The Boss is a wooden roller coaster located in Britannia at Six Flags St. Louis. It opened on April 29, 2000, and was designed by Dennis McNulty and Larry Bill of Custom Coasters International, who manufactured the ride.
The ride is one of three wooden roller coasters at this park, the others being Screamin' Eagle and American Thunder.
History[]
In the late 1990's, Dennis McNulty and Larry Bill of Custom Coasters International were hired to design an all-new wooden roller coaster for Six Flags St. Louis.
When designing the ride, McNulty wanted it to be an "epic, long, and unforgettable adventure", similar to The Beast at Kings Island.[1]
The Boss opened on April 29, 2000, and is acclaimed for its "terrain twister" style, dipping up and down with the terrain beneath it.
In 2009, the coaster got spare coaster trains from a sister coaster, Twisted Twins at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, after shutting down the coaster's wing of the park. It had previously received other spare trains from Mega Zeph at the shuttered Six Flags New Orleans.
During the ride's winter rehab prior to the start of the 2018 season, the 570° helix was removed and replaced with a 180 degree banked turn, shortening the coaster by 420 feet (130 m).
Ride experience[]
As the train leaves the station, it goes through a left turn and then a right turn. It then climbs up a 122-foot chain lift hill. At the top, the train makes a left turn, and then plunges 150 feet, reaching a speed of 66 mph. It then makes a sharp right turn and goes up a 115-foot hill, where it makes a right turn before dropping 112 feet. After that, it makes a 142 degree left bank before going up a 106-foot hill. On the hill, it turns right and then hits the mid course brake run, followed by a 103-foot drop. It approaches an 87-foot hill, then turns right, dropping 72 feet. It then goes through airtime moments and an 180-degree turn, before entering the final brake run, and returning to the station.
Trivia[]
- Designer Dennis McNulty had never ridden The Boss, his own creation, until September 2014. He described his experience as "Unimaginable - even better than I could have hoped for."[1]
- Despite The Boss' medieval theme, the term "boss" was not actually used until 1635, and the logo's stylization is reminiscent of motorcycle art.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McNulty, Dennis (September 20, 2014). The Boss is the legend I had hoped for Six Flags, and The Legend is the boss of Holiday World. LinkedIn.
See also[]
External links[]
- The Boss | Six Flags St. Louis
The Boss (roller coaster) at Wikipedia- Boss at the Roller Coaster DataBase
