Ride Profile
Twisted mayhem!
The Joker unleashed at Six Flags Great Adventure
Thrill seekers visiting Six Flags Great Adventure can take on Batman's arch
enemy as they enjoy the park's newest rollercoaster courtesy of S&S – Sansei Technologies. Paul Ruben
gets twisted in Jackson, New Jersey as he checks out the
latest Joker coaster in the Six Flags family
ride of the same name, in this case a Gerstlauer spinning coaster, since 2013. And now guests at Six Flags Great Adventure (SFGA) can enjoy the New Jersey park's 13th rollercoaster in the shape of The Joker, a new 4D Free-Fly coaster from S&S – Sansei. “It is the perfect addition to our line-up of award-winning
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rollercoasters because this ride delivers total mayhem with its next-generation, cutting-edge thrills,” notes SFGA president John Fitzgerald. The unusual layout of The Joker features a massive, imposing, floating and twisting I-box track frame in a purple and green two-tone design. On-board magnetic technology triggers smooth head-over-heels free-fly flips that provide guests with the feeling of weightlessness as they soar outside the confines the track. The 4D wing vehicles seat up to eight (two cars of 2+2) and there are five vehicles in total.
arlier this season, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom near San Francisco unveiled an RMC hybrid coaster called The Joker, while Six Flags Mexico has had a
Passengers are pulled up the 120ft (37m) 90° hill by an
elevator-style, chain link lift. They then tumble head-over- heels between four and eight times along the weightless, tumbling journey. Along the 1,019 ft long (311m) ride, thrill seekers will reach speeds of 38 mph (61km/h) as they experience coaster hills and two unexpected beyond 90° “raven” drops as great as 54ft (16m). Having ridden The Joker frequently, Fitzgerald believes
the best feature is that every ride is different. "There really is no way to predict where you will flip and how many times. It is total mayhem from that perspective. The Joker is extremely repeatable and for coaster fanatics, you’ll want
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