General Discussion - Hagrid's Magical Creature Motorbike Adventure

[gabe3235]

Any update on what time the parking garage opens tomorrow? Still 6:30?

 

[WAJAS]

......understood :what:

To be more specific, they may not allow transport to IOA using the train to prevent overcrowding in Hogsmeade.

 

[Mad Dog]

......understood :what:

Welcome to IU Forums. :thumbsup:

 

[Fantod]

To be more specific, they may not allow transport to IOS using the train to prevent overcrowding in Hogsmeade.

Yes, I'm here at the entrance and a TM I asked just said they won't be running Hogwarts Express first thing, and the parking garage opens at 6:30 (according to the TM)

 

[Travis Trahan]

Welcome to IU Forums. :thumbsup:

Better than being sol tomorrow trying it myself :afraid:

 

[Felipe]

Better than being sol tomorrow trying it myself :afraid:

I don't know this for certain, and tomorrow we'll see what Uni ended up doing, but I bet they'll open the front gates to IoA earlier than 9am and let people start to queue inside the park. Of course follow your gut, but the train is very not recommended, lol.

PS: Welcome to the forums! Best of luck tomorrow!

 

[KengKun]

How busy do you guys think it will be after like 4 or 5 tomorrow?

 

[Parkscope Joe]

How busy do you guys think it will be after like 4 or 5 tomorrow?

Probably very busy as people get off work.

Honestly? If you want to ride ASAP either show up super early or very late on Sunday.

 

[dxwwf3]

From multiple discussions across the resort today, I can safely say that nobody knows the procedures for tomorrow. Every person you ask says something different about park opening, resort transportation and when the line begins. I don’t even know what I’m going to do tomorrow other than get up at 5 am and see if I can ride the water taxi or walk from Sapphire Falls.

 

[Travis Trahan]

How busy do you guys think it will be after like 4 or 5 tomorrow?

Maybe deserted due to... (ehrm) static electricity discharges.... maybe jammed. Can’t tell. Thunderstorms will be an issue as the day passes 12:00 noon though. TMs recommend really early, or really late in the day from my chat earlier.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

From multiple discussions across the resort today, I can safely say that nobody knows the procedures for tomorrow. Every person you ask says something different about park opening, resort transportation and when the line begins. I don’t even know what I’m going to do tomorrow other than get up at 5 am and see if I can ride the water taxi or walk from Sapphire Falls.

Yay Universal!

 

[jseal777]

So be at the parking garage at 6 to wait 3 hours for the park to open. Yay new ride!!!!!

 

[rhino4evr]

Good luck to everyone tomorrow. May the day be free of rain and technical delays.

 

[mcdaniel2903]

Question about the virtual line. Saw some posts on this where you are given a time to return and the when you return you show your phone reservation to get in line. what if you do not have your phone with you in the park.

 

[WAJAS]

Question about the virtual line. Saw some posts on this where you are given a time to return and the when you return you show your phone reservation to get in line. what if you do not have your phone with you in the park.

They have a kiosk in front of the rides that have Virtual Line for those situations. However, we do not yet know where those kiosks will be for this ride. You’ll have to ask when you get to the entrance.

 

[Travis Trahan]

Question about the virtual line. Saw some posts on this where you are given a time to return and the when you return you show your phone reservation to get in line. what if you do not have your phone with you in the park.

Solution: bring your phone to the park. Tomorrow, this won’t be an issue. The virtual line is merely a providing a time that allows you to come back and enter the full queue, without clogging up Hogsmeade. WITH THAT SAID...... they are not going to use virtual line for HMCMA tomorrow. This is all based on previous posts in this thread, refer back to pg 12 for those.

 

[Nick]

Was the budget for this attraction known? Supposedly UOR spent $300M on this attraction. If true, I’d say it’s money well spent.

 

[SailwiththeTide]

Was the budget for this attraction known? Supposedly UOR spent $300M on this attraction. If true, I’d say it’s money well spent.

Seems like a lot to spend on 1 ride. That is 1/3 the cost of Galaxy’s Edge.

 

[Nick]

Seems like a lot to spend on 1 ride. That is 1/3 the cost of Galaxy’s Edge.

Well Disney is spending around the same or more on the GotG and Tron coasters each and unless GotG steps up, I’m not expecting either to be nearly as good as this ride.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Seems like a lot to spend on 1 ride. That is 1/3 the cost of Galaxy’s Edge.

SWGE after cuts is still over a billion.