Adventureland Amusement Park
Altoona, Iowa
August 22, 2020
Page Seven
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Across from The Monster sits The Dragon.
The Dragon was Adventureland's first custom built steel looping coaster
that opened in 1990.
It was built by OH Hopkins, a company that is well known for building
log flumes and rapids rides that decided in the late 1980's to take on
the steel coaster world. Their coasters really never took off and
now there is one less to ride.
Ladies and Gentlemen The Dragon is dead. Long like the Dragon
Slayer.
Adventureland's Dragon is no more. This summer the park started to
remove the ride's figure eight finale in preparation for their new for
2021 coaster, the Dragon Slayer.