Dragon Coaster at Playland Park
Pulled up by a chain A 2+ minute ridemakes up for its mild forces

Playland Park, Rye, New York

Dragon Coaster

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Ride it: front row POV
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Playland Park

The dragon tunnel is iconic for me and I think the pacing, smoothness, and airtime are all understated overall.

Theme Park Avenue

Not much in terms of forces, though you do get a bit of airtime on the big drops in the back car.

Scott Quisenberry

Up front it has very VERY small pops of floater but it’s still nearly a top 20 ride for me because of the length of it.

@Thrills_And_Chills_WQAQ

That moment is fun, and the first drop is good in the back, otherwise expect a forceless ride that tracks well, and takes a long time to finish.

Cam Mooers

You can’t hear that aforementioned roar on-ride and due to the lack of speed, you get no airtime or laterals here.

Canobie Coaster

Surprisingly long ride, and extremely smooth for its age.

Scott Quisenberry

it doesn’t offer any forces but it is a smooth, comfortable, classic woodie with a beautiful tunnel

@CoasterDash

I went on the is one 2019 and I thought it was rough.

@surfitli

Although not the most intense ride, it makes it up by having a 2+ minute ride time.

Clayton Latone

It has no real forces, nor does it sustain speed.

Blake Stoudt

ride, I genuinely had fun with this, though admittedly no airtime, it’s one of those rides that is just pure fun, and I swear it felt faster then it looked at least when I rode it.

@bilalt1363

Once at the top, you round a super slow turn and then head down the main drop.

Canobie Coaster

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

80 ftHeight
75 ftFirst drop
48 mphTop speed
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

FunLong ride

Criticised for

Little airtime

The dragon tunnel is iconic for me and I think the pacing, smoothness, and airtime are all understated overall.

Theme Park Avenue, Captain Coaster review

That moment is fun, and the first drop is good in the back, otherwise expect a forceless ride that tracks well, and takes a long time to finish.

Cam Mooers, Captain Coaster review

It had a really fun layout and a decent number of moments where it felt like I couldn’t put my hands up without hitting the supports.

Aurora C., Captain Coaster review

The chain lift is surprisingly fast and the layout is very unique and quite long for a classic woodie.

Clayton Latone, Captain Coaster review

This is kind of like, this is like my favorite, this is like, this is like the best rollercoaster in this amusement park.

TNT Plumbing, review

After watching this video about 100 times I finally convinced myself to go on it today and it was really fun!

@KhtBreyer, review

Planning your ride

History

1929Opened

, designed by Frederick Church.

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Coasterpedia: Andrew Dallos (CC BY-SA 4.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

The photo slider at the top: Coliwood Studios's front row POV, Dragon Coaster Front Row POV [4K] | Rye Playland Park 2022 (YouTube), and the page's Coasterpedia photographs.