Steel Dragon 2000
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| Location | Nagashima Spa Land |
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| Type | Steel |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | August 1, 2000 |
| Manufacturer | D. H. Morgan Manufacturing |
| Designer | Steve Okamoto |
| Track layout | Out and Back |
| Lift/launch system | One lift hill with two chain lifts |
| Height | 318.25 ft (97.00 m) |
| Drop | 306.75 ft (93.50 m) |
| Length | 8,133.3 ft (2,479.0 m) |
| Max speed | 95 mph (153 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Cost | Over $50,000,000 USD |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 0 in (120 cm) |
| Steel Dragon 2000 at RCDB Pictures of Steel Dragon 2000 at RCDB |
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Steel Dragon 2000 is a roller coaster at Nagashima Spa Land Amusement Park in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Built by Morgan Manufacturing, this gigacoaster opened, appropriately, in 2000 - "The Year of the Dragon" in the Far East. It debuted only months after Millennium Force and surpassed the Cedar Point coaster as the world's tallest complete-circuit coaster. It also set a record for longest track length - 8133 feet, 2 inches (2479 m), which it currently holds.
[edit] Coaster Facts
- Steel Dragon 2000 is the tallest coaster to utilize a traditional chain lift. Because of the length of the lift hill, two chains are used - one for the bottom half and one for the top half. A single chain would have been excessively long and heavy, at least twice the weight of one of the trains. As a result, two trains can safely occupy the lift simultaneously.
- The building of Steel Dragon 2000 required far more steel than other coasters for earthquake protection. This put the cost of the coaster at over $50,000,000.
- On August 23, 2003, Steel Dragon 2000 was involved in an accident during a run in which one of its trains lost a wheel. The coaster did not operate during the 2004 and 2005 park seasons. It reopened September 3, 2006.
| Preceded by Millennium Force |
World's Tallest Complete Circuit Roller Coaster August 2000–May 2003 |
Succeeded by Top Thrill Dragster |
| Preceded by Daidarasaurus |
World's Longest Roller Coaster August 2000–Present |
Succeeded by Current Record Holder |
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