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At the entrance to this attraction, two
rather large stone dragons, Pyrrock and
Blizzrock (Fire and Ice), are frozen in
battle, a foreshadowing of events to
come. Dueling Dragons undisputedly has
one of best and most complete themed
queues of any ride in the world and has
often been called an attraction by
itself. The majority of the queue takes
place inside a ruined castle that has
been overtaken by two powerful dueling
dragons, evident by the charred and
frozen castle corridors. The story is
further explained by other interesting
means during the walk through the
fortress. When the end of this long
queue is reached, a choice must be made
to ride either the Fire Dragon or the
Ice Dragon. The ride itself takes place
outside, twisting, turning, looping, and
dropping at high and intense speeds. It
can be best summed up as an arsenal of
heart-pounding near-misses, incredible
forces, and amazing speeds in an aerial
dogfight between two ferocious beasts. |
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- Top speed for the ride is 57 mph.
Some sources say Fire reaches a speed
of 60 mph while Ice reaches 55 mph.
- Fire Dragon has a 105 foot drop,
while the Ice Dragon has 95 foot drop.
- The height for both coasters is
125 feet.
- Both Fire and Ice have 5
inversions each.
- Fire Dragon has a turn that
produces 5gs.
- The lift hills for both tracks are
125 feet.
- The ride features three 12 to 18
inch near misses.
- The combined track length is 6,226
feet, about the same as 4 Empire State
Buildings.
- Ride time is approximately 2
minutes and 25 seconds.
- Elements on both tracks include an
Immelmann, one 70 degree inclined loop,
2 vertical loops, 1 cobra roll, one 45
degree inclined loop, 1 zero G-roll, 1
flat spin, and 2 interlocked flat
rolls.
- Computers weigh each train to
insure that they will meet at
precisely the right times on each of
the three near-misses.
- Dragon Lake, the body of water
that the coasters are built above, is
shaped like a dragon.
- The supports are filled with
gravel to minimize noise.
- The queue is reportedly 3,180 feet
in length.
- The over-the-shoulder restraints
on Fire Dragon are yellow to resemble
warmth while Ice Dragon's are blue to
resemble coldness. However, the first
row of both dragons' over-the-shoulder
restraints are pink because they are
the tongues.
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Merlin: "Past this point of no
return, your only choice is freeze or
burn!" |
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