Zimmy said:I never had a problem with the head rattle that so many others did on DF. I generally enjoyed her layout, however I did not like her truncated drop. But I am not a invert guy.
Hawth said:Zimmy said:I never had a problem with the head rattle that so many others did on DF. I generally enjoyed her layout, however I did not like her truncated drop. But I am not a invert guy.
I'm with Zimmy on the truncated drop. Give me a straight big drop and then you can curve, invert or whatever afterwards. This is the main reason that I don't care for Alpengeist. The first drop is ruined by the downward curve. I never get that gut feeling on Alpie which is the reason I ride coasters.
SourceBusch Gardens Williamsburg said:RIDE TYPE: Multiple-looping, steel roller coaster. One of the largest in North America
THEME: Fire-breathing dragon theme; electric-blue steel track and bright red cars with multi-colored shooting flames on the sides ("Drachen" is the German word for dragon)
FIRST-OF-A-KIND ELEMENTS: Batwing: Rolls upside-down twice in boomerang-style motion
Cutback: Rotates upside-down inside loop
Camelback Hump: Provides "zero gravity" floating effect
INVERTED ELEMENTS: Features five inverted elements
TRACK LENGTH: 3,500 feet
SPEED: In excess of 60 mph
RIDE TIME: Approximately two minutes
RIDE CAPACITY: 2,000 passengers per hour
HEIGHT: 150 feet
WEIGHT: About 355,000 pounds of steel used in construction of the track
CARS: Three trains, seven cars each, four passengers per car
OPENED: April 4, 1992
LOCATION: In the park's Oktoberfest section, adjacent to Das Festhaus
BUILDER/ DESIGNER: Arrow Dynamics, Clearfield, Utah
I believe Canyon Blaster at Circus Circus in Las Vegas still has its original trains, which are as far as I could tell are exactly the same as DF's. Different paint scheme, nothing more. So if you're out that way you might stop in.CastleOSullivan said:I think it would be cool to sit in a Drachen Fire vehicle to get a better idea of how the ride would feel to me. Although Ron Toomer had very specific, yet strange ways of envisioning ride forces, since he wasn't really a rider himself.
halfabee said:I believe Canyon Blaster at Circus Circus in Las Vegas still has its original trains, which are as far as I could tell are exactly the same as DF's. Different paint scheme, nothing more. So if you're out that way you might stop in.
Nicole said:Wasn't there a DF throwback tshirt at the park?
I had the "tile design" shirt (on hunter green instead of black), and the graphic looked really fantastic in person, like a stained glass window on a t-shirt.Grant said:There's also 2 shirts from the 90's
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