Dragon Challenge : Chinese Fireball

Universal Islands of Adventure · Orlando, Florida, USA

Defunct · 2017

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Height: 125 ft38 m
Drop: 116 ft35 m
Top speed: 60 mph97 km/h
Length: 3,199 ft975 m
Inversions: 5
Track: SteelLift hill
Opened: 1999
Status: Defunctclosed 2017

About Dragon Challenge : Chinese Fireball

Dragon Challenge : Chinese Fireball was a steel roller coaster at Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, USA. It opened in 1999 and closed in 2017. The ride stood 125 feet tall, dropped 116 feet and reached 60 mph over 3,199 feet of track, with 5 inversions.

One half of a dueling Bolliger & Mabillard inverted coaster pair, formerly Dueling Dragons, that raced and near-missed its twin through five inversions each.

Field note: demolished in 2017 to make way for Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure.