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

[Aaron Smith]

I was at Universal Friday and Saturday this past week. It didn't open on time Friday but opened around 9:10 on Saturday. Both days had some downtime but from what I can tell it was running most of each day. The queue line stayed open until close both days and I was able to get three rides in. The queue line was fun but the actual pre-show was only running one of the three times I was in line. I truly enjoyed the ride itself. I wish the train moved a little slower in Hagrid's Hut and when we went past Fluffy since we seemed to move past very quickly, but the launches were great and the coaster portion was really fun. As someone else stated, the on board audio really helped make the ride. Overall I absolutely loved it.

 

[gabe]

they have the 12

14*

 

[Lofty]

One of them isn't, and will never be operational - thanks to something occurring in testing... So 13

 

[Matthew Fair]

One of them isn't, and will never be operational - thanks to something occurring in testing... So 13

What happened during testing to this mysterious 14th train?

 

[gabe]

What happened during testing to this mysterious 14th train?

 

[Lori Marie Loud]

One of them isn't, and will never be operational - thanks to something occurring in testing... So 13

tell me what happened

 

[Lofty]

Look above.

 

[MakoMania]

Look above.

Surely not? I mean I don't have any information and you could well be right but that would be shocking.

 

[Lofty]

It happened... not to the extent in that photo, but it happened.

 

[CrashCoaster]

^Surely it can be fixed, in time, if the park wishes?

 

[Antinos]

If it was a significant enough impact to cause some damage to the chassis itself, it'll never be perfectly fixable. It's like if you get in a moderately serious car crash - you get your car fixed but now the seals won't fully seal or you have some electrical issues or you have other random little nuisances. If they already have two spares, they're likely just cutting their losses since one of the trains probably would have ended up as a spare parts cannibalization eventually.

 

[Crazycoaster]

So what exactly happened to it, and why are people being so weirdly secretive about it? ?

 

[Antinos]

It crashed. That's the extent of any outsider knowledge, it appears.

 

[Matthew Fair]

well I'll be dammed, looks like it's finally working!

 

[Markus.Downhill]

Do you think Hagrid’s will have virtual line still when the coronavirus ends? Also do you think the Jurassic coaster will have a virtual line as it will be more reliable than Hagrid’s?

 

[Lofty]

You can see just why it's down so much, though. It has so many different technical elements that heighten the risk of it going down at any time - I'd love to know just how many sensors are on the ride. It's going to be in the hundreds, easily.

 

[Markus.Downhill]

You can see just why it's down so much, though. It has so many different technical elements that heighten the risk of it going down at any time - I'd love to know just how many sensors are on the ride. It's going to be in the hundreds, easily.

Yeah see why it’s down a lot, I don’t think the Jurassic coaster will have as many problems as it only has 2 launches and no droptrack, nothing insanely complex

 

[Lofty]

Hagrid's has continuous loading, seven launches, a stupid amount of sensors, three switch tracks and two drop sections. It has an insane amount that could potentially go wrong with it. It's really not surprising it goes down so much.