Dragon Challenge

From its opening in 1999 until 2010, this coaster used to be called Dueling Dragons.  It was two B&M inverted coasters.  In this picture, the Ice Dragon is on the left, the Fire Dragon is on the right.  Riders could choose to ride the red track, which was the Fire Dragon, or the blue track, which was the Ice Dragon.  The waiting queue used to take patrons between these two dragon sculptures, but the dragons were removed when the ride was renamed and rethemed with Harry Potter details.

Dueling Dragons had three elements which used to take riders very close to the train on the other coaster.  These two vertical loops were the second "near miss" element.  Look at how close the riders' feet came to the people on the other train!

©2020 by Joel Rogers.