Steel Dragon 2000
| Steel Dragon 2000 | |
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Steel Dragon 2000
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| Nagashima Spa Land | |
| Coordinates | 35°01′52″N 136°43′48″E / 35.031156°N 136.730078°ECoordinates: 35°01′52″N 136°43′48″E / 35.031156°N 136.730078°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | August 1, 2000 |
| Cost | $52,000,000 USD |
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| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | D. H. Morgan Manufacturing |
| Designer | Steve Okamoto |
| Track layout | Out and Back |
| Lift/launch system | One Lift With Two Chain |
| Height | 97.01 m (318.3 ft) |
| Drop | 93.51 m (306.8 ft) |
| Length | 2,478.9 m (8,133 ft) |
| Speed | 153 km/h (95 mph) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 4:00 |
| Max vertical angle | 65° |
| Height restriction | 140–185 cm (4 ft 7 in–6 ft 1 in) |
| Trains | Multiple trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train. |
| Trains built by | Bolliger and Mabillard |
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Steel Dragon 2000 at RCDB Pictures of Steel Dragon 2000 at RCDB |
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Steel Dragon 2000 (スチールドラゴン2000 Suchiiru Doragon Nisen?) is a roller coaster at Nagashima Spa Land amusement park in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Built by Morgan Manufacturing, this coaster opened, appropriately, in 2000—"The Year of the Dragon" in Asia. It debuted 3 months after Millennium Force at Cedar Point, and surpassed that as the world's tallest complete-circuit coaster. It lost these records in height in 2003 when Top Thrill Dragster opened at Cedar Point. It also took the record for the longest track length—2,479 metres (8,133 ft)—which it currently holds. The ride is the second fastest coaster in Japan and the sixth fastest in the world.
In 2013, the ride's Morgan trains were removed and replaced by new trains manufactured by B&M (Bolliger and Mabillard).
In August 2003, a sheared axle caused one of the trains to lose a wheel. A passenger suffered a serious back injury and a 28-year-old man swimming in the water park pool was injured when he was hit in the hip with the 32 cm wheel. The ride was "Standing But Not Operating" (SBNO) for almost three years and reopened in 2006.
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