The Joker (Six Flags Great Adventure)

The Joker is a steel launched shuttle roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure.

History
The Joker was announced in August 31, 2017. The track was painted green and surpose were painted purple. The train is painted purple white the second train is painted yellow. The individual ratcheting lap bars were painted Yellow Green in the trains. Bon Jovi was sceduled to appear at the Opening Day of the Joker and be the first people ride it.

Two-train operation
Unlike most other shuttle roller coasters, The Joker is able to simultaneously operate two five-car (20 passengers total) trains because of an innovative sliding platform in the station. One train loads and unloads on either the right or left side of the station while the other train is launched out onto the main track. When this train returns to the station, it slides to the unused side of the room and unloads as the other train slides to the middle and launches. These trains are launched by 116 linear induction motors that help them achieve a top speed of 70 mi/h in 3.8 seconds.

Rider experience
Riders enter Joker's Funhouse that is themed to be the hideout of Batman's enemy, The Joker. The ride begins when the lights in the launch tunnel turn on and the lights in the station dim. LIMs launch the train through a 190 ft tunnel and up into a 150 ft-tall inside top hat that flips riders completely upside-down. This element is followed by a 105 ft overbanked turn and a vertical spike. As the train climbs this spike and slows, it is gently pushed up almost all the way to the top by another set of LIMs. The LIMs reverse and the train runs the entire course in reverse.