IOA | Hagrid's Motorbike Adventure | Intamin LSM Launch (Dragon Challenge replacement)

[MLDesigns]

My gut says "Intamin" but my gut also says "there's no way Intamin would do that"

 

[EthanCoaster]

 

[Pear]

That was a very well made video! My excitement for the ride has gone up quite a bit now.

 

[witchfinder]

Sounds great, but are these details confirmed or just speculation based on somebody's idea of what would make a good ride?

 

[EthanCoaster]

The uploader, Alicia Stella, is a fairly reliable source when it comes to the Universal parks. Even if the scenes are not 100% accurate, the general sequence of the ride is probably what we can expect.

 

[Jamesss]

For some reason I had it in my mind that this was another screen-based dark ride/coaster. Very pleased to see that it is not.

 

[CrashCoaster]

So how many launches are there? This coaster must be at least 5,000ft in length.

 

[Matt N]

So how many launches are there? This coaster must be at least 5,000ft in length.

I counted 5 or 6 launches from the video.

 

[Lofty]

I think at most there's going to be four? Two of which might be part of the same section (forwards/backwards launch).

 

[CrashCoaster]

What's the current record for the most launches on a coaster? (Includes each acceleration pass on a single section of track.)

 

[EthanCoaster]

Off the top of my head, the coaster with the most launches that’s not an Impulse or Skyrocket II is Cheetah Hunt with a total of 3.

[EDIT] Mummy at the other Orlando park also has three launches according to RCDB.

 

[lachlan]

Looks good, though I'm trying not to follow the construction too closely so it's a nice surprise when I visit.

I'm don't miss the Dragons any more - I never got to ride them dueling anyway, and this will be a much better fit for the area IMO

 

[Pokemaniac]

Off the top of my head, the coaster with the most launches that’s not an Impulse or Skyrocket II is Cheetah Hunt with a total of 3.

[EDIT] Mummy at the other Orlando park also has three launches according to RCDB.

Fiorano GT Challenge at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi has four. Or eight, if you count both of the tracks. The electricians routing power to the attraction certainly would count all of them, at least.

 

[CrashCoaster]

Off the top of my head, the coaster with the most launches that’s not an Impulse or Skyrocket II is Cheetah Hunt with a total of 3.

There's Fiorano GT challenge with 4 launches a side, but I mean overall acceleration boosts, so you can count impulse coasters, but which coaster has the most launch accelerations?

 

[Matt N]

There's Fiorano GT challenge with 4 launches a side, but I mean overall acceleration boosts, so you can count impulse coasters, but which coaster has the most launch accelerations?

I think that would probably go to a half pipe or something?

Or maybe Mission Ferrari, which apparently has 5 launches, would take the record?

 

[EthanCoaster]

Someone made a prediction layout in Planet Coaster:

 

[Hixee]

Whilst the theming and interactions look cool, I hope to god that it's more exciting than that in real life!

 

[Lofty]

I think that's less of a prediction and more of an 'inspired by'.

 

[Hixee]

I think that's less of a prediction and more of an 'inspired by'.

Oh of course, but it's not terribly inspired.

 

[peep]

I think from what we've heard from the rumours this looks pretty close to what they're building. I was never expecting the most exciting coaster but it does look a tiny bit underwhelming in the thrill department. Think it'll be a fine family coaster though.

Sort of more intrigued by the growing rumours of a new coaster in the Jurassic Park section though.