The Boss (roller coaster)


The Boss is a wooden roller coaster located in Britannia at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri. It opened on April 29, 2000, and was manufactured by Custom Coasters International. It features a lift of, a first drop of, four drops of 150', 112', 103' and 72', and, prior to the 2018 season, a 570 degree helix.

Ride experience

Out of the station, the track passes through the transfer track, and makes a slight left turn before making a right hand turn to climb the lift hill. At the top of the lift hill, the track makes a left turn and dives down a drop into a ravine, leveling out as it zooms through the structure of the third hill and rises into an elevated turnaround. It then dives down a drop back into the ravine, and rises up a third hill. At the top of the hill, the track makes a level right hand turn into the midcourse brakes. The track then takes a dive off the midcourse brakes, followed by a tall turnaround. Following this, the track makes a right turn, passes under the lift hill, and over a pair of smaller airtime hills with slight right turns, before making a 180 degree banked turnaround, leading into a bunny hop and the final brake run. This is concluded with a left hand turn to return to the station.
Prior to the 2018 season, the final turnaround was a 570 degree double helix.

History

The Boss opened in 2000, and is acclaimed for its "terrain twister" style, dipping up and down with the terrain beneath it.
In 2009, the coaster got spare Gerstlauer trains from Twisted Twins at Kentucky Kingdom after the coasters wing of the park was closed. It had previously received other spare trains from Mega Zeph at Six Flags New Orleans.
During the ride's winter rehab prior to the start of the 2018 season, the 570° helix was removed and replaced with a 180 degree banked turn, shortening the coaster by.

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