ABOUT THIS RIDE
What Steel Dragon 2000 is
Opened in 2000, Steel Dragon 2000 was built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing with about 2,479 metres of track. Published speed is 153 km/h. The layout is an out-and-back hyper scaled until the out-and-back feels like a journey. There are no inversions.
Nagashima Spa Land in Kuwana also runs Hakugei (an RMC hybrid) and several other coasters. Steel Dragon is the one whose length is the trivia answer. On a windy day it can go down — the structure is that large.
Height is 140 cm. A ride this long is its own block of time; the lift hill alone is a wait.
What to expect
A very long first drop, then a hyper layout that keeps going. Trains are classic Morgan hypers. It is about airtime and duration, not inversions.
Front row is the view of the park and the distance still to cover. Back row is stronger on the hills.