For fans currently stuck at home due to the global pandemic, Universal has released a ride-along experience of Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, allowing viewers to experience the attraction through the 360 degree video.
Named a Wonder Award winner last month, the highly-themed immersive attraction at Universal’s Islands of Adventure opened in 2019 and is the most expensive rollercoaster ever built at US$300m (€245.6m, £335.7m).
Described by Universal as a “story coaster”, riders are taken on a journey through the Forbidden Forest, where they come face to face with a number of magical creatures from the Wizarding World.
The ride car is themed after Hagrid’s flying motorcycle from the Harry Potter stories. Each bike has a built-in speaker that provides audio commentary from Hagrid and music through the experience.
There are seven separate launches on the ride - more than any other rollercoaster in the world - with the fastest going from 0 to 50mph in four seconds. It’s also the second coaster in the US to feature a vertical drop track at nearly 17ft (5.2m), and the longest in Florida, measuring nearly a mile in length (5,053 ft). The ride culminates with a spike point that sends riders 65ft (19.8m) into the air before dropping them down backwards in a single movement.
For fans currently stuck at home due to the global pandemic, Universal has released a ride-along experience of Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, allowing viewers to experience the attraction through the 360 degree video.
Named a Wonder Award winner last month, the highly-themed immersive attraction at Universal’s Islands of Adventure opened in 2019 and is the most expensive rollercoaster ever built at US$300m (€245.6m, £335.7m).
Described by Universal as a “story coaster”, riders are taken on a journey through the Forbidden Forest, where they come face to face with a number of magical creatures from the Wizarding World.
The ride car is themed after Hagrid’s flying motorcycle from the Harry Potter stories. Each bike has a built-in speaker that provides audio commentary from Hagrid and music through the experience.
There are seven separate launches on the ride - more than any other rollercoaster in the world - with the fastest going from 0 to 50mph in four seconds. It’s also the second coaster in the US to feature a vertical drop track at nearly 17ft (5.2m), and the longest in Florida, measuring nearly a mile in length (5,053 ft). The ride culminates with a spike point that sends riders 65ft (19.8m) into the air before dropping them down backwards in a single movement.
