...The 30-year-old American Eagle roller coaster will be saluted during this season's opening weekend at Six Flags Great America, 542 N. Route 21, Gurnee. You can purchase tickets to the amusement park online for Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8, at $19.81 each, priced to mark the year the coaster was built.

The record-setting American Eagle is the tallest, fastest and longest-racing wooden roller coaster in the world. It has a 147-foot drop and travels at 66 miles per hour....

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Always nice to see an article like this. Thanks Terp!

It was also interesting watching Jim Reid-Anderson and Al Weber, Jr., throw pricing integrity to the wind.

I can only imagine how busy the almost always swamped SFGAm will be this opening weekend!

I live about 45 minutes away from SFGAm, and I maybe go once a year. The crowds are insane, a lot of that due to the large Chicago market. That being said, I do really like American eagle. Great racing woodie (although the actual race is almost never a contest). Now if only they could shorten the entrance queue just a little...