Drachen Fire, Arrow promotional video.

[delidanks]

What's there in its place? I know it got torn down, but I can't seem to remember whats there now.

[6flgslover]

if they wudve given this ride a chance and made it smoother (the trainz) then thiscudve servivied i mean the concept wuz like no othr and i wudve loved 2 hav rode this

[wickedestplace]

oh ya, i was one of the lucky ones that actuall got to ride it while it was in williamsburg

[wickedestplace]

i remember riding this ride in it's debut. very fun ride although not sure if it was design or just track welds because it beat me half to death.

[cannibalonXthedead]

@wickedestplace it was the engineering. Arrow designed their coasters using the center of the car as the center of gravity. It works for simple straight drops, loops, and corkscrews, but when arrow tried to do more complex elemtents it made the ride rough as all hell. companies like B&M use the rider's heartline as the center of gravity, resulting in smoother rides

[cannibalonXthedead]

Hah! the music in the background was in the promotional video for their suspended coaster "the bat" in 1981!

[koolkillax]

Fuckin' cool!! I love it!

[cdblcheney]

man, a 4 across b and m tracked and designed remake with some updates (higher, faster, maybe a few added elements) would be amazing...

[corvettefan96]

looks pretty fun. i like arrows, too bad they were bough over by S&S

[Xenomorph237]

@corvettefan96 yeah. arrow went bankrupt and s&s bought them. they made some awesome coasters. this one and loch ness monster are my favorite arrow coasters

[mattmrss]

When Drachen Fire and Kumba were to be made, Busch Gardens wanted B&M to make both of them. However, B&M was a young company at the time and was only able to make Kumba, so Drachen Fire was handed to and built by Arrow Dynamics. Arrow tried to make it like B&M's (I think) but it turned out rough and Drachen Fire was shut down at six years old. Shame though, if Drachen fire WAS made by B&M instead of Arrow...Would it still be there?

[Someonece]

its not fair

I really want to ride it but it was removed the year I was born

it looks relly fun tho

[whattheheck1000]

@Someonece I was born the year it opened and didn't get to ride it... I didn't go to Busch Gardens until 2008

[cbj1984]

This ride was removed due to it's roughness. BG tried to fix the problem by removing the corkscrew after the block brake section, but it didn't do much to make the ride easier. Arrow got the contract for this job because B&M was unable to do two coasters for Busch, so they focused on Kumba in Tampa, but Arrow couldn't really manage to pull off the features B&M had on Kumba. Also, the center of gravity for Arrow rides is the center of the train, the center for B&M rides is the rider's heart.

[UltimateLifeformRB]

Yeah, it seems like they just couldn't win with Drachen Fire.

[DReifGalaxyM31]

I'd imagine a new Drachen Fire coming from Bolliger and Mabillard with a similar design to Kumba. Maybe that might happen?

[xXZeroOverrideXx]

OVER 60 MPH!

LOL

[cdblcheney]

@xXZeroOverrideXx

in the early 90's that was a fairly big deal....this was a tremendous coaster for its time....too bad arrow took over from b&m...

[xtremespeed128]

Is there any way to hype up people more w/ the dialogue?

[woodencoasterfan]

I've heard many reasons why BGE got ride of it, but I never heard the official reason why. I know the station and train shed are still there as I've seen them myself however there are rumors that the original trains are still there. Are these rumors true?

[cbj1984]

Don't know for sure if the trains are still there, but I doubt it as they use the station as part of a howl-o-scream haunted house. I know they melted the steel down, they probably sold off the parts for the trains, but Arrow was bought by S&S, so the parts would all have to go to older coasters. I've never seen a ride with those recognizable train cars though.

[Dwings2007]

One of my all time fav coasters! Number 1 however is Kumba!!!

I miss this ride....I love the cork screws and they are becoming a thing of the past with the new Hyper cand Giga coasters!!! Too bad!!!!!

[corvettefan96]

What?? i love hypercoasters!!!

[whattheheck1000]

@corvettefan96 me too! I love gigacoasters and stratacoasters too!

[LAxGalaxy]

god damm y did they sht that down, i never rode that but i knew it was a roller coaster there

[vanigga210]

i loooooovveee the Drachen Fire!!!

[vanigga210]

omg its like i died and went to heaven to see this, omg thank you so much for sharing this!!!