Dragon (Adventureland)

The Dragon
The ride as it appears today
Location	Adventureland (Iowa)
Park section	Dragon Island
Coordinates	41°39′1.46″N 93°30′5.00″W / 41.6504056°N 93.50139°W / 41.6504056; -93.50139Coordinates: 41°39′1.46″N 93°30′5.00″W / 41.6504056°N 93.50139°W / 41.6504056; -93.50139
Status	Open [chain lift] closed load area
Opened	May 12, 1991
Cost	$2.1 million
Type	Steel
Manufacturer	Hopkins Rides
Model	looping coaster
Track layout	Out and Back
Lift/launch system	Chain Lift Hill
Height	90 ft (27 m)
Drop	85 ft (26 m)
Length	2,620 ft (800 m)
Inversions	2 (1996); 1 (2011)
Duration	2 minutes
Max vertical angle	0°
Capacity	4 riders per hour
Acceleration	4
Max G force	4.5
The Dragon at RCDB
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The Dragon is an O.D. Hopkins steel roller coaster located at Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa, near Des Moines.

The Dragon made its debut on May 12, 1991, during Adventureland's sixteenth full season. It cost an estimated $2.1 million dollars to build The Dragon. It is still Adventureland's only coaster which loops completely upside down.

Layout

The train traverses a few bunny hops and a 90-degree right turn as it coasts from the station to the lift. Cresting the lift, it makes a small dip, a roughly 90-degree turn to the right, and drop down and into the two back-to-back loops. Following the loops is a right turn into a figure eight segment and then some curves back to the station.