graspthesun
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I think not being a die hard Potter fan allows me to enjoy the area much more. I could care less where something is located or how it looks as long as it's a good attraction.
Ice/Blue is definitely a fun ride. I just think the cobra roll was kind of a cheap way to get the ride to five inversions and would have rather seen a second zero-g roll + something else instead. Having the longer lead up to the second near-miss is also moot now that the coasters no longer duel.
But yeah. Still a great ride, and the zero-g roll is an awesome and unique element that Fire/Red lacks.
took the words out of my mouth. I love Potter, I have for my whole life. The parks are a dream come true, and DC honestly doesn't hinder that. If anything, it just makes you use your imaginationI'm a die hard Potter fan and Dragon's Challenge doesn't bother me at all. I don't do coasters so I can't say how good of a ride it is but I would expect something like it to be in a theme park. If they were to replace it with rides I could do that would be great but I understand the reason for it. I think its a small but vocal minority that really wants it gone. If they found a way to blend it in to the surroundings a little better I think there would be almost no one against it. But I find there is so much else to look at in Hogsmeade that DC doesn't even register on my radar.
I think a lot of my ambivalence about DC could be solved by a) enclosing the lift hills and final brake runs, adding some audio/video effects, b) theming the track supports and reprinting the track, c) re-landscaping the ground under the track and adding some scenic elements.
But the Quidditch World Cup wasn't played in Hogsmeade. It was held in Dartmoor, UK.
I guess maybe tourists might think in that way, but I rarely ever think of DC when thinking of UOR. I don't even remember the last time I rode it.I think for the big picture, it's important to remember that DC is one of the iconic attractions at Universal Orlando Resort... Most don't think of the park without thinking of these two coasters...