| Not to be confused with The Joker's Jinx. |
The Joker's Revenge was a backwards looping roller coaster in Fiesta Bay Boardwalk at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It operated from May 10, 1996 to 2001, and was manufactured by Vekoma. The ride was located towards the back of the park in the Fiesta Bay Boardwalk section.
It was also the first and only Vekoma Hurricane in America and also the only Vekoma Hurricane to go backwards instead of forwards. In 2002, the ride remained closed and in 2003, it moved to Six Flags New Orleans as Jester.
History[]
The ride was originally planned to open with the park in 1992. The ride was then canceled until 1993 when the ride was announced to open in 1996 to be called "The Wacky Twister". When Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas was bought out from Time Warner in 1996 (the current owners of Six Flags at the time), they helped flag the park into Six Flags Fiesta Texas.
Construction of The Joker's Revenge began in 1995 and was completed in the spring of 1996. On May 10, 1996, the ride officially made its debut. The most defining feature was the funhouse queue. There was also a chicken exit in the station that guests could use if they chickened out during the final moments before boarding the ride.
Time Warner saw the opportunity to advertise and promote their latest movies through their Six Flags parks, so they added The Joker's Revenge, the first Vekoma Hurricane roller coaster in the United States and the first Vekoma roller coaster to run backwards a full circuit in the Fiesta Bay Boardwalk section next to and along the parks quarry wall. The ride was the first to be themed after the DC Comics villain The Joker. The Joker's Revenge was painted all pink during the years in San Antonio before the coaster got too rough and had mechanical problems in 2001. Six Flags Fiesta Texas closed down the coaster after the 2001 season and it remained closed until late 2002 when it was moved to Six Flags New Orleans as Jester, when it opened on April 12, 2003.
Experience[]
Construction Of Joker's Revenge In Early 1996
Queue[]
The queue line starts with a bridge over the Go Kart Tracks. On busy days, there is an extended queue area on the left. Following that, guests enter The Funhouse with a maze of Joker Theming. As Guests reach The Station, they climb down a ramp and board the ride.
Ride[]
Once riders board one of the two Joker's Revenge trains, a train will then take riders up a 79-foot (24 m) tall lift hill. After the train goes up the lift hill it will then loop around and drop 69 feet, reaching speeds up to 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) through a Vertical loop and then the train will loop around over the station to the ride's double Corkscrew. Once the train passes the double corkscrews it will then take riders through a double helix's before entering the brake run that takes rides back to the station. There are two Vekoma Hurricanes in the world and The Jester is the only one to take riders backwards throughout the whole course of the coaster. The other Vekoma Hurricane is located at Walygator Parc in France as Comet, that opened in 1989 and only travel riders forwards and not backwards.
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See also[]
- Fiesta Bay Boardwalk
- The Joker
- The Joker: Carnival of Chaos
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