The Joker Takes Over Total Mayhem at Six Flags Great Adventure

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The Joker is up to his tricks again, and has totally taken over the previously announced Total Mayhem roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure.  The new for 2016 ride will now be known as The Joker - 4D Free Fly Coaster, and will sport dark gray supports with track that is purple and green.

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This new concept art gives us an idea of how The Joker will look in its location near the park's Great Lake.  “The Joker is undeniably one of the greatest DC Comics Super-Villains ever created.  Only someone with his warped sense of humor could provide this level of insanity ─ or spinsanity ─ with a new, vertical coaster that delivers gravity-defying somersaults with utter unpredictability.  It is the perfect addition to our dynamic line-up of award-winning roller coasters because this ride delivers total mayhem with its next-generation, cutting-edge thrills,” said Six Flags Great Adventure President John Fitzgerald.

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The Joker is a coaster designed by S&S Worldwide and follows the successful instillation of a similar ride at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in 2015.  Individual cars that seat eight passengers will rise vertically up to 120 feet above the park to start the experience.  The winged-seat cars feature "onboard magnetic technology" that creates "smooth head-over-heels free-fly flips that provide guests the feeling of weightlessness as they soar outside the confines of a traditional track."  Each ride on The Joker will produce at least six inversions as the cars traverse the multiple levels of track.

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Along with a new name comes a new theme for this coaster, as seen in this snip of concept art for the ride.  The Joker looks to have an appropriately themed entrance and queue area, adding to the experience.  We will have to wait and see just how the final product looks.

This is actually the second year in a row that Six Flags Great Adventure has renamed their new attraction after initially announcing it.  Last year's ride was originally called Looping Dragon and then eventually renamed El Diablo.  Both changes were smart moves in my book!