Dragon Fyre

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Dragon Fyre

One of the two vertical loops, taken before the construction of Leviathan.

Canada's Wonderland
Location	Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°50′40″N 79°32′26″W / 43.844519°N 79.540644°W / 43.844519; -79.540644
Park section	Medieval Faire
Status	Operating since 1981
Rider height	122 cm minimum

Statistics

Manufacturer

Arrow Dynamics

Product

Custom Looping Coaster

Type

Steel

Riders per train

28

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Height

23.8 metres

Drop

23.2 metres

Top speed

80.5 km/h

Length

658.4 metres

Inversions

4

Duration

1:30

HELP

Dragon Fyre is a steel roller coaster located at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

History

Dragon Fyre with Leviathan overhead

The roller coaster is one of four which opened with Canada's Wonderland in 1981. It was named "Dragon Fyre" until it was changed to Dragon Fire for the 1997 season.^[1] For the 2019 season, several other attractions in the Medieval Faire area had their original names restored, including Dragon Fire.^[2]

Leviathan, opened in 2012, passes over Dragon Fyre. At a height of 93.3 metres, Leviathan's first drop is 70 metres taller than Dragon Fyre.^[3]

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Vertical loop Vertical loop Double corkscrew Helix

Since the removal of Drachen Fire from Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Dragon Fyre is the only Arrow Dynamics coaster in existence to have counter-clockwise turning corkscrews.^[1]

Color scheme

Green track with yellow rails and purple supports. The supports used to be brown, but where repainted in 2005.

Trains

2 trains with 7 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 28 riders per train. Dragon Fyre originally had three trains. For the 1987 season, one was transferred to the newly built Bat, a Vekoma Boomerang which uses the same track system as Dragon Fyre.^[1]

Images

The loading station
Dragon Fyre in 2019

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Dragon Fire - Canada's Wonderland
↑ Peacock, Grace. "2019 Canada’s Wonderland Park Guide reflects big changes, a new themed section and a nod to history". Canada's Wonderland. https://www.canadaswonderland.com/blog/2019/april/2019-canada%E2%80%99s-wonderland-park-map-reflects-big-changes-a-new-themed-section-with-a-nod-to-history. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
↑ "Wonderland unleashes Leviathan". https://ottawasun.com/2012/04/25/wonderland-unleashes-leviathan.

External links

Dragon Fyre on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Articles on Canada's Wonderland

Coasters

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Former	SkyRider

Other attractions

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Former	Jet Scream Orbiter

[officialwebsite-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Dragon Fire - Canada's Wonderland

[2] Peacock, Grace. "2019 Canada’s Wonderland Park Guide reflects big changes, a new themed section and a nod to history". Canada's Wonderland. https://www.canadaswonderland.com/blog/2019/april/2019-canada%E2%80%99s-wonderland-park-map-reflects-big-changes-a-new-themed-section-with-a-nod-to-history. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[3] "Wonderland unleashes Leviathan". https://ottawasun.com/2012/04/25/wonderland-unleashes-leviathan.

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