Dragon Fire (roller coaster)

Dragon Fire
Dragon Fire Brake Run
Location	Canada's Wonderland
Park section	Medieval Faire
Coordinates	43°50′44″N 79°32′29″W / 43.845527°N 79.541338°W / 43.845527; -79.541338Coordinates: 43°50′44″N 79°32′29″W / 43.845527°N 79.541338°W / 43.845527; -79.541338
Status	Operating
Opened	1981
Type	Steel
Manufacturer	Arrow Dynamics
Designer	HUSS Park Attractions
Lift/launch system	Chain lift
Height	78 ft (24 m)
Drop	76 ft (23 m)
Length	2,160 ft (660 m)
Max speed	50 mph (80 km/h)
Inversions	4
Duration	1:30
Height restriction	4 ft 0 in (122 cm)
Dragon Fire at RCDB
Pictures of Dragon Fire at RCDB
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Dragon Fire is a steel roller coaster located at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It was manufactured in 1980, but it was opened when the park made its debut in 1981 under the name Dragon Fyre until it was later renamed. It was one of the four original coasters at Canada's Wonderland.^[1]

The ride is built at the east end of the park in the Medieval Faire section. It is located adjacent to the parking lot, so it is one of the first coasters that is seen. The coaster has a green and yellow track with purple support poles. Since the removal of Drachen Fire from Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Dragon Fire is also the only Arrow Dynamics coaster in existence to have counter-clockwise turning corkscrews.^{[citation needed]}

Dragon Fire was designed to operated with three trains, which is made evident by the fact that the ride has a set of safety brakes following the corkscrews and before the helix. However, due to the ride's short duration, it would be very difficult for the ride staff to load a train in the station without having one train stop in the middle of the ride. Because of this, Dragon Fire never used its third train. In 1987 the third train was modified for use on The Bat.

In 2012, Canada's Wonderland's new B&M giga coaster, Leviathan will be towering just above Dragon Fire, which will give the ride much more excitement.^[opinion] In an interview with Wonderland's staff,^[when?] most^[who?] agreed that this is a good addition.

Ride elements

• Double Loop
• Double Corkscrew
• Helix Up^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.rcdb.com/id58.htm
2. ^ http://www.pcwjunkies.com/pcw/coasters/df.htm