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Dragon Coaster

Steel Family at Canobie Lake Park, Salem, New Hampshire. Opened 1991.

By Theme Park Spot · Last reviewed November 8, 2026

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Inversions
0
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Designer
Zamperla

Dragon Coaster is a small steel roller coaster at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire. The Italian manufacturer Zamperla built it as one of its powered coasters, a type that is driven around the track by a motor in the train instead of being pulled up a lift hill. RCDB classifies the layout as a twin helix.

The ride opened at Canobie Lake Park in 1991. According to RCDB, it was relocated from Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, where it also ran as Dragon.

The coaster has no inversions. It runs a single train of five cars, with riders seated two across in two rows, for a total of 20 riders per trip. The park lists it as Dragon Coaster; RCDB lists it simply as Dragon.

Sources

  • rcdb.com/441.htm (Dragon, Canobie Lake Park; operating; Zamperla Powered Coaster / Twin Helix; steel family; 0 inversions; 1 train of 5 cars, 2 across, 2 rows, 20 riders; previously Dragon at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park.)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canobie_Lake_Park (Opened August 23, 1902 as a trolley park of the Massachusetts Northeast Street Railway Company; closed 1929; bought at auction by Patrick J. Holland in 1931, reopened 1932; bought in 1958 by three friends whose families still operate it; current coasters Dragon Coaster (1991, Zamperla), Untamed (2011, Gerstlauer), Yankee Cannonball (1936, PTC); Red Fox Run (SBF Visa) listed for 2027; former coasters Mammoth Roller Coaster (1902 to between 1933 and 1935, Ingersoll, sometimes called Figure 8), Rockin' Rider (1970-2004, S.D.C.), Canobie Corkscrew (1987-2021); Starblaster 2002 S&S Power; Mine of Lost Souls 1987; Boston Tea Party 1998 Hopkins Rides; Policy Pond Log Flume 1983.)
  • canobie.com/explore/park-attractions (Official attraction list: Dragon Coaster, Untamed, Yankee Cannonball, Starblaster (80-foot drop tower, about 3 G's), Mine of Lost Souls, Boston Tea Party, Log Flume, Time Winder and others; no Corkscrew, Red Fox Run, Galaxi, Screaming Eagle, Vapor Trail or Figure 8.)

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