On Thursday, Six Flags Great America in Illinois unveiled the tallest, fastest and steepest wooden roller coaster in the world.

The theme park's latest attraction, named Goliath, takes brave thriller seekers on a record-breaking 180-foot plunge, while rocketing through twists and turns at 72 miles per hour at a near vertical 85-degree angle.

The triple-record-breaking ride lasts 1 minute and 15 seconds and includes an inverted drop and a spiraling zero-G stall that makes riders feel as if they're floating upside-down.

The coaster, which opened Thursday morning in Gurnee, Illinois, took nine months to construct and was scheduled to open last month. However, the rollout was postponed due to "delays in the final touches," reports NBC Chicago.

"I think everyone here is just so excited and there's a lot of anticipation before we open our gates," Six Flags spokeswoman Katy Enrique said just an hour before the opening, according to ABC News.

Rocky Mountain Construction, the company that designed Goliath, used an innovative track system that makes the wooden coaster less rickety. "It's very smooth," said Enrique, who has ridden it more than 20 times.

ABC7 Chicago Reporter Jessica D'Onofrio agreed, saying Goliath was "[the] smoothest ride of any coaster I have been on."

After riding the coaster, D'Onofrio says the attraction definitely lives up to the hype. "It was definitely a great adrenaline rush," she said.

"It has a ton of thrills; it's just element after element," Enrique added.

"We're always looking for rides that spark innovative new concepts in the roller coaster world," Enrique said. "We're constantly looking for concepts out there that will keep us as the leader of roller-coaster innovation."

After giving the coaster a try, father and daughter Rob and Caitlin Clark told JSOnline.com that the ride was both nerve-wracking and thrilling.

"That first drop is a little bit scary," Rob said. "You feel like you're coming out of the seat a little bit."