Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 2016- The Joker

^^ I personally had a dream about Kentucky Kingdom adding a family-fun RMC along with Roller Skater!

^ This is "Joker: Seriously Twisted." not "Zonga: Seriously Twisted." lol! I'm also gonna love the message "haha" written on the train!

^ Props to one neat entertainer, too! And the ride looks plenty of fun!

[Paradox]

I love all of the crossovers on this ride. Reminds me more and more of Medusa.

Purple and green are now a great match for this credit!

[Dirk_Ermen]

Hmmm... Hoped to see some more acting from the entertainer. The little bit he did seemed nice.

HOLY CRAP. This is insane for a first test run!

Looks awesome!

Wow, this looks amazing. some of those transitions just look ...wrong. I love how this one stays pretty low to the ground holding on to it's speed until the brake run.

A few weeks and I'll be on this baby!

[Paradox]

Watch the prelift be pointless like TC's and not do anything.

The pre lift will be meh of course, but it's a pre lift. The rest of the ride looks great.

I notice nervous riders do get a kick out of those little twisted pre-lifts. always makes me laugh. I wouldn't expect seasoned enthusiasts to be excited by it.

When this ride was announced, my initial assessment was that it looked like a middle tier RMC...in other words, an outstanding ride but one that lacks anything to make it stand out from the pack. After watching the POV, my opinion is the same. Living in Southern California, I definitely plan to go ride Joker this summer and I'm excited to try it, but I have to wonder if the ride would disappoint someone who flew across the country to ride it (particularly if they have been on some of RMC's other coasters). I know that's not the target audience for the ride, but it does make me wonder if enthusiasts will still drool over RMCs once every region has one of their rides. While I do think RMCs are great, I'd definitely like to see Six Flags adding more unique major coasters than simply putting a RMC I-Box into every park.

It is definitely a middle of the pack RMC that's still an awesome addition for Northern Cali locals who just don't get much love up there. It's not a ride people should travel for, but what is anymore really? The US just isn't really building rides that excite anymore outside of their local demo. Everyone is playing it safe to maximize profits in what has become an unpredictable animal outside of Disney or Cedar Point. Although I agree the newness of a new RMC has given way to "been there done that", I'm sure I will love this ride when it opens.

I am very impressed with the speed this ride maintains. It's not even carrying passengers yet...

Looks like a lot of fun. The drop in the back will be sweet.

I personally like it when the ride passes a "bobbing up and down" prelift section, because not only can the guests brace themselves for a big thrill, but they also manage to get the feeling of a ride, I assume, like "It's gonna provide us a fairly or really smooth experience." or "We've somehow learned how to deal with g's before the "terrifying" drop!"

This ride is gonna be awesome!

[mkingy]

Looks alright. Pretty typical RMC really. Doesn't seem to flow as well as I'd imagined it would.

[Paradox]

Wicked Cyclone is better because home park bias

Some parts look pretty good (Like, say, the entire first half of the ride...), but then other bits look very meandering and pointless.

[Dirk_Ermen]

I miss the tunnel that made the original roar so much better.

Took a few rides on The Joker for media day this morning. The ride is awesome! Great airtime, great pacing, great inversions. SFDK has a winner. I liked it slightly more than Wicked Cyclone, which it will be compared to. First drop is better, and the airtime is stronger.

[Paradox]

Manic Monte wrote:

I liked it slightly more than Wicked Cyclone.

Blasphemy!

Looks great!