General Discussion - Hagrid's Magical Creature Motorbike Adventure

[Eckert]

What's the deal with the preshow? I remember seeing it on opening, and now they don't use it? Or they're extremely selective about when they do.

 

[dxwwf3]

I saw the preshow two weeks ago. Not when I rope dropped the ride, but later on in the day it was running.

 

[Alicia]

It's easy, if I am at the park, the preshow will not be running.

 

[JPRA513]

What's the deal with the preshow? I remember seeing it on opening, and now they don't use it? Or they're extremely selective about when they do.

It was in use when I rode.

 

[Ron101]

Visiting soon and was wondering if Universal inflates the time for this ride or is normally pretty close to what they say? Is 90min posted actually 50min?

 

[anihilnation]

Visiting soon and was wondering if Universal inflates the time for this ride or is normally pretty close to what they say? Is 90min posted actually 50min?

Haven't been on it in quite a while, but about every time I have been on it wait was significantly less than what was posted. I think I once heard that they also tend to inflate the wait time to account for delays due to technical circumstances.

 

[Ron101]

Finally got on Hagrid’s and almost met all my expectations! Audio was nice and loud and the coaster was smooth. But, this ride line moves SLOW! They can never add express to this ride unless they want two-2 hour long queues. I thought the line would move fairly quick for only standby but I guess not.

 

[UNIrd]

Finally got on Hagrid’s and almost met all my expectations! Audio was nice and loud and the coaster was smooth. But, this ride line moves SLOW! They can never add express to this ride unless they want two-2 hour long queues. I thought the line would move fairly quick for only standby but I guess not.

Agreed. The queue crawls and it's... unfortunately... not a great queue so you feel the whole wait time.

 

[sjago13]

Finally got on Hagrid’s and almost met all my expectations! Audio was nice and loud and the coaster was smooth. But, this ride line moves SLOW! They can never add express to this ride unless they want two-2 hour long queues. I thought the line would move fairly quick for only standby but I guess not.

The queue is dependent on how many trains they are running and if they need to stop the belt for some reason, usually to pull of someone that doesn't fit. Rode Sunday and it was a shorter but slow moving line. I think they only had 6ish trains on because there were at least 5 I saw in a row then a good 3 mins of an empty load belt. I'm not sure if they just had to pull some due to issues over the day or just figure running less is better than going down for stacking if they are having issues with boarding. They use to be more agressive at screening guests but seemed to have given up on that again lately. When they have all the trains on the line flies.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

The queue is dependent on how many trains they are running and if they need to stop the belt for some reason, usually to pull of someone that doesn't fit. Rode Sunday and it was a shorter but slow moving line. I think they only had 6ish trains on because there were at least 5 I saw in a row then a good 3 mins of an empty load belt. I'm not sure if they just had to pull some due to issues over the day or just figure running less is better than going down for stacking if they are having issues with boarding. They use to be more agressive at screening guests but seemed to have given up on that again lately. When they have all the trains on the line flies.

I think they're still doing work on one of the drop shafts.

 

[sjago13]

I think they're still doing work on one of the drop shafts.

That's weird because for the cars they were running they seems to be maintaining the optimal gap, where the one launching out of hagrids hut and the one going to hagrids hut are side by side going under the bridge. And then a huge gap versus staggering them spaced out which I would figure would be required if a shaft was down.

 

[Ron101]

I think they're still doing work on one of the drop shafts.

When I went last week I managed 4 rides and got both sides of the drop track. They just aren't running enough trains to keep the belt constantly loading. Many moments where I was just standing there waiting for the next train to show up around the corner.

 

[tielo]

When I went last week I managed 4 rides and got both sides of the drop track. They just aren't running enough trains to keep the belt constantly loading. Many moments where I was just standing there waiting for the next train to show up around the corner.

Sounds like they had enough trains riding in relation with demand. You where able to do 4 rides in a day, no upcharge or excessive planning needed, that sounds very good.

 

[SeanPhilly]

Still no word on when this may accept express pass?

 

[Ron101]

Sounds like they had enough trains riding in relation with demand. You where able to do 4 rides in a day, no upcharge or excessive planning needed, that sounds very good.

4 rides over my 4 day visit… two during early entry rush and two right when the park closed.

 

[tyro]

Still no word on when this may accept express pass?

VC will get express pass way before this does. FJ diddnt get express for like 8 years.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Still no word on when this may accept express pass?

I bet we don't see it get Express till Epic opens.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

Still no word on when this may accept express pass?

It'll get Express when Universal makes a ride that is better than it.

 

[OrlandoGuy]

It'll get Express when Universal makes a ride that is better than it.

They did…it’s called Velocicoaster :bolt:

 

[CountDracula]

This one was a lot better than I thought it would be. And such a smooth coaster too.