Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure Construction Discussion

[JungleSkip]

Usually they're closing a ride to make way for the new ride and since they don't want to lose capacity in their busy season (Summer), they tend to close the ride in September/October with about a 20 month build time aiming to open in summer.

Yea this is probably the reason

 

[Alicia]

Working on a new update but got sidetracked today by other projects, so here's me on the recent UUOPodcast discussing lots of rumors, including some for this ride:

Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast : Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast #336 - Universal Orlando Rumors 2019 & Beyond with Theme Park Stop's Alicia Stella

 

[AlexanderMBush]

 

[Andysol]

That Abby building is something else. Really great looking w/ the moss and dilapidation.

 

[devinp267]

That Abby building is something else. Really great looking w/ the moss and dilapidation.

Yes, like something straight out of national geographic. Very authentic looking.

 

[rhino4evr]

This ride is going to look so cool when it’s finished. Like an old ruin just outside Hogwarts.

 

[ChristopherSE]

These designers and scenic artists deserve so much credit. For both Uni and Disney, the work is really truly outstanding.

 

[Mad Dog]

These designers and scenic artists deserve so much credit. For both Uni and Disney, the work is really truly outstanding.

Yes. They come up with stuff that even my imagination would never contemplate the concepts.

 

[Grumpy73]

If construction crews wrapped up by March, how long after that could it feasibly open.. With testing and training ride ops etc.

 

[OLSinFLA]

If construction crews wrapped up by March, how long after that could it feasibly open.. With testing and training ride ops etc.

Depends on how well the testing goes - they still have effects to synch, timing to work on, then training the actual ride crew....

 

[JoeCamel]

If construction crews wrapped up by March, how long after that could it feasibly open.. With testing and training ride ops etc.

Depends on how well the testing goes - they still have effects to synch, timing to work on, then training the actual ride crew....

Still on the lookout for Fluffy. I would expect this summer for softs and a fall "grand opening".

 

[Alicia]

Still a lot to be done in the queue yet.

 

[JoeCamel]

Still a lot to be done in the queue yet.

I think we will be watching plants grow for a long time on this one before it opens.

 

[tielo]

Working on a new update but got sidetracked today by other projects, so here's me on the recent UUOPodcast discussing lots of rumors, including some for this ride:

Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast : Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast #336 - Universal Orlando Rumors 2019 & Beyond with Theme Park Stop's Alicia Stella

I wait for the update, I can't understand what these people are saying.

 

[ParksManDan]

So budget cuts on this ride have reduced the theming around the Spike part of the ride?

 

[Alicia]

So budget cuts on this ride have reduced the theming around the Spike part of the ride?

That is what I am hearing now. Which is very sad.

The good news is, that appears to be the only budget cuts I have heard of so far.

 

[ParksManDan]

That is what I am hearing now. Which is very sad.

The good news is, that appears to be the only budget cuts I have heard of so far.

Well that's a bummer.

 

[rhino4evr]

That is what I am hearing now. Which is very sad.

The good news is, that appears to be the only budget cuts I have heard of so far.

Do you know what was supposed to go there vs what we are getting?

 

[Alicia]

Do you know what was supposed to go there vs what we are getting?

Prefab cave/rockwork to enclose the spike, and also create an over-passing element for the track rounding coming around the spike at the end of the ride.

Currently, it appears as though only the cave entrance is being constructed.

 

[belloq87]

Without enclosing the spike, I'll be intrigued to see how they avoid making that beat in the ride something other than a non-sequitur. Presumably something was going to happen (within the narrative of the ride) inside that cave that justifies why we stop and then head backwards, but with it now just being out in the open, I don't know what they're intending for us to understand about what's happening in that moment.