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| Manufacturer | Maurer Rides | ||||||||||
| Product | Xtended SC 3000 | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Spinning | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 4 | ||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 950 | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | 2 Chain lift hills | ||||||||||
| Area | 155 metres × 56 metres | ||||||||||
| Height | 15.5 metres | ||||||||||
| Length | 520 metres | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
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Dragon's Fury is a steel spinning roller coaster located at Chessington World of Adventures in Chessington, Greater London, England, UK. It is located in the "Land Of The Dragons" area of the park.
History
Dragon's Fury opened on 27 March 2004.[1]
The attraction was closed in 2015 following an accident on The Smiler at Alton Towers so that Merlin could install new safety protocols.[2]
Design
Layout
The car leaves the station and makes it up the first 15.5 metre chain lift hill before entering a curved drop under a bridge and transitioning into the horseshoe element, for the rest of the ride it makes its way around the "Land Of The Dragons" area and includes multiple hills, helices and a second lift hill.
Trains
Single cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 4 riders per car. Each row sits back-to-back and faces away from each other.
References
- ↑ "Roller Coaster novelties 2004". Coastersandmore. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ↑ "Three more rollercoasters shut down at parks run by Alton Towers owner".
External links
- Dragon's Fury on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
