Rue Le Dodge

Rue Le Dodge is a bumper car ride manufactured by Soli which debuted with both Great America parks when they opened. Located in Orleans Place, both opened as the world's largest bumper car floor. Gurnee's Rue Le Dodge still holds the title, followed by Santa Clara's

Rue Le Dodge is hosted in a Louisiana country manor-styled building and is known to have been planned since the very beginning for the parks.

History
Rue Le Dodge is known to have existed since the early planning stages for the park, also being referred to as "Rue Le Dodge" in early concept art. Concept art for Rue Le Dodge reveals that it's envisioned building was not constructed as imagined but that it did retain it's original decorative arches outside of the building enclosure.

Rue Le Dodge formally debuted with both Great America parks in 1976. At the time that it opened, it featured the world's largest bumper car floor. Gurnee's Rue Le Dodge also featured a shooting gallery next to it, Pirates Alley, a feature unique to Gurnee.

In 2005, a concrete island was added to the middle of the bumper car floor in the Santa Clara park to promote one-way traffic which meant that Gurnee's Rue Le Dodge now solely held the title of the world's largest bumper car floor.