Dragon

Dragon, formerly known as Okeechobee Rampage, is an example of a Vekoma "Roller Skater" Junior Coaster.  Its skater name refers to the roller-skate-shaped cars found on most of these rides.  The three versions come in 85 meter, 207 meter, and 335 meter lengths, with Okeechobee Rampage originally being a 335 meter model. (The ride was altered and a couple hundred feet of track was added when it was remodeled into the Dragon coaster.)   Vekoma has built over 70 "Roller Skater" coasters, and a few dozen "Roller Skater" copies are "Custom" versions.  Other Roller Skater models include:

• Outpost Express (formerly Ant Farm Express) (207) at Wild Adventures
• Barnstormer (207 mirror image) at Walt Disney World
• Dragon (Custom) at Legoland California
• Flight of the Hippogriff (formerly Flying Unicorn) (335) at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure
• Gadget's Go Coaster (207) at Disneyland
• Gadget's Go Coaster (207) at Tokyo Disneyland
• Hang Ten (formerly Shake, Rattle & Rollercoaster) (Custom) at Freestyle Music Park
• Streamliner Coaster (formerly Kiddee Koaster and formerly Der Rollschuhcoaster) (85) at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
• Mine Expressen (335) at Fårup Sommerland
• Road Runner Roller Coaster (335) at Warner Bros. Movie World
• Roller Skater (207) at Kentucky Kingdom
• Spacely's Sprocket Rockets (207) at Six Flags Great America
• Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster (207) at Universal Studios Florida
• Woodstock Express (335) at Cedar Point

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