Sprocket Rockets

Sprocket Rockets
Sprocket Rockets
Six Flags Great America
Location	Six Flags Great America
Park section	Yukon Territory - Camp Cartoon
Coordinates	42.366897°N 87.931116°W / 42.366897; -87.931116
Status	Operating
Opening date	May 9, 1998
General statistics
Type	Steel – Junior
Manufacturer	Vekoma
Model	Junior Coaster (207m)
Height	27.9 ft (8.5 m)
Drop	18.0 ft (5.5 m)
Length	679.2 ft (207.0 m)
Speed	21.7 mph (34.9 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	0:44
Capacity	780 riders per hour
Height restriction	36 in (91 cm)
Trains	Single train with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 16 riders per train.
Must transfer from wheelchair
Sprocket Rockets at RCDB

Sprocket Rockets is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. This is a junior coaster with a height restriction of only 36 inches (910 mm). It is a Vekoma "roller-skater" model roller coaster. It is located in the Camp Cartoon section of the park, in Yukon Territory, as the headline attraction. It was originally named Spacely's Sprocket Rockets and themed to The Jetsons. It was renamed to Sprocket Rockets in 2018.

Sprocket Rockets is the second junior-coaster built at the park. The first, was a Bradley & Kaye Little Dipper named Gulf Coaster, however it only operated in the 1976 season. Fires and other issues forced the park to close it.

Incidents

Main article: Incidents at Six Flags parks § Six Flags Great America

On August 16, 2006, a girl collapsed in the Camp Cartoon Network section after riding the roller coaster. She was later pronounced dead due to heart failure, though an autopsy showed that she died of a congenital heart condition.