| Spacely's Sprocket Rockets | |
| Location | Six Flags Great America |
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| Status | Operating |
| Opened | 1998 |
| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | Vekoma |
| Model | Roller-Skater |
| Height | 27.9 ft (8.5 m) |
| Drop | 18.0 ft (5.5 m) |
| Length | 679.17 ft (207.01 m) |
| Max speed | 21.7 mph (34.9 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 0:44 |
| Capacity | 550 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 3 ft 0 in (91 cm) |
| Spacely's Sprocket Rockets at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Spacely's Sprocket Rockets at RCDB | |
| Amusement Parks Portal | |
Spacely's 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 Network section of the park as the headline attraction.
In August 2006, a girl collapsed in the Camp Cartoon Network section after riding the roller coaster. She would later be pronounced dead due to heart failure, but an autopsy showed that she died of a congenital heart condition.[1]
Spaceleys 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.
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