--- --- # Six Flags Just Added an Insane New 'Joker' Roller Coaster  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks May 26, 2016 1:39 PM UTC  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks May 26, 2016 1:39 PM UTC The Six Flags Great Adventure amusement part in New Jersey [has added](http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/things%5Fto%5Fdo/Six-Flags-Great-Adventure-adds-new-The-Joker-roller-coaster.html) a new roller coaster, “[The Joker,”](https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure/newsroom/january-26-2016) which—depending on your taste for roller coasters—looks like a terrifyingly exhilarating or hilariously good time. Or both. Named for the Batman villain, The Joker uses magnetic technology to give riders a feeling of weightlessness as they tumble through “head-over-heels free-fly flips” and plummet down “beyond 90-degree ‘raven’ drops,” Six Flags said in an earlier [release](https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure/newsroom/january-26-2016) announcing the attraction. Initially called “Total Mayhem, Six Flags says “behind the scenes, criminal mastermind, The Joker, was secretly plotting to take over the new 4D free-fly coaster and name it as his own.” The Joker is the park’s 14th roller coaster. “The Joker is undeniably one of the greatest DC Comics Super-Villains ever created,” said Six Flags Great Adventure President John Fitzgerals. “Only someone with his warped sense of humor could provide this level of insanity─or spinsanity─with a new, vertical coaster that delivers gravity-defying somersaults with utter unpredictability.” The Joker is open now through Friday only to season pass holders, [Philly.com](http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/things%5Fto%5Fdo/Six-Flags-Great-Adventure-adds-new-The-Joker-roller-coaster.html) reports, and will be open to the public at large beginning Saturday. Six Flags Great Adventure Adds The Joker Roller Coaster ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4349092/the-joker-six-flags-great-adventure-roller-coaster/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4349092/the-joker-six-flags-great-adventure-roller-coaster/"},"headline":"Six Flags Just Added an Insane New 'Joker' Roller Coaster","datePublished":"2016-05-26T13:39:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:43.720Z","description":"“The Joker” is open early to season ticket holders at first","url":"https://time.com/4349092/the-joker-six-flags-great-adventure-roller-coaster/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","Entertainment","New Jersey","Batman"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4349092/the-joker-six-flags-great-adventure-roller-coaster/","name":"Six Flags Just Added an Insane New 'Joker' Roller Coaster"}}]}] ```