The Joker as it was on March 30th 2016 under construction
Flipping backwardsinto the drops, a rider favorite

Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey

Joker

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What riders love
  • It has you flipping and spinning around over and over, and it never gets the least bit uncomfortable. It just made me laugh.
  • Although it's a bit too short, Joker is a very fun ride, and it makes me excited to ride more 4D coasters in the future.
  • Surprisingly, it was lots of fun and very intense.
  • This is a pretty fun Free Spin with it giving me like a stall element but an airtime hill upside down.
  • I actually really liked this ride. I got flipped a lot and it didn't really hurt at all.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Six Flags Great Adventure

This is a pretty fun Free Spin with it giving me like a stall element but an airtime hill upside down.

Lightning Productions

As with other Freespins, I enjoyed the pops of airtime, but it’s only an okay ride aside from that.

Erik C.

It has you flipping and spinning around over and over, and it never gets the least bit uncomfortable.

Brian Sheldon

Still though, I like the setting next to the lake and it was quite smooth.

symical coaster

I got flipped a lot and it didn’t really hurt at all.

Jonas

Inversions are not fun when you can’t brace for them and just get your head slammed into the seatback over and over again.

MapleFlakes

In addition, all of the spinning gave me a little bit of a headache by the end of the ride.

Kristofer Wempa

That being said, this is one of the better ones that rocks up the lift and has twice as many inversions as the one at SFNE and is a bit more intense than others in my opinion.

Clayton Latone

This time, we got three and a bunch of intense rocking.

Bubble Gaming

But yeah, pretty good fun but I wouldn’t want to marathon it due to the intensity of the flipping.

Kellen Grady

Surprisingly, it was lots of fun and very intense.

Dalia

The big drops at each end are actually quite intense, especially when you are facing backwards.

Kristofer Wempa

In my entire 30 minute wait for this ride there was not one cycle where having even a third train saved any time.

MapleFlakes

Located at the center of the park by the lake, the capacity and lines struggle early.

Clayton Latone

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

120 ftHeight
230 Nitro 181 El Toro 172 Flash:VerticalVelocity 142 Medusa 130 JerseyDevilCoaster 120 Joker
54 ftFirst drop
215 Nitro 176 El Toro 132 Medusa 122 JerseyDevilCoaster 100 Superman -UltimateFlight 54 Joker
38 mphTop speed
Nitro80 El Toro70 Medusa61 Flash:Vertical Velo…59 Jersey DevilCoaster58 Joker38 080 mph
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

FunIntense

Criticised for

Too shortLong waitsOverratedOften closedMade riders sick

The big drops at each end are actually quite intense, especially when you are facing backwards.

Kristofer Wempa, Captain Coaster review

I’ve never really been a super huge fan of these 4d freespins, but they are sort of fun.

KingKidCobra, Captain Coaster review

But there just pointless at this point because of the duration of the coaster.

Isaiah White, Captain Coaster review

This is a pretty fun Free Spin with it giving me like a stall element but an airtime hill upside down.

Lightning Productions, Captain Coaster review

I don’t understand why this coaster exists because my rides are honestly very boring and quite shaky.

ColdplayFan360 RollerCoasterFreak, Captain Coaster review

It’s pretty boring when it doesn’t flip, and it’s pretty crazy when it does.

CoasterKing, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Joker at Six Flags Great Adventure
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
The Joker operating during the Holiday in the Park event
Mwfromct, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Joker operating during Holiday in the Park
Mwfromct, CC BY-SA 4.0

3 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History

May 28, 2016Opened

A 4d free spin, built by S&S Worldwide, designed by Alan Schilke.

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. Height requirement: Six Flags Great Adventure. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Mwfromct (CC BY-SA 4.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Bubble Gaming, rider review on Captain Coaster: “At the end, our entire side of the train…”; Brian Sheldon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It has you flipping and spinning around over and…”; Dalia, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Although it's a bit too short, Joker is a…”; Kristofer Wempa, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The big drops at each end are actually quite…”; Dalia, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Surprisingly, it was lots of fun and very intense.”; Lightning Productions, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is a pretty fun Free Spin with it…”; Clayton Latone, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Every ride is different and it is very lap…”; Jonas, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I actually really liked this ride. I got flipped…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Front Seat Media's front row POV, The Joker 4K POV Front Seat On-Ride 2018 Six Flags Great Adventure Roller Coaster S&S 4D Free Spin (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.