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When the first looping coaster opened up in New York at Coney Island in 1901 the owners of the Loop The Loop found that half the people could work up the nerve to ride it while the other half would sit there next to the ride and stare up at those on the ride slack jawed in amazement.



A hundred and sixteen years later with The Joker you still have half the crowd brave enough to ride and the rest just standing along the midway looking up and people are flipped, rolled and spun in the skies above.



Like I said in our Six Flags Fiesta Texas Trip Report from last year where we tried out the prototype 4D free fly I normally hate the concept of rocking back and forth but these coasters are so much fun those fears go away and Bond and I giggle our way through the fifty seconds it takes to go from The Joker's start to finish.



The magnetic spin inducing fins right after the lift gets the inverting started but at the crest of each of these little hills chances are you will find yourself with your feet pointed towards the heavens while your head is pointed earthbound.



What is really fun and makes for many re-rides on The Joker is how each ride even on the same seat is a little different. 



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