King Chaos

> "This ride ascends at an angle with three-dimensional rocking, rolling, and rotation from a spinning platform. Must be at least 48" tall" - Jazzland website
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King Chaos was a Chance Chaos ride in the Mardi Gras section of Six Flags New Orleans. Riders were able to enjoy an unpredictable movement as all the seats freely spin on their axis while the main wheel itself rotates.

The wheel is lifted at the same time by a hydraulic arm with two hinges. By the end of the ride, the wheel would have almost reached a vertical position.

## Appearance

### Ride

Like any other Chaos model, the ride consists of a base motor attached to a lift arm that connects the base with the spinning wheel. The wheel itself features 18 vehicles with 2 seats each, allowing for a total of 36 riders simultaneously.

Both the ride's base as well as the lift arm are colored cyan. The wheel itself is made out of various pieces of truss, all hot pink. In the center, it features multiple yellow cylinders of various sizes. The smaller one of them presents a drawing of the ride's logo which can also be found in the entrance sign: The two theatre masks (The joyful one, blue; and the sad one, green) with colorful confetti surrounding them.

Around the middle cylinders, 18 panels help cover the truss structure of the wheel. This is something common that can be found in most Chaos rides. In King Chaos, They were colored yellow, pink and two tones of green, a lighter one and a darker one. The wheel counted as well with a colorful light package of red, blue, and orange bulbs. Finally, each of the vehicles had two colors: yellow on the inside which was present in every single car, and a different color on the outside of a total of six.

The outside colors of the vehicles presented the following pattern:

1. Green
2. Red
3. Cyan
4. Pink
5. Purple
6. Blue

### Queue

King Chaos shares the same queue structure that most of the other flat rides around this section of the park: a roof with a stripe pattern (White and blue) held by nine green supports. It also featured two televisions and a set of four fans. The fans would be removed by Six Flags.

Over the ride's entrance, at the top of the queue line, guests could find the entrance sign for the ride.

## History

### Jazzland era (2000-2002)

The ride came from a pack of new rides manufactured for the park by the American company, Chance Morgan. Other rides in the package included a Chance Inverter, a Chance Wipeout, or a 36-foot Carousel, among others.

The ride debuted in the initial season of Jazzland, in the year 2000. It could be found in the Mardi Gras section of the park, right in front of Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness and between Mad Rex and the food stand, King's Retreat. After the first seasons of the park, the ride became a maintenance nightmare leading to many technical issues. This wasn't a problem of this specific model of the park but a general issue of the Chaos model.

### Six Flags era (2002-2005)

After the Six Flags takeover in 2002, neither the ride nor the station receive any modifications, besides the removal of the fans. The ride was removed after the 2004 season, due to the multiple accidents that had been reported around the country. This would lead the theme park chain to remove this model from all its parks in the middle 2000s.

The former operation area as well as the station was turned into a green area designated for relaxation in 2005. All the grass surrounding it was raised 6 feet and the railing was removed. New vending machines were installed under the roofed queue.

The remains of the machine were left on the property's ride graveyard, on the other side of the parking lot. The sign was preserved too in the warehouse.

### Post-Katrina (2005-Now)

Many of the old parts of King Chaos were washed away by Katrina waters, according to workers of the park. However, most of them, including the ride vehicles, survived.

During the filming of Percy Jackon: Sea of Monsters (2012) some of the rusty parts of the Chance Chaos model were featured as part of the theming for the movie. After their usage, they were left around the park grounds and some can be found there to this day.

The sign alongside Voodoo Volcano's could be seen in 2011 near the former Jocco building. In 2012, the ride sign was also used for the Percy Jackson film and it has been roaming the old s&s Towers building since then. It's now heavily damaged and vandalized, probably beyond repair.