Snow Mountain Flying Dragon
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Snow Mountain Flying Dragon
Happy Valley Shenzhen · CN · Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster
UNOFFICIAL · NOT PARK-ENDORSED
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No licence-clean photograph of Snow Mountain Flying Dragon has crossed our desk yet, so the card runs house illustration for now — a placeholder, not a stand-in for the real ride. Send us your shot of it (structure-first, no park logos or mascots in frame) and if it's the one, your name goes on the card — permanent, printed, yours.
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Fast facts
- The steel inverted coaster stood at Happy Valley in Nanshan, Shenzhen. coasterpedia.net
- Vekoma built it as a Suspended Looping Coaster of the Shenlin design. vekoma.com
- It opened in 2002 and reached a height of 35.9 metres. coasterpedia.net
- The train reached 88.3 kilometres per hour. coasterpedia.net
- Its course carried passengers through four inversions. coasterpedia.net
- It operated from 1 May 2002 until 29 August 2022. coasterpedia.net
The story of Snow Mountain Flying Dragon
Vekoma placed Snow Mountain Flying Dragon at Happy Valley Shenzhen in 2002, as one of two new Suspended Looping Coasters with custom layouts introduced that year. The Shenzhen installation became the first example of the Shenlin arrangement. vekoma.com· parkvault.net
The design gave visitors a broad, open course rather than the familiar compact arrangement of many Suspended Looping Coasters. After its chain lift, the train descended through a sweeping drop and then passed a vertical loop, a Cobra Roll and a Zero-G Roll. parkvault.net· coasterpedia.net
That Zero-G Roll held a particular place in Vekoma's history, having been described as the manufacturer's first. Snow Mountain Flying Dragon later provided the pattern for the Shenlin installation known as Kumali at Flamingo Land in England. parkvault.net· vhcoasters.wordpress.com
The ride completed its service at Happy Valley Shenzhen on 29 August 2022. The consulted records confirmed its closing date, but did not establish a documented reason for the removal. coasterpedia.net
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- vekoma.com Preferred source
- parkvault.net Acceptable source
- vhcoasters.wordpress.com Acceptable source