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Dragon Mountain (Dungeons
Dragon Mountain is a steel roller coaster located at Marineland of Canada near Niagara Falls, Ontario. Built by Arrow Dynamics, Arrow Huss, it opened to the public on July 16, 1983. At its opening, it claimed to have the longest ride time of 3 minutes and 30 seconds and the longest track length of , though both of these statistics were exceeded by The Beast (roller coaster), The Beast four years earlier. Dragon Mountain reaches a maximum elevation of , which is considered the total difference in height experienced throughout the course of the ride, as the roller coaster's support structure follows closely to the terrain. The ride covers of land and is considered the "world's largest" roller coaster on that basis; however, The Beast at Kings Island opened four years earlier and travels across of land, meaning that it never actually held that record. It is also the only roller coaster with a Roller coaster elements#Batwing, bowtie element. Upon the opening in the early 80's, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrain Roller Coaster
Terrain roller coasters are roller coasters which take advantage of the usually-natural undulations of the land upon which they are built. Such rides may often weave through forests, and some may even dive down cliffs. Because they tend to stay close to the ground, they require fewer supports and thus are usually cheaper than the same coaster on flat ground. Famous examples * The Ultimate at Lightwater Valley is the longest terrain coaster in the world and second longest rollercoaster. Only the first lift hill (105 feet) is visible from the park, it then travels up and down natural hills until it reaches the second lift hill (107 feet), from which it plummets into the forested valley, using the banks, where it returns into the station after 7 minutes of ride time. * Kennywood is situated in a hilly location in Pittsburgh. Many of its coasters take significant advantage of the topography, for example, the Thunderbolt's last drop is its longest one. *Boulder Dash is an out and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
