Drachen Fire POV

[iSpeed09]

such a shame it's gone :P

[ASteelersMidget]

Well Busch gardens VA is supposedly getting a new coaster this season so let's hope it's good

[fishqueen25]

WAAAIT No that is not located in Busch gardens VA You don't see any other coasters!

[KateyZee]

@fishqueen25 it used to be. it was torn down 10 years ago. it was really far in the back too. it was right to the back left of the festhaus. the black forest picnic grove was there up until this year when the new coaster Verbolten will open

[2012jarrett]

This looks like an amature quality NoLimits coaster! XD

[thegummybear28]

where is this?

[MrTechlover100]

@thegummybear28 it was at Busch gardens Europe in williamsburg Virginia but is not longer and wasn't there for long. i never got to ride:(

[SteamVault]

Best coaster that park ever had :(

[hoopsnyoyo15]

i rode this ride ... it wasnt rought at allll!!!! there was no need to remove it

[dirtysteve75]

This one looks like it was one great ride. The arrow coasters I miss the most were Orient Express in Kansas City and Shockwave in Chicago.

[6flgslover]

uugh i rlly wish this ride still existed it looks pretty awesum

[AnthonyTheAwesome500]

i remember this this ride years ago but was too small to ride but then when i was tall enough to ride it the ride was nothing but a field of grass

[dreybert5789]

I wonder why they tore this ride down, it was incredibly unique when looking at Arrow's roller coasters. I'm sure one reason was, even though I never rode it, that it gave you a horrible headache because your head shakes around banging into the shoulder restraints like all of Arrow's coasters do. What's funny is they actually put this roller coaster on the market before they tore it down but never found a buyer so they demolished it. If I had the $ for my own coaster, I'd go with B&M, not Arrow.

[scarrmd]

@dreybert5789 - they wanted B&M but they were not available to install it that year because they were putting in a coaster down in tampa. they should have waited a year.

[dreybert5789]

@FortisBong No the Batwing is B&M's name for Arrow's Boomerang.

[Rcmark7]

I remember this roller coaster, and I remember the pain in the neck it gave me because it jerked my head from side to side so hard, but my daughter and younger cousins really liked it. I really liked the BB Wolf and was so sad to see it go!

[Rcmark7]

I remember this roller coaster, and I remember the pain in the neck it gave me because it jerked my head from side to side so hard, but my daughter and younger cousins really liked it.

[woodcoasterdude]

who votes that if B&M (Busch Gardens' first choice to make the ride) made it it would still be there today?

[Olmec1995]

@woodcoasterdude Arrow has a bad rap for being so painful. B&M are the 'goody two shoes' of the coaster industry. While B&M has a comfortable ride, Arrow build my favorite type of coaster.

[woodcoasterdude]

@Olmec1995 thats my point. i like classic arrow megaloopers like the Vortex better than B&Ms too

[arrowguy173]

@woodcoasterdude Vortex, Tennessee Tornado, Shockwave, Viper......just a great lineup. Glad I got on Drachen too.

[woodcoasterdude]

@arrowguy173 i didnt get a chance to ride Drachen =(. but ive been on all the others that you mentioned plus Demon (Six flags Great America) Corkscrew (cedar point) and i went on an arrow shuttle loop before but i cant remember where

[scarrmd]

@woodcoasterdude - it would. They should out the same layout and put a retro style B&M back in there. A floorless would be perfect.

[Coasterdude02149]

@woodcoasterdude I wish B&M would design a corkscrew off the lift into a diving drop like that...That was one of the most unique starts I've seen. That looked so cool

[studio13production]

@woodcoasterdude if b&m made it, something tells me it would be a stand-up.

[woodcoasterdude]

@studio13production probably haha

[seanomatopoeia]

@woodcoasterdude Yes, and since it was before 1996 when B&M gave up, it would've been forceful and entertaining.

[TheThundercoaster]

It dosent have a batwing, its called a cobra roll. A batwing is different.

[shiningstars109]

@TheThundercoaster I've noticed that almost ALL TV shows I've seen on roller coasters use incorrect terminology.

[lightbright1126]

*have NEVER been dismantled, I mean

[lightbright1126]

*have NEVER been dismantled (sorry about the typo)

[lightbright1126]

Drachen fire was an amazing ride. I rode it a dozen times in 1992. It should have been dismantled. One of the best coasters EVER.

[Matt93Dixon]

This is the type of ride they need to replace the big bad wolf

[tsunami762]

@Matt93Dixon The people who rode Drachen Fire before it closed have resurfaced on coaster forums and apparently never were really too excited about it, and most said it was just another ride.

Poor choice.