Dragon
Steel Looper at Adventureland, Altoona, Iowa. Opened 1990, closed 2019.
This ride has closed. It last operated at Adventureland in 2019.
- Height
- 90 ft
- Drop
- 85 ft
- Top speed
- 55 mph
- Length
- 2,250 ft
- Inversions
- 2
- Ride time
- 1 min 30 s
- Designer
- Hopkins Rides
Dragon operated at Adventureland from 1990 until the end of the 2019 season. It was dismantled starting in 2020, and the S&S 4D Free Spin coaster Dragon Slayer was built in its place, opening in 2021.
Sources
- rcdb.com/213.htm (Dragon, Adventureland, Altoona, Iowa; removed; make Hopkins; 90 ft, 85 ft drop, 2,250 ft, 2 inversions (two loops), 1:30)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(Adventureland) (Opened May 12, 1990; last season 2019, closed September 29, 2019; partially dismantled 2020, last section removed by 2022; 55 mph; replaced by Dragon Slayer)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventureland_(Iowa) (Dragon 1990, Hopkins, replaced by Dragon Slayer (2021))
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