Dragon Challenge : Chinese Fireball • Universal Studios Islands of Adventure

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This thing was sublime, the image of every single near missed is etched in my mind and I'm sure it forever will be. On top of the fantastic dueling elements, this ride was also batshit intense. RIP, Dragons, and fuck JK Rowling

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Sad to see this one gone :( I think I only rode it dueling once, but even solo its fun and pretty intense with all the inversions

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Sad it's gone, but replacement was worthy

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Low tier invert but still a fun ride. Kind of meanders through a lot of the layout but there is a few solid moments.

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I've been on both Dragon Challenge coasters as they are different. The Chinese Fireball/Red/Fire side is more critically acclaimed than the Hungarian Horntail/Blue/Ice side. While I do think the Chinese Fireball side is fun but I don't think it is really as intense as the other one. The immelmans were fun, I think this side kinda lacked something... a zero-g-roll and a cobra roll. I didn't ride it while dueling so I can't say my opinions about it while dueling. If I go to Universal next time (I really don't want to because they're being lazy with their new rides lately), I will be looking forward to Hagrids to see how it counters with this ride.

RIP fire dragon. I miss the old theming too

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Average when it duelled, shit when it didn't.

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I hate B&M inverted coasters, but I rode it 5 years ago when I didn't mind them. So I'm not gonna hate on this. At least I'll never dislike it. It never left off a bad note. Hagrid's does look better but a lot of people are gonna miss this ride. This was the better side of the 2.

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Pyrock was a long invert, with two whippy flat spins and two forceful immelmanns. The dueling was amazing, the layout snappy, and the theming excellent. I'll truly miss this awesome Invert, as Dueling Dragons was the best coaster on Universal property.

Pace Layout Too short

非常によくできたインバーテッドでした。

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You can't go too wrong with a B&M invert in most cases and I'd say the same is applicable here; but both sides of Dragon Challenge are most definitely in the lower tier of these rides. I've done five different inverts as of now and (including these two) both sides of Dragon Challenge are joint as my least favourite.

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It was great and both would have been great alone but once they stopped duelling, pointless.

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Ahh I loved both Ice and Fire! (Was much better as dueling dragons before the harry potter take over in my opinion). They were awesome ! and unique to have the coasters dual ! It was something special when on the front row and you came face to face with the other train, crazy! (although the timing wasn't always perfect). Such a shame they had to stop them dueling because of safety reasons.. I think once they stopped them dueling there wasn't much point in keeping them together like that.. so sad to see them go (was really strange seeing them take the track apart when i was there last year in September) but suuper excited to see this new harry potter launched/dark ride/ coaster coming!

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What more can you want then 2 rollercoaster inverting at the same time. I did both colours 7 times... loved this.

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