The Ride
Six Flags America wanted to blast off in it's first season under Six Flags Ownership. Blast off they did  with Joker's Jynx. Like Paramount's Flight of Fear, Joker's Jynx is a Premier designed LIM launched ride. The ride is the second LIM launched complete circuit ride to complete it's circuit outside. Joker's Jynx is the center piece of the park's Gotham City section. The purple and green track is a maze of twists and turns within 2,705 feet of track.
The Experience
The ride starts in a fun house type building that was made that way by the Joker. Riders board one of the two Premier trains and secure the lap bar that holds them in place. Once they are secure the LIM's propel them out of the station, down a yellow piece of track reaching 63 mph in 3 seconds. The trains reach the end of the lauch track and are catapaulted into a twisted mess of green and purple steel. The first element that Joker's passengers face is double inverting cobra roll. At the conclusion of the Cobra Roll the track twistes into the third elementm the Sidewinder. Riders get a breather as the track wraps around the highest point of the ride. After navigating the 540 degrees of spiraling curves leading to a straightaway, the trains pick up more speed and dive down a spiraling dive to the left. The trains drop down a second dive and manuever a Figure-8 inches from the ground. One more banked curve awaits and the final inversion, the Corkscrew, flips the trains onto the final brake run.
Photos
Photos by: COASTERnet
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Spaghetti Bowl design
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Waiting for Launch
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Entrance and queue
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