Joker

This ride is a "4D Free Spin" model built by S&S Sansei Technologies, the company formerly known as S&S Worldwide, S&S Power, and S&S Sports.  The company last changed its name when it was acquired by Sansei Yusoki Co., Ltd., a manufacturing firm based in Osaka, Japan.  The chain lift is vertical for much of its length and these cars are almost to the very top of the lift.  The ride is 120 feet tall and the longest drop is a little over 50 feet.  The track is only 1,019 feet long.  Because the track folds over itself a couple of times, the ride takes up a tiny amount of space.  There is a debate as to how many inversions are on this coaster.  Some people think that the ride doesn't have any inversions, but I lean toward saying it has two inversions since the track folds over itself twice.  And if you count the times the seats flip around, the typical ride cycle sees riders rotating upside-down six times.

The ride has five trains, and each car has room for eight riders, with four on one side of the track and four on the other side of the track.  This train was stuck at this location for a long time, so I zoomed in and took a picture of it.  I was surprised to see the signatures on the track!  I assume the markings were done by Iron Workers Local 68, a union located in Trenton, New Jersey.

©2018 by Joel A. Rogers.