Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure Construction Discussion
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Oh, well I could've guessed that. Aim for late May, open in June (or July/August (or October if you're Infinity Falls)).
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If they're aiming for Spring and hit summer I think they'll be fine and no one will really notice. Was the goal a month or a specific date?
I think Memorial Day was the goal, late May.
I wish I could temporarily time travel to around 2000! :grin::grin::grin:
I sometimes do in my brain. It's a nice "Escape". hehe
It was a simpler time. A considerable cheaper time. Back when you can enter the parks at 5 and everything was a walk on.
With the market being wide open for the summer, it would probably make financial sense to put some overtime on to get it open as soon as possible. They'll more than make up their additional costs with most of he Disney stuff all pushed back to the end of the year. No doubt this will attract big spending tourists.
IOA was truly magical when it first opened...Now it's in a revival period a bit
It’s that damn timber-framed barn they built... waaaay too time consuming and tossing everything behind schedule.
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Even with all those massive spray painted letters to help the workers put the roof pieces together!
The Age of Ikea
I think it are your stupid trees that mess up our view, JK probably want's them a certain height and those things need to grow like crazy to meet her standard.
Whatever will happen, it won't be completely finished when it opens, it will have problems the first year and it will be an amazing ride worth the wait.
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I think it are your stupid trees that mess up our view, JK probably want's them a certain height and those things need to grow like crazy to meet her standard.
Whatever will happen, it won't be completely finished when it opens, it will have problems the first year and it will be an amazing ride worth the wait.
Ya. With anything new and innovative it will a) take a bit of time to iron out the kinks, and b) take a bit of time for the hysteria to die down with park guests/huge lines for the rides.
I'm guessing that when it opens it won't be included for EP, but eventually it will after a while like other new rides when they open. Our next trip is planned for March 2020 so hopefully that will be plenty of time to have the above 2 sorted out well before we go.
It doesnt surprise me if its running behind schedule. At one point buildings, track and structual work was flying up on a weekly basis but were now barely 6 months away from when they'd want this thing completed for a late May opening and theres seemingly still brand new structures going up and the ones that went up first are still open to the elements and in need of a hell of a lot of theming. Fingers crossed its not a big delay as they could really do with this being what we all hope it will be as early in the season as possible.
This is how Volcano Bay looked about 6 months for opening, I have hope.
Volcano Bay Waterpark Construction Update #14 ~ Universal Orlando Resort - WildGravity Travels
Volcano Bay Waterpark Construction Update #14 ~ Universal Orlando Resort - WildGravity Travels
I hope the rockwork is prefabbed for that. It is a huge building to cover. Lots of time.
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