Drachen Fire

Busch Gardens Williamsburg · Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Defunct · 1998

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Height: 150 ft46 m
Drop: 159 ft48 m
Top speed: 55 mph89 km/h
Length: 3,300 ft1,006 m
Inversions: 7
Track: SteelLift hill
Opened: 1992
Status: Defunctclosed 1998

About Drachen Fire

Drachen Fire was a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. It opened in 1992 and closed in 1998. The ride stood 150 feet tall, dropped 159 feet and reached 55 mph over 3,300 feet of track, with 7 inversions.

A looping coaster themed to a dragon's lair, closed after only six seasons due to persistent structural and ride-quality issues. It sat abandoned on the park's skyline for over a decade.

Field note: demolished in 2011, thirteen years after closing; a rare case of a coaster outlasting its own removal by over a decade.