Ice Dragon | Fire Dragon

Fire Dragon

After being amazed by Ice Dragon, I decided to run back in line to give Fire Dragon a try.  Once again, I chose to ride in the back.  Before long, we were once again heading back up the lift hill.

Just like on Ice, you travel down a dip and then soar through the first drop- only this time, the drop twists to the left.  From the bottom of the drop, you head into an immelman, an interesting element that Ice Dragon lacks.

Coming out of the immelman, the train travels through the camelback, which is a unique element on an inverted coaster.  The camelback flies directly over Ice's zero-G roll, creating an interesting foot-chopper.

Next up, the train flies through the second immelman; unlike Ice Dragon, Fire Dragon does not have a wide variety of inversions.  This leads into the ride's signature element, the adjacent vertical loops. 

From here, you head through a banked turnaround which leads into the final near-miss point, the dueling corkscrews.  Following this, you head through another banked turn and a small section of flat track, which leads directly into another corkscrew, the ride's final element.  And finally, you head onto the brake run and back into the station.

Fire Dragon is my personal favorite of the two.  It's smoother, has better pacing, and features a superior finale, with a corkscrew right before the brake run.  However, I do wish the elements have more variety.  But overall, Fire Dragon is an amazing inverted coaster.

Rating: 9/10

Advantages:

  • Better Pacing

  • Smoother

  • Superior Finale

Disadvantages:

  • Elements lack variety

Click here for the full review of Ice Dragon.

-Matthew Bohle