| Amusement Park: | Six Flags Great America (1985 to ?)
Marriott's Great America (5/29/1976 to 1984) |
| Address: | 542 North Illinois Route 21 |
| Location: | Gurnee, Illinois, USA |
| 1976 | - | 1983 | Traffique Jam (Arrow Development - Antique Car Ride) in Orleans Place. Was removed to make way for the Whitewater Rampage / Roaring Rapids. |
| 1976 | - | 2000 | Sky Whirl (Intamin / Waagner Biro - Triple Ferris wheel) in County Fair. Removed after the 2000 season to make way for the Déjà Vu roller coaster. |
| 1976 | - | 2003 | Ameri-Go-Round (Dentzel - 3 Row Menagerie Carousel) in County Fair. Replaced by the Revolution. Originally built in 1910 and operated at Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, KY). |
| 1976 | - | | Loggers Run (Arrow Development - Flume) in Yukon Territory. |
| | Orleans Orbit (Schwarzkopf - Enterprise) in Orleans Place. The Orleans Orbit was later moved to Hometown Square and the name was shortened to just "The Orbit". |
| | Triple Play (Huss - Troika) in Hometown Square. |
| | Whirligig (Zierer - Wave Swinger) in County Fair. The Whirligig originally existed where the Iron Wolf is today is has since been relocated to Yankee Harbor and renamed to the "Gotham City Swinger". |
| | Yankee Clipper (Arrow Development - Flume) in Yankee Harbor. The Yankee Clipper was later renamed the "Ice Mountain Splash". |
| 1977 | - | 1983 | Southern Cross (Skyride). Unlike the park's other skyride, the Delta Flyer, the Southern Cross was a round trip skyride with its one station in Orleans Place where the Gulf Coaster previously was. The Southern Cross wasn't intended to always be a round trip. The turnaround was built so that it could be expanded into a station and a sign visible from the turnaround made reference to Southwest Territory being built in 1979. The Southwest Territory section didn't come into existence until the 1996 season - 13 years after the Southern Cross was removed. |
| 1977 | - | | Sky Trek Tower (Intamin / Giovanola - Gyro Tower 1200) in Carousel Plaza. |
| 1979 | - | | Pictorium (IMAX theater) in Carousel Plaza. |
| 1983 | - | 1986 | The Edge (Intamin / Giovanola - Free Fall) in Orleans Place. The Edge was replaced by the Power Dive. |
| 1984 | Six Flags Corporation purchased the park from Marriott's Corporation. |
| 1984 | - | | White Water Rampage (River Raft) in Orleans Place. Renamed to "Roaring Rapids" in 1988. |
| 5/28/1984 | A failure of the lift mechanism of "The Edge" free fall ride injured three teenagers. The victims were taken to the hospital where they were treated and released the same day. This incident is the source of many rumors suggesting guests were killed riding The Edge - this is simply untrue. |
| 1986 | - | | Splash Water Falls (Spillwater) in County Fair. |
| 1987 | - | 2002 | Power Dive (Intamin / Giovanola - Looping Starship) in Orleans Place. |
| 1991 | - | | Condor (Huss - Condor) in Orleans Place. Originally from Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, NJ) where it operated from 1988-1990. |
| 1994 | - | | Space Shuttle America (Intamin / Giovanola - Dynamic Motion Simulator) in County Fair. |
| 1996 | The Southwest Territory themed section is added which included three new rides. |
| 1996 | - | | Trail Blazer (Flying Carpet) in Southwest Territory. |
| 1997 | - | | Giant Drop (Intamin / Giovanola - Giant Drop) in Southwest Territory. |
| 2004 | Orleans Place is rethemed into Mardi Gras and four new rides are added to the area. |
| 2004 | - | | Revolution (Huss - Frisbee) in County Fair. Took the place the of the "Ameri-Go-Round". The Revolution was moved to Great America from Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, NJ). |
| 2005 | New waterpark "Hurricane Harbor" built and included with standard park admission. |
