Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure Construction Discussion
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I think you can take you cue from the devil's snare scene in the movie. They learn to relax and it lets them slip down a bit then fully relax and you fall through
You won't be moving much forward or back so a pure vertical. Watch the scene in the movie for clues to what this will be like.
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I find it funny that the name of the new theme park has leaked, but not this ride.
I feel we know about the entire layout and a scene by scene ride through of every ride before we know names haha
As much as we have referred to Taron on this thread, I wonder if the team involved in its creation and its fans are monitoring the construction on this project. I hope they enjoy the comparisons!
I've watched the movie enough times to know what to expect. :grin: I used Gringotts more as an example of something extreme (to me) that I don't necessarily look forward to.
I'm not surprised.
I'd wager that at this time the approvals for the coaster's name may not have even been finalized. Warner Brothers has a LONG history of dragging their feet on naming approvals for attractions. I know Six Flags has had to announce things, then re-announce with the WB Looney Tunes/Justice League name sometime afterwards. Their legal/approval department drags their feet with everything, and having JKR needing to give approval as well further complicates it. I would guess that the AT&T merger may have further slowed down the processes with new people looking at everything they do.
But, that kind of attention to detail is what helped make Wizarding World stand head and shoulders above most of the other work UC has done, so I'm happy there are checks from WB/JKR over all the new HP additions.
If the drop is similar to VerBolten at BGW it isn't bad, except i think it takes so long for it to drop sometimes so you know it's gonna drop. I think you will be fine @truejonas . Goto Youtube and watch the POV for Verbolten its not too bad. I will even ride it with you during HHN, so we can scream and laugh together.
Sorry. This drop will feel nothing like Verboltens. Assuming it operates like the other Intamin drop coasters, It’s much faster, much higher and much more intense.
It’s more intense than any single element in Gringotts, so erm, yeah.
Everyone I know who has ridden both Verbolten and Thirteen says that the drop track on Thirteen is slightly more intense than Verbolten's, but not a huge difference. Having some extra height shouldn't make the drop much more intense, it'll just last a quarter of a second longer.
I rode both about 10 days apart, aside from the timing issues (as we believe there’s a lot more show going on with Universals version) the drop is significantly different. Verbolten is a lot more controlled and the brakes take a lot longer to slow the train to a stop meaning there’s less force. Intamins system is near instant and results in a quick shift from negative to positive force. It’s much more of a short sharp shock, really not too dissimilar to that of a Tower of Terror direction change. Anyone expecting Verbolten will be very surprised.
Verbolten is however a better ride overall, but that’s a whole different discussion.
I’m very curious to see what happens immediately after the drop on this ride, the track switch implies the train would need to move fairly slowly out of the drop mechanism.
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Tons and tons of detail has been added, it looks like, but no snow?
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Hogwarts doesn't have any snow either. They've never been consistent about the themed season in Hogsmeade, but nobody really notices so it's fine.
Freaking gorgeous...I love when they do this stuff
The intention was to present the respective areas as they are normally seen in the films...Hogsmede is normally seen in the snow, Hogwarts is normally seen in spring...Most people miss the cool detail of the "magical transition"
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Looks like the primary work on the "Abbey" is wrapping up! Bodes well for the project being close to the projected opening.
I could see this being part of an overall new HP campaign soon, noting it's based on a single ride rather than the lands as a whole.
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A new hype video for Gringotts? Surely, marketing must be trolling us at this point....
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I seen all new and harry potter and my heart dropped! Please dont post things like that.
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