Attraction Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure

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Attraction Type
Roller Coaster
Attraction Status
Existing
Attraction Manufacturer
Intamin
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I will say it was a unique day with people standing in line for 10 hours plus. Handed out free Gilly water and they had free water areas in the queue areas.
The POV that's somewhere on here is No Bueno, because the middle and back area is where you see more of the show scenes. Line was only closed down due to capacity in the queue. Tomorrow they may attempt the Virtual line, not sure that is Park Ops dept, not mine.
UNI got a lot of publicity today, I heard from my mom up near DC that they were showing how long the lines were. It is not DD or DC, but I will say when you ride it be ready especially the last launch after the Devil's Snare drop.
Well off to try and sleep because I get to do it all over again tomorrow. Oh they had people lined up in their car as early as 130am and they never opened the tolls until like 530am. Until next time enjoy your ventures.
 
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This group waited almost 11 hours to ride. Major props to them for the patience.

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I'm trying to find night pictures on social media but it seems to me all the bloggers just wanted to ride and get it over with at this point, lol.
 
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DJTLG said:
Theme Park University claims that Universal purposely made the line longer for publicity. If so, that's not cool.

https://themeparkuniversity.com/uni...-guests-as-pawns-in-hagrids-opening-pr-stunt/
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The only thing Universal did was not properly prepare. Yes, they had team members placed and queues mapped out. And just certainly they got the crowds they anticipated. But, whatever reason, they didn't run the virtual queue system they had planned. After the reported smoothness of Disney's Galaxy's Edge opening, it appears Universal simply dropped the ball.

Here's a good summation of the issues this far -
www.cinemablend.com

Universal Studios' New Hagrid Roller Coaster Is Having Problems

The grand opening isn't going as planned.
www.cinemablend.com www.cinemablend.com
 
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A friend of mine rode it twice tonight in about 1:10 minutes. Got in the single rider line each time. The first time it was only 10 minutes. The 2nd time an hour. He loved it. Said it’s the best coaster in the area by a long shot
 
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Doesn't seem to me like Intamin learned anything during their North American timeout.

I almost get the feeling that this ride wasn't properly ready to open.

EDIT: Another opinion on Hagrid
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I really can't fault Intamin as the single reason of issues. This is far more than just a roller coaster. The tie ins to the show areas, special effects, etc has to be Universal or whatever company they contracted. I haven't read of any failures in regards to the actual coaster (switch tracks, launchers, etc.). In regards to running half the trains, isn't that a Universal ops issue?
 
GrandpaD said:
I really can't fault Intamin as the single reason of issues. This is far more than just a roller coaster. The tie ins to the show areas, special effects, etc has to be Universal or whatever company they contracted. I haven't read of any failures in regards to the actual coaster (switch tracks, launchers, etc.). In regards to running half the trains, isn't that a Universal ops issue?
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There have been multiple reports of the sound and effects on the trains failing. There's also been quite a few stoppages on the ride not because of effects not working but because the ride has thrown errors. Effects not working isn't cause to shut the ride down, but considering all the reports of the ride ceasing operations and faulting out in the middle of the course Intamin is back on its bullshit.
 
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