Light show was amazing, staff however didnt know anything (perhaps its their 1st day) we had to pry and ask other ticket holders where they got their hot chocolates (tis the season).. one employee said go to the nearest culinary place really? .. we heard people complaining about the food app, because we got their food 1st before theirs.. but like i said lighting was amazing and fun to get out and stretch your legs during this covid time. Mask is required all times.

This is my favorite place to be. I have a diamond elite membership. But I keep being charged for this place monthly with no added benefits and I cant even go.

Holiday in the park was absolutely beautiful will be going again soon. Park was clean it wasnt crowded. The food was really good.

Holiday in the Park was great! Amazing lights and decorations everywhere you look, friendly staff and enjoyable shows for all ages. I was impressed with how serious they took under cleanliness and Covid sanitation. There were sanitizer stations EVERYWHERE, seriously every 20mft it seemed like. Seemed like an employee was in every single bathroom ready to clean and wipe things down. Unfortunate that no rides were operating, but I understand that. Food stations were a bit of a nightmare tho, expect a LONG time to get your food. Only reason it lost a star. Worth a visit with the kids or a date!!

Six Flags does an amazing job with there light displays. The food was very good and my wife and I felt the staff did a great job keeping the park safe and clean

I love Six flags! Me and my family have season passes and we go every year! The only thing I dont like is that the food is overpriced. But, we have dining passes. Other than that, its a great place to be!

Visited with the fam for Christmas lightshow. Covid requirements were in place, and the food was delivered in individual boxes (No inside dining). Heated lamp was set up but unless you are 5 feet away, it didnt help with the cold much. Loved the homeade smore stands around the park. Boom.

Nostalgia with a thrill! If you havent been to six flags make sure you visit for new heart dropping rides and poses with the lonniest toons in the business! The wife and I we cracking up at all the memorable cartoons we grew up on while waiting for action! Mark this is on your vacation check list!!!

I love six flags but just wondering if you’re open now due to covid ??

Nice lights for Christmas. Something to do and its only 19.99 a person. 14.99 for a guest if you are a season pass holder.

Great place to take your family or even just a few friends. One year around the holidays they were open for a holiday festival, it was very fun and festive, drinking hot chocolate, getting warmed up from the cold. That was my best time there, I really hope to do that again.

I absolutely love Holiday in the Park.Its the most wonderful time of the year

Very good clean but a little over price and i hope that six flag can renew the season pass for next year because we didnt have any time to go this year and i really do hope they renew the pass so next year we can go again and my kids love the big ride and the food and in the winter the hot chocolate is good and the nachos are a must and the chicken tenders. love you six flag hope we see you next year

Lots of fun if you are a season pass holder. We are so parking is included and we spent the 1st half of the day at the water park and the second on rides. We went on a Thursday so the lines were not long and everyone was able to enjoy their favorite rodes. We have gold cups, so refills all day which makes it worth it to have them. They are approximately 20 each and for a large family like ours works. We bought 6 cups. We ate at a restaurant in the Southwest territory and had the nachos and pulled pork so everyone had some. They cost around 16 dollars each. The handicapped stalls are not really big enough for a wheelchair and their supplies and hard to transfer to. They had some type of pink box in front of the disabled sink and dryer, so we had to make do. She could not do this alone so be prepared to help. Six flags could do a little better for the disabled but they try. They have a chair to lower your person down into the pool and while it works slowly it works good. They staff was extremely helpful and kind. All in all my girl had a great time at the pool and enjoys it very much. We didnt go in the wave pool but it looks like a lot of fun.

Im not sure which is worse here, the lack of attractions or the terrible service. It makes no sense that the rides are closed, but if you want to swim in a pool with hundreds of other people, that is acceptable. Also, besides the price of food here being outrageous, the service here made me regret coming to Six Flags in the first place. I will not be recommending Six Flags Great America for a long time.

All of the rides that you can think of or imagine. Full of excitement. Clean, plenty of eateries. Start with the easier ones. Be a bit careful while eating before some rides. Better to stay in hotels nearby, you can take rest after some time and come back on the same ticket.

Ive been to six Flags 100s of times. This was my least favorite visit. Not just because we couldnt access all of the park, but because the dining pass was confusing and some employees didnt understand it well enough to explain it and had us walk from the water park all the way to the main entrance only to find out that that wasnt necessary and this employee who didnt know anything wasnt some young adult or entry level worker, he was some important guy dressed in distinguishable uniform- great america dress shirt with slacks. There were also a handful of rude employees policing this time. Of course due to covid and fear of an outbreak or whatever but theres a way you communicate to paying guests. You want them to return one day and invest so yelling is unacceptable.

It was great! We loved the service and the water park! My family and I loved the slides and how kind and attentive the life guards were. They also made social distancing their top priority. We will 100% come again!!

My best place to go every summer, I did al the rides enjoying my time with laugh and happiness

This is a great amusement park. The rides are fun, and I always find the staff to be very friendly and accommodating. There is so much to do and so many rides to ride that you could easily fill up one busy day. While it is not the cleanest place, I try to look past that whenever I go here. What you are getting is more or less worth the price, and the season passes are a great deal if you are planning on going multiple times. The crowds are handled well, and the lines never get too long. It is not a confusing layout, and the park is easy to get around. The food is mediocre, but I do recommend bringing your own food because it is incredibly expensive. This is an overall great amusement park with plenty to do.

Six Flags Great America is a great theme park with many thrilling and unique roller coasters. They also have kiddie rides and thrilling (mostly spinning) flat rides. This park gets very crowded on a busy day and waits often can be over an hour.Their tallest attraction (standing at 330 feet tall) is Sky Trek Tower. This rotating capsule gives you a great view and a verbally documented tour of the park and waterpark.With admission over $50/person and parking at $26/vehicle, a season pass or membership that includes parking is definitely worth it. Since meals are over $10, snacks are over $5, and a small (nonrefillable) drink is $5.50, the season dining pass and refillable cups are also way worth the money.All in all, its a good park, but be prepared to wait in lines. Also be prepared to spend a lot of money on food and drink if youre not equipped with the season dining pass and refillable drink cup.

Great experience but some of the ramps in southwest territory were not wheelchair friendly

Lights were great!!..As well as the hot cocoa n smores..GREAT to see people out n about!!..

Worth visiting if you go multiple times a year as a pass holder. Many benefits with a pass. Food court is pricey. Love going in the fall.

Charge me while park was closed due to Covd-19 pandemic. Shady six flags still had the nerve to send me to collection and deactivated my account which was impossible to log in too. Gave them free money basically. And still send me to collection your shady seasonal elite b.s.Give me back the months you were closed? Bet you wont right. Customer service was no help since they dont give a f. You lost a customer i tell you this right now you made no effort to reach out but charging was easy for you.

The Holiday in the Park at Six Flags was unbelievable. If your a fan of Christmas lights there are plenty to see. We have the Platinum membership and it was worth the drive. Who would imagine being at Six flags at the end of December in Illinois.

We bought the platinum flash pass and thank goodness doing that deal! Even though it was expensive we got over 50 rides with the pass.In terms of rides the operations were pretty good. But X Flight can be slow because of the large trains. The rides at the park is the best in the western Midwest area. Goliath packs a punch but is very short, Superman is a great flying coaster in which you are in a flying position on the ride. X Flight is very smooth and graceful. But the best ride of all at the park is Raging Bull in which you are over 200 feet in the air. Although this ride has the longest line in the park so I would recommend getting on that when the park just opened or is about to close. Overall I had a amazing experience at the park and I hope I come back soon!

This park have many issues over the time of my visit maxxforce was broken down over and over again. The flash pass system was down also all of the registers in the park were down so you could not purchase food you can only get refills if you had already purchased a bottle. This was my first visit to Great America this will most likely be my last this summer I am also visiting Six Flags America Great Adventure and St Louis I really hope the experiences there or better

Went there back in 2012, truly the best park Ive ever done ! Still got tons of souvenir in 2020From a lil Frenchies whom only knew le parc Astérix

I enjoyed six flags last year! The rides are super secure and fun. I was scared at first, but then I went to the raging bull and I had a blast! I hit a bunch of other coasters after and had no issues. But, the food is very pricy. My friend and I got the orange chicken and it was at least $16.99 I don’t remember exactly. But truly, it didn’t eliminate the fun that I had there. 4 stars :)

A lot less people because of covid, you have to basically reserve your seat from way in advance otherwise you will not find any. Hand sanitizer at every corner and masks are enforced when walking around. I felt relatively safe spending time here.

Amazing!! Enjoyed a lot!!Must visit place.One day is not enough to cover all rides. Should get annual pass.Fright fest was exciting. Park opened till 12pm during fright fest.

I love it !! Roller coasters are great ! They take pics of you ! Funnel cakes are the best ! It’s worth it to become a member !! Get in for free at the rockford water park !!

This place is perfect for adventure loving people! The rides are amazing and thrill seeking enough for even the fearless coaster riders! Cant wait to go back!

We went on a super super humid day, the park was at capacity. Lots of lines but they moved pretty quickly. Had a great day! We are pass holders from another state and used our passes at Great America.

Due to mrs rona only hurricane harbour was open, however it was still very fun and all the lines were pretty short and i went on a saturday :) The food is pretty expensive but thats fine ig. Overall it was a great day and i had a lot of fun :0

I grew up in this area and made well use of the season passes! This is a great park that always works to add new attractions and has a water park! As to be expected high food and drink prices but definitely a great place to be and even have firework shows. I’d advise to start in the water park in the mornings than work your way to the park. Being a local and going to this location a lot over 8+ years I find the water quality to be best in the mornings If you are a ‘germophobe’ kinda like myself.

We went for the first time to the HOLIDAY PARTY AT six Flags. We had a great time. We had dinner, rode some rides, and took character photos, as well as some amazing photos with the light. We were sad when it was Rome to leave. Highly recommend

Tbh this is a great sf and the location make this park a little crowed but not as bad. the new maxx force is great but short, 2nd best six flags park (behind magic mountain) also operations are great ,good maintaining the sanitizing around the park and food is great, keep up the good work. love spending money here

This is a great place full of fun and shows with thrilling rides and silly characters. I loved going in a week day when there was less people so the rides were faster to get one and everything was a shorter wait even Superman which to me was super scary and fun. The outfits and merch are great and there are tons of food options with plenty of food to fed 2 with each plate.

My daughter is 8 and a huge fan of roller coasters. We live about forty minutes away, so a season pass is a great value for us. We love hanging out for a few hours and hitting up some rides. Our favorites are The Viper and Triple Play. The park is always clean and the staff is very friendly. This year I splurged on the picture package, and I cant wait to make a memory book out of all of the photos.

So many rides ! Lines weren’t too long for a weekend. The kids loved every ride they went on. The staff were all so nice and friendly and also made sure the kids were secure In their seats before the ride ! Drinks and food are pricey , but what amusement park isn’t !

Best amusement park near us this place is packed with fun rides for all ages. It is a little pricey but if you get tickets on a good deal day I recommend watching for specials unless you want to buy season passes get them early in season for a good deal or do the monthly passes which are good thru winter even to go see the Christmas lights which is super pretty and fun to do. I just went her not long ago for fright fest what a blast and the actors are so real looking and SCARY!! It was definitely a good time I highly suggest checking it out even if you dont have kids its for adults as well

I love your park, also, today was my 1st time (Aug 30, 2020) in the water park and I love it, they where cleaning everything and thanks for that!

What a great park! They have just enough rides to make a perfect day. The newest ride Maxx Force is just incredible! I cant wait to go back again!!

Ive been going to this particular Great America in Illinois since I was small. Its worth the expense, however I would get either a season pass or a membership to save money. Ive been to the San Jose CA Great America and this one is about 4 times the size, the same with the one in KS. Ive heard this one in Gurnee Illinois is the largest and by far the best in the states! Stroller friendly, special diet and baby food friendly. I had to pack us lunches for baby food and special diets, I even brought our Doctors notes along but that wasnt even needed. Such great, kind, understanding staff! We Love Six Flags Great America in Gurnee Illinois!!!

Needs more cleaning but a definite fun family place. My advice is get a cabana and get the elite diamond passes. You will save so much and have lots of options .

The funnel cakes were horribleBathroom and changing room smelled like pure urine. Youre going to need a waterproof case ($8-$9) cause they will big the hell out of 4about wearing it while walking thru the water park and no service without one.

We make an annual trip to this place with all the kids. Rides of all shapes and sizes - for the really young to the crazy young. Bring your wallet and patience - just like any other park. Make a whole day of it so you can your share of rides in.

Six Flags Great America has it all! More than 15 roller coasters, tons of thrill and family rides and an extensive water park. This park really shines with its fright fest event and the Love at First Fright stage show in the Grand Music Hall. Im looking forward to Holiday in the Park this year for the first time ever. Just as a note, because the park is so big and offers so much it often gets incredibly crowded. It is best to arrive before opening for a smooth arrival experience. The food and drink lines can also get very long, so I suggest bringing an empty water bottle that you can refill with water at refill stations around the park.

Great place to spend family time and get in the Holiday spirit!

I took a very detailed survey of my experience. I plan on upgrading my season pass to premium on my next visit, once the park side is open again.

This is an amazing park. They keep it very clean. All the staff is very helpful. Newer rides have long lines, but the other rides are all reasonable. Food is overpriced but that is to be expected.

Loved the holiday lights!

This review is for the entrance to the park on a Saturday. The park itself is 4 star for me. In general the park is a good place to have fun. Adequate resources for your needs during your stay here. The rides are 5 stars, maintained well and a good variety of old favorites and new ones.Okay, now for the entrance. Its a nightmare! If you arrive here after 11am expect a line thats around 150 yards long. The worst part is there is no staff ditecting people where to line up. There is 3 very long line of people snaking around and nobody know which line goes where. You have to go figure that out for yourself.Near the main entrance, close to the flags, there is one security guy that acts as an information person but you will easily miss him out of the hundreds of people moving around. You will also find people cutting and skipping through the line.For an amusement park that charges both arms for entrance fee and a leg for parking fee you would expect that the management have the decency and empathy for their patrons.Goodluck to all of you! The staffs in the park are nice, the management? Youre just a number to them.

Great family fun! Rides for everyone over 48. They do have a family area for those under 54 but only 2 rides for them. Adding a larger area for those with little ones to enjoy would be even more of an epic experience!

Great rides. Lines are always long and time estimates from this point including times in app are way off! One said 30 min but was 90 min - another ride in the app showed 10 min but when we walked there 5 min later the sign at the entrance showed 45 min. Checked app again standing there and it was still wrong. The food had always been way overpriced! $6 for a soda, $2 for adding cheese on a burger. $30 just to park. They do what they can to get you there the upscope way too much. One time is a hard value intentionally. Better long term deal with season pass and meal deal with lower prices for food. Again, rides are awesome though.

Six flags Hurricane Harbor sadly due to Covid 19 no waves this season, but fun swimming, tubes, and slides were in action. Food options and ordering through app where a great option to use.

Its a pretty decent place. Some of the staff are too young and dont seem to care about their jobs. Other than that the roller coasters are amazing

I went to the Northern Illinois Food Bank and the entire process went smoothly and fast...

Six Flags. As American as baseball. Well worth the time and money. I have been coming here for almost as long as they have been open and it never gets old. They are always improving and putting in new rides.

It’s freaking Six Flags Great America—and boy is it great. Just...hit up your best friends, go from open to close, and play Risky Dice while waiting in the lines...there’s no better way to spend a day. What’s Hurricane Harbor you ask?? The place to cool off, drop slide into a cozy wedgy, and be anything but lazy in the lazy river. I love it. It’s fire. It’s legit. It’s Six Flags Great ‘Merica!!

Fun place. Clean. Attentive staff.

I found it very fun with my family and friends and also the rides where very fun

Super fun amusement park. Really fun and intense rides. We had a blast

Loved going here with kids as much as possible!But be warned that whenever you upgrade to any other tier, they will not tell you that it’s from starts from date. In other words say you haven’t visited the Park and they took your money. That money does not count. So your paying more for that membership upgrade. I cancelled mine due to the fact of this covid -19 outbreak and I still received a collections letter. They need better customer service over the phone. It’s a big fat fail in that department. Everyone pays good money at this theme park! Hard earned money especially when you hAve 3 or more kids. To disregard everything else you paid already as a member plus the upgrade when it’s the same. It’s like you paid 89$, you upgrade and add another 89$. That’s stealing and that’s disappointing!

I go every summer! Never disappoints.

Overall, a great park. This is the second best Six Flags park I’ve been to and the rides are great. The park is surprisingly pretty but it good use a lot more landscaping. The staff, however, are actually very nice, and they usually aren’t. They keep the rides running fast and the lines are short therefore. I’d recommend going here.

I havent been to Six Flags since I was a little girl and now I work here and I love it so much. me and my family enjoy the food and rides and games the lines tend to be a little long but we dont mind the wait. Cant wait til they open up I love it here

Christmas at Six Flags is fun experience seeing the lights and Christmas themed rename of their stores and landmarks. The lightning of the tree, lights dancing to the music, cookie decoration, shows and more to see. Definitely need to see Six Flags in each of the seasons!

Cool day not too busy til 3:00. Service and food great.

The lights looked so nice.

Its a great experience for the entire family, from 10 to 70 year old. We were able to enjoy Goliath, V2, raging bull, Superman, X flight and many more. The firework behind Raging Bull is spectacular. The only pity is that the newest Maxx Force closed at 8pm.Even though its super hot on July 5th, the park is kept clean and staffs worked around the clock to make sure all rides are functioning well. Food is delicious but also expensive, next time we will consider buying the $34.99 all day dining package.

Hurricane Harbor. Loved it!

Fun place to go for holiday in the park.

This Was The Best roller coaster park I’ve ever been to. Staff Was Great, Food Was Good, little expensive tho. Had to wait a long time to get on Superman, otherwise it was super fun! Great rides! Overall a fun time! I recommend you go.

I love this place. Get the season pass. Makes it so much better

Great day at the park! Lines were short enough to cover all the rides (and our favorites twice or more!). Friendly staff, clean park, easy to get in and out. Loved the all day meal pass! A lot of food and activity!

Fun! Fun! Fun! Every time we go we have z blast and the rides are very exciting. We love Six Flags & yayyyyyy my husband rode the Goliath

Season Membership w/food pass is A GREAT Value. If you go a few times a year its more then paid for. Sometimes we go every other week.

Had alot of fun. I got the Gold Flash Pass, and I definitely reccomend getting one. Staff was very kind and helpful. A few of the rides were shutdown, kind of annoying. But overall a great time.

My kids(age 12 and 14) have loved coming for years. Great coasters and nice overall experience. Food and drink lines are always way too long. Food quality could be way better as well.

The Rides Were awesome I am totally going again and I am thinking about a season pass so I can bring friends looking forward to it. A few of my favorite rides were the raging bull the Superman the joker the Batman and also the V2

Over priced food and drinks, bring your own and save money.The Pay to Skip people has caused fights in line and can be entertaining!We have got summer passes for the last 5 years until this year. Thank goodness. They may not open now.

This was my first time at Six Flags Great America, and boy, what a thrilling time I had! To date, the most fun amusement park Ive been to. Where do I begin! I had spent the whole day here, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and hit up EVERY ride that was on the little map you get at the entrance. I spent it with some friends, and we had a blast! The rides are thrilling and fun, though I shouldve bought the fast pass, cause lines were long. They werent unbearable, but long nonetheless. The food options were crazy, so many options from different vendors. The food can be alittle pricey, but worth it. There isnt much to mention here, its a really fun amusement park for all ages, friend groups and even outings for groups and dates. Id highly recommend going if youre interested and plan to!

Very large amusement park, but the staff was helpful. The one thing I wish they hard was a few more staff members at the main gate area to help guide people. Other than that, every one we came across was super friendly.

Always a great time, although I am not a season pass holder, when Im invited to go I always have a great time!

We go every year as a family and I love it. Alwats the highlight of our summer funtivities.... I know thats not a word.

It’s okay for me. Doesn’t compare or even come close to the other theme parks around the country.Our kids love it every time however. Restaurants are closed sometimes, rides have long lines and not very well managed.Staff not always friendly and helpful but overall good.

Best memories ever!!

The last time we were here was during the fall. We got there first thing in the morning and there was already a pretty good crowd but the lines were not bad. For some of the more popular rides I highly suggest jumping line by going through as single riders. many lines that had a long wait we were able to just go right up and get on the ride. If you dont mind not going with other people this is the way to go.

I hadnt been here in years! We made it an adult day and had a lot of fun. The lines in the middle of the week were pretty minimal overall and the park was pretty clean. My only struggle was how long we ended up waiting in line for lunch. I think it was 30 minutes. That could have been faster.

I love going here I made so many memories. We went here every other day during the summer for a couple years and I cant wait to come for many more years.

I go here every year with my family and absolutely have a blast! This past Sunday I went up to exchange my voucher for the plastic card...upgraded from my Gold Plus membership to my new Platinum membership.

Love visiting this Six Flags. Love how theyve made improvements with wait time on rides, but I think there is more that they can do to make it run more efficiently. If possible avoid going on weekends since that is when they are the busiest.

Park is very fun and is huge, on the other hand the only down side is their washrooms. They need to keep them a little cleaner. Otherwise I would have gone with 5 stars.

Me and my family went there last summer. We had an amazing time. If you like all the rides and are brave enough to ride them, highly recommend fast pass, expensive but worth it.

Its Six Flags. What do you expect. Super expensive food, waits in lines that are three times longer than the ride itself. But if you go in knowing what to expect, its not that bad really. Good time with the family.

This is a must visit and the perfekt place for a fun filled day for all ages, I love this place. The roller coasters are amazing, the demon is still as fun as it was the first time, the joker is insanely awesome, the goliath is intense, x wing is smooth and as good as it gets, the raging bull is full of rage, the superman is incredible and the batman is my all time favorite.

This place six flags brings the great in you it’s so much joy and fun I love this place when your scared to get on the roller coaster at the end you wanna go again it’s I recommend going to this place for fun !