Six Flags Great America Goes BOGO for Opening Weekend

WHAT: Six Flags Great America opens for the 2010 season offering BOGO admission with

a Goodwill donation

WHEN:                  Opening Weekend, April 24 and 25

TIME: Operating Hours (Sat: 10am-8pm, Sun: 10am-7pm) Best Visual (April 24 from 10am-12pm) Switch ceremony to turn on park for the 2010 season on Saturday, April 24 at 10am

WHERE: Six Flags Great America / 542 N. Route 21 / Gurnee, IL 60031
Donations taken at Main Entrance

VISUAL: Families donating bags of clothing at Six Flags Great America to Goodwill Industries

Gurnee, Ill. (April 15, 2010) – Six Flags Great America teams up with Goodwill Industries to kick off the 2010 season. Bring a bag of gently-used clothing to Six Flags Great America opening weekend, April 24 and 25, and receive a buy one admission ticket, get one free.  Plus get BOGO deals around the park on select treats and games, including the all-new MagiQuest.  Donations will be sold in Goodwill Stores where the revenues fund training, employment and supportive services for people with disabilities or disadvantages.

Opening April 24 – MagiQuest is a live-action interactive game developed to bring families together and move children from the couch to physical play.  Players immerse into a 10,000 square foot fantasyland powered by a “magical” wand. The wireless remote technology unlocks more than 80 special effects allowing players to navigate through the levels of the game in their quest to defeat the Dragon and save the Princess.

Six Flags Great America is located between Chicago and Milwaukee and offers fun for the entire family with 14 heart pounding roller coasters, a free 15-acre water park, spectacular shows and three children’s themed areas. Also new in 2010, the Little Dipper, a historic wooden roller coaster formerly of Kiddieland Amusement Park and Glow in the Park Parade, a new nighttime illuminated parade with Cirque Du Soleil-style music and more than 60 performers.