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The Boss is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri, USA. It was built by Custom Coasters International.
History[]
In the late 1990s, 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-degree helix was removed and replaced with a 180-degree banked turn, shortening the coaster by 420 feet (130 meters).
For the 2025 season, parts of The Boss began getting re-tracked with GCI's Titan Track.[2]
Design[]
The ride's track uses the existing terrain, meaning fewer supports are required.
Trains[]
3 trains with 6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows in each car for a total of 24 riders per train.
References[]
- ↑ McNulty, Dennis (2014-09-20). The Boss is the legend I had hoped for Six Flags, and The Legend is the boss of Holiday World. LinkedIn.
- ↑ [Six Flags St. Louis] Boss is getting Titan Track! by LinkSwitch23, Reddit. 2025-03-07.
External links[]
- The Boss - Six Flags St. Louis official webpage at Six Flags
- Boss at the Roller Coaster DataBase
- The Boss at the Six Flags Wiki
- The Boss (roller coaster) at Wikipedia