Iron Dragon is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It was built in 1987 by Arrow Dynamics. It is a suspended model where the cars hang beneath the track with free lateral movement by a chassis allowing them to swing side to side. Some parts of the ride are built on artificial lagoons, and the track takes riders into wooded areas and over water.
Before the Iron Dragon’s 1987 debut, the Western Cruise (now known as Padd...
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Iron Dragon is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It was built in 1987 by Arrow Dynamics. It is a suspended model where the cars hang beneath the track with free lateral movement by a chassis allowing them to swing side to side. Some parts of the ride are built on artificial lagoons, and the track takes riders into wooded areas and over water.
Before the Iron Dragon’s 1987 debut, the Western Cruise (now known as Paddlewheel Excursions) boats circumnavigated the waters around this island. The popular boat ride’s station sat on the same part of the midway where Iron Dragon’s station rests today (In fact, observant Iron Dragon riders can still spot the docking cleats welded to the dock while climbing the stairs to the boarding station). The Monster circular ride used to call the land under Iron Dragon’s transfer track home. Monster closed on Labor Day weekend in 1986 so Iron Dragon construction could begin. Planning for the Iron Dragon began in 1985, the...
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