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 only 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...
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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 only 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—8,133 feet 2 inches (2,478.99 m)—which it currently holds.
On October 19, 2003, a sheared axle caused one of the trains to lose a wheel resulting in a guest in the water park suffering a broken hip. The ride was "Standing But Not Operating" (SBNO) for almost three years.
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