

By: JMS

JMS — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:52:46 +0000

Do you like X Flight or Wild Eagle better Coaster critic

By: RCTPro

RCTPro — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:31:14 +0000

I admit that I'm not well-traveled yet, but I want to be able to go to parks across the country and even in Europe, on the top of my lists are Cedar Point, Magic Mountain, Six Flags Fiesta Texas (you can thank Iron Rattler for that) and many other parks. But here's a point that I remembered after that, some people (myself included) have relatives who live in other states, in my case it's Illinois and Georgia, and if I ride Batman at SFGA (I missed my chance last year), what's the point in riding it at SFoG if it's the exact same ride aside from the credit? I thought that Six Flags changed after they built unique B&M hypers, but when I see X-Flight, I just see them going back to their old unoriginal roots, maybe if I'm proven wrong (so far no clones which is a good sign) and they fix the lame hanger cut-out and add something like the Swarm's wrecked plane under the first drop, then my opinion will change, but Hell would probably freeze over before that happens.

By: Kevin D

Kevin D — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:24:31 +0000

The family and I went to Great America yesterday and after a 2 hour rain delay we were one of the first groups in line for X Flight when it reopened, so hence the short line made this ride even sweeter i still give it Mad reviews!!

This Coaster the writer hit right on the head it was amazing! I was sitting near back seat outer and the first roll was incredible!! Some of the people that commented above must have riden so many coasters that their now numb to them and thats a shame.

X Flight in my opinion was an awesome fun filled ride to say the least, the last few rolls really messed me up just did not expect that at all! That coaster made my wife look like a hot mess in a hurry almost died laughing when i looked at her!

The themeing was very cool on this ride compared to others in the park, as a Haunted House set designer i liked the theme a lot compared to a few other coasters around the park that left me scratching my head as to why they were left unfinished,this coaster is not.

As the OP also mentioned was the viewing area's, theres one spot where the train comes out of a roll and down a hill straight at you and it just makes you love it's well thought out design! Really wish i had my camera.

Good Job Great America ya did good

By: Mike Brilhart

Mike Brilhart — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:11:55 +0000

After riding this twice last week, I can safely say my hometown park; Six Flags America; got ripped-off yet again! I don't normally do coasters without a place for me to brace my feet on, but I felt that being at Six Flags Great America, I had to ride the coaster that up-seated Iron Wolf, which in turn, up-seated my beloved Skull Mountain back home in Maryland.

I always knew Six Flags America was on the low end of the totem pole in the Six Flags Park Chain, but only after riding this amazing attraction did it truly hit me how low it is! Apocalypse is a tad under-themed compared to Skull Mountain, and for the first B&M the park has ever received, it was an okay replacement. (At least we didn't get a Tony Hawk's Big spin or something like that) But after riding X-Flight… oh man!

X-Flight is a must ride; and you've got to do it at least twice; once on each side! Amazing ride! The near miss with the key-hole in the tower is a moment I will never forget.

I hear we're getting a Demon Drop for 2013 in Maryland from one of the Six Flags Parks. I won't be surprised when Great America gets another brand-new, top-notch coaster. My hometown park just got owned, big time.