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Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

This bit of track is even more fun if you happen to catch it mid roll.  I really like plunging towards the ground head first.

The Joker 4D Free Fly Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

This is a a good place to be able to people watch and see how people deal with everything that The Joker has to throw at them.

The Joker 4D Free Fly Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

Some people freak out, some people fight their way through the ride...

The Joker 4D Free Fly Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

...while some people just grin and laugh like Bond and I do.  Let go and have fun is the best way to go.

The Joker 4D Free Fly Coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois

With five trains and a little over a thousand feet of track surprisingly there are no block brakes on the ride.  What The Joker has is a dual loading station so two trains are loading/unloading and then once dispatched the two trains will move forward with one going up the lift while one waits in a holding area.  That all leaves the fifth train to be twisting and flipping somewhere along the track.  Despite only holding eight riders per train with five trains and a really quick crew the full queue only took us half an hour which is not bad for a brand new ride. 



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