Joker Review

Now the Joker may be located at Six Flags Mexico, but when I last rode it, it was located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, and called Tony Hawk's Big Spin. Once you get in the seat, you pull down the lap bar, buckle the seat, and wait. Once you dispatch, you'll turn and head towards the lift hill. But first, you must wait a little bit, so you stop and then wait. Oh, and the brakes on this ride are pretty harsh. After waiting, you climb up the lifthill. If you happen to be sitting backwards, you'll feel funny as you climb up the lifthill. But once you crest the lifthill, it won't matter which way you face. You then start to roll down the twisted first drop. We aren't spinning much yet, but it's still a very fun first drop. Very twisty. You gain quite a bit of speed there. But before you know it, you're curving back up, draining the speed we just lost. We then head up and go through a couple of switchbacks. During the switchbacks, you don't spin too well. I mean, you do spin, but it's not that intense. To be honest, I was pretty dissapointed in the spinning. It doesn't seem as strong as the other Gerstlauter coasters. After the switchbacks, you then start to head into a downward spiral towards the ground. And since we're also spinning, this makes it pretty disorienting as we just twirl closer and closer to the ground. Once you make a close call with the ground, you then spin up and head on a set of trim brakes that unfortunetly slow us down. =( This also doesn't make us spin as fast. We then dip down and then head up through a tight turn. This tight turn gets our car spinning again. And that makes up happy. Then you go through a small bunny hop. While there's no airtime, it's still really fun since we're spinning. Unfortunetly, we then hit the brakes as it's over. And the brakes on Tony Hawk suck due to their jerky nature. Tony Hawk was a fun spinning coaster, and from what I've seen, the theming that they added to it when it moved to Six Flags Mexico as the Joker just looks FANTASTIC!!!! Definetly check it out if you're gonna be at Six Flags Mexico anytime soon.

7/10

Location: Six Flags Mexico

Tony Hawk opened at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in 2008.

It was relocated to Six Flags Mexico in 2013.

Built by: Gerstlauer

Last Ridden: May 15, 2010

I have ridden this exact same ride at the following parks.

Bon Bon Land

Here's my raw footage video of the Joker back when it was at Six Flags Discovory Kingdom.

Tony Hawks Big Spin Photos

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