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On The Joker:  Carnival of Chaos forty riders sit on a circular platform that slowly rotates throughout the ride giving you a full 360 degree view of the park and surroundings.



While getting to see the sights all around you is great The Joker's real party pleaser is the rides pendulum motion.



Getting a little ahead of myself as first after you are seated and locked in the platform beneath the ride moves out and away giving the ride clearance to start its ride cycle.

Time to geek out about a little engineering here.  Huss Rides makes a similar ride such as Max Air at Cedar Point or Delirium at Kings Island.  For those rides the floor lowers out from beneath the ride vehicle in a really over engineered way.  Zamperla's design; like this one, is worlds simpler and probably significantly easier to maintain over a giant platform that has to raise and lower.  Engineers there is nothing wrong with keeping designs simple.  Ok, off of my soap box and back to The Joker:  Carnival of Chaos.



With riders secure and the loading platform out of the way it is time to ride.



As the arm is pulled into the sky you slowly start to rotate.
 


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