On October 29, 2003, Worlds of Fun announced that Orient Express would be removed. That same day, the park announced that a new spinning roller coaster named Spinning Dragons would be added to the park.[3]
The ride was set to open on April 3, 2004, but the opening was delayed. Spinning Dragons officially opened two weeks later on April 17, 2004.
Seating arrangement and capacity
There are 6 cars. The riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, facing each other, for a total of 4 riders per car. Giving the ride a maximum capacity of 24 riders at a time. The ride has an estimated hourly operating capacity of 720 riders per hour. It is similar to Pandemonium at Six Flags theme parks and the Fairly Odd Coaster.
References
^. Park World Magazine. 29 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
^"Projects". Ride Entertainment Group. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
spinning, dragons, spinning, roller, coaster, located, worlds, kansas, city, missouri, united, states, manufactured, gerstlauer, second, ride, kind, world, after, fairly, coaster, mall, america, nickelodeon, universe, ride, built, orient, area, park, 2004, fol. Spinning Dragons is a spinning roller coaster located at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City Missouri United States Manufactured by Gerstlauer it was the second ride of its kind in the world after the Fairly Odd Coaster at Mall of America s Nickelodeon Universe The ride was built in the Orient area of the park in 2004 following the retirement of the Orient Express the previous year The ride was installed by Ride Entertainment Group who handles all of Gerstlauer s operations in the Western Hemisphere 1 2 Spinning DragonsRiders on Spinning DragonsWorlds of FunLocationWorlds of FunPark sectionOrientCoordinates39 10 31 N 94 29 17 W 39 175405 N 94 487917 W 39 175405 94 487917 Coordinates 39 10 31 N 94 29 17 W 39 175405 N 94 487917 W 39 175405 94 487917StatusOperatingOpening dateApril 17 2004Cost 4 000 000 USDGeneral statisticsTypeSteel SpinningManufacturerGerstlauerLift launch systemChain LiftHeight54 ft 16 m Drop50 ft 15 m Length1 345 ft 410 m Speed31 mph 50 km h Inversions0Duration1 min 30secMax vertical angle50 Capacity720 riders per hourHeight restriction43 in 109 cm Fast Lane availableSpinning Dragons at RCDB Contents 1 History 2 Seating arrangement and capacity 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditOn October 29 2003 Worlds of Fun announced that Orient Express would be removed That same day the park announced that a new spinning roller coaster named Spinning Dragons would be added to the park 3 The ride was set to open on April 3 2004 but the opening was delayed Spinning Dragons officially opened two weeks later on April 17 2004 Seating arrangement and capacity Edit There are 6 cars The riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows facing each other for a total of 4 riders per car Giving the ride a maximum capacity of 24 riders at a time The ride has an estimated hourly operating capacity of 720 riders per hour It is similar to Pandemonium at Six Flags theme parks and the Fairly Odd Coaster References Edit Gerstlauer busy in 2011 Park World Magazine 29 December 2010 Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 Retrieved 22 November 2013 Projects Ride Entertainment Group Retrieved 22 November 2013 Worlds of Fun will replace Orient Express External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spinning Dragons Spinning Dragons at Worlds of Fun s website Spinning Dragons at the Roller Coaster DataBase This article about an amusement ride or roller coaster is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spinning Dragons amp oldid 1067735434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
