If this is Forbidden Forest I wonder if they'll give it the ET smell.
Because hypers have a 54" height requirement and are not family friendly. You can't theme it like you could a smaller family style coaster. it would stick out more than Dragon Challenge in terms of theme/scenery. Also there is already one a few miles down the street.What if this really is a hyper coaster? Just throwing that idea out again.
Cornish pixies perhaps? Could a crowd of them pick up our vehicle?Sorry to be pesky. I'll try not to pester if possible.
Butter beer themed water coaster? Then Universal can it call it the first ever Themed Water Coaster - opening with lots of exposed steel and patio string lights naturally.
I'd recommend Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Order of the Phoenix as they spend a good amount of time in the Forest. Chamber of Secrets has the spiders in the forest; Prisoner has the hippogriff, dementors, and werewolf in the forest; Order has the centaurs, thestrals, and introduces grawp in the forest. The ride will probably focus more on Chamber of Secrets and Order of the PhoenixGeneral question, if one does want to see more of the Forbidden Forrest, which movie does one watch for Harry Potter?
As said before Fallon didn't have concept art either.
When you announce something as big as Potter compared to Fallon one would expect at least one piece of concept art to go with it...
There was no art when Jaws closed.
I don't think this was in response to D23 for a few reasons. First being that these plans have been out there for two years, ever since someone saw them and mistook September 2017 for September 2016 (lol, still chuckle every time I think about that). The second being what @AliciaStella said - they want people to be able to get their last rides in, and a little over a month is pretty standard for what Universal has been doing lately.
How long do you guys think this stays express-less? Something like the original HP rides, or more like Kong?
The announcement was also very plain jane too. Basically, this is your reason to come to Universal after you do SW:GEWe have proof Universal is watching the reactions to D23 announcements very closely and are making plans and adjustments.
I get the feeling this is earlier than normal to announce the closure and a date for last rides because we're running into HHN season.
That would certainly take a lot of the hype away from Tron. Especially since Tron has very little on-ride theming.I just think it will be funny if this does turn out to be a motor bike style coaster with great theming and beats Tron to the punch by two years.
It seems like this is more an announcement of the closing of DC. I think maybe they figured everyone would immediately know that it meant a new HP attraction anyway so might as well say it. Also they did say that more HP news was coming (presumably this) prior to D23. It does seem reactionary, but I think it's possible it was planned well beforehand.The announcement was also very plain jane too. Basically, this is your reason to come to Universal after you do SW:GE
The only reason I think it's reactionary in a sense is because a lot of times we get a closing announcement from Universal, but they won't announce what they're building until it's halfway done. They announced this with no concept art, no name, nothing but a few bullet points about how awesome it will be.
It seems like this is more an announcement of the closing of DC. I think maybe they figured everyone would immediately know that it meant a new HP attraction anyway so might as well say it. Also they did say that more HP news was coming (presumably this) prior to D23. It does seem reactionary, but I think it's possible it was planned well beforehand.