Menu
What's new
By:
Filters

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

Alright, I have not been following along because the original rumors stated that this would end up being a powered coaster...this is a delightful surprise! The coaster itself looks great...add on Universal's impeccable theming and it will undoubtedly be an unrivaled experience.
 
So do we know whether the spike will 100% have a holding brake on it? There doesn't look to be any holding brake (or beginnings of one) on the spike as of yet?
 
It is really odd, all rumours so far lead to a holding break before backwards drop I just can't see it happening, personally.
 
I heard that they scrapped the holding brake idea a while ago. If you look closely at the track on the spike there’s no mounting points for brakes there.
 
Matt N said:
I counted 5 or 6 launches from the video.
Click to expand...
That would be awesome ! i'm so hyped for this! :D

EthanCoaster said:
Someone made a prediction layout in Planet Coaster:

Click to expand...
If its anything at all like this.. its going to be so cool !! Looks like it won't have much speed though even with all those 'launches' .. but as a whole it sounds amazing! Super pumped for this ! :)

MOD EDIT: Please don't double post
 
Last edited by a moderator:
sam_coasterz said:
If its anything at all like this.. its going to be so cool !! Looks like it won't have much speed though even with all those 'launches' .. but as a whole it sounds amazing! Super pumped for this ! :)
Click to expand...

We've already discussed that the Planet Coaster "recreation" is pretty inaccurate in multiple ways. It's not going to be much like that tbh, the NL2 version is much more true to the real layout.
 
Ethan said:
We've already discussed that the Planet Coaster "recreation" is pretty inaccurate in multiple ways. It's not going to be much like that tbh, the NL2 version is much more true to the real layout.
Click to expand...
Sure i know thats just a planet coaster recreation.. just came across this forum for this ride so i read through lots of the stuff.. My comment stands for not just the PC recreation but all the track pics and other stuff.. in general I think the coaster looks awesome ! :)
 
Welcome to Coasterforce! Good to hear you're excited for this new ride. Construction updates have been getting posted on here pretty regularly so it's a good place to keep up to date.
 
 
Last edited:
davidm said:
What (in Harry Potter terms) is that building with the window then?
Click to expand...
I think it's the Great Hall window.

I must say; even though this is allegedly a family coaster, it looks pretty thrilling and intense! The theming looks breathtaking too, as per usual with Universal's Potter areas! I absolutely love the Harry Potter franchise, so I hope I can try this out within the next couple of years!

As for the coaster itself, I personally reckon that we might be seeing something along the lines of a less intense Taron so to speak, and if it's done well, then I reckon it could potentially even top Hulk as Universal Orlando's best coaster, in my opinion! Intamin have produced some stunning-looking rides as of late, so I'm optimistic!
 
davidm said:
So Hogwarts is in two places in the park then? Hmmm.
Click to expand...
Hmm, good point. I hadn't really registered that. It's there any chance they'll be able to tie the two together? I can't say I really know how far apart they are!
 
Matt N said:
I think it's the Great Hall window.
Click to expand...

If that's what they're going for, they've cocked up already. The design of the window is completely different to that of the Great Hall's.

I don't think that it's part of Hogwarts at all, at least not the main building of it.
 
Yeah that's what I was getting at - what other big building would it be (I'm not at all a Potter-geek so I wouldn't know).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top