Drachen Fire (Busch Gardens Williamsburg)

Facts

Roller Coaster:			Drachen Fire
Amusement Park:			Busch Gardens Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Virginia, USA)
Classification:			Roller Coaster
Type:			Steel - Sit Down
Status:			Defunct SBNO from 7/1999 to 2002 Operated from 4/4/1992 to 7/1998
Make / Model:			Arrow Dynamics / All Models / Custom Looping Coaster
Designer:			Ron Toomer
Maps:			Bing Maps (Satellite) · Google Maps (Satellite)
Cost:			$4,000,000 USD

Length:			1082 m
Height:			45.7 m
Drop:			44.2 m
Inversions:			5
Speed:			96.6 km/h
Elements:			36.6 m tall Wraparound Corkscrew Cobra Roll Cutback Corkscrew

Trains:			3 trains with 7 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.

History:			Originally built with 6 inversions. A "diving corkscrew" which immediately followed the brakerun was removed after the 1994 season.
			The Drachen Fire was shutdown in July 1998. Initial plans were to modify the roller coaster. It was then decided to sell the roller coaster. No buyer was found and the Drachen Fire was taken down so the steel can be recycled starting in the fall of 2001 completely removed by March of 2002.

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