The Flying Dinosaur


The Flying Dinosaur is a steel flying roller coaster at Universal Studios Japan. Designed by Swiss firm Bolliger & Mabillard, Flying Dinosaur restrains riders in the prone position. The new attraction opened on March 18, 2016, surpassing Tatsu as the world's longest flying roller coaster. However, it will be superseded by the new Flying-Launch-Coaster, F.L.Y. in the German theme park Phantasialand.

History

In June 2015, Universal Studios Japan confirmed that they would be adding a new Jurassic Park-themed attraction. Later in July, vertical construction began, when the park finished building the first supports and track. Later in August, the park released teasers around the park saying "The Greatest DINOSAUR RIDE IN THE WORLD! Coming in 2016...". Construction was going on for a while. Finally on October 2, 2015, the park officially announced that they were adding Flying Dinosaur.

Ride Experience

Firstly, it starts in a duel station and leads into a lift hill. After it gets to the top it has a big drop which turns slightly to the left and enters the first inversion and it quickly enters a "Fly to lie" element which makes riders face the sky. It then goes into a half pretzel loop and makes riders turn into a flying position again. Quickly it turns into another pretzel loop, then enters a small tunnel at the bottom of the loop. It has a small air-time element after that and gets into a corkscrew. After that inversion, the train will enter a helix and comes to the final inversion, an inline twist which is just before the final brake run.