Posts Tagged ‘Wizarding World of Harry Potter’

Harry Potter and The Forbidden Journey Review

Universal Islands of Adventure, Orlando

Universal’s state-of-the-art mind blowing new attraction will be based within Hogwarts School of  Witchcraft and Wizardry. Universal has confirmed the ride will be based on scenes from the Harry Potter films and will be a robo- arm roller coaster.

Imagine flying above Hogwarts with Harry, feeling the chill of the Dementors. The queue will snake through the castles corridors into the soaring talking portrait gallery with The Fat Lady and Hogwarts four founders.

Allow an hour for your  tour of Hogwarts Castle as it immerses you into  Harry Potters world.  Visit Dumbledore’s office where the headmaster welcomes Muggles to Hogwarts. Check out the Gryffindor common room, the Sorting Hat and the potted mandrakes in the greenhouse.  Meet up with Harry Ron and Hermione in the  Defense Against The Dark Arts classroom where they persuade you to skip class to join them on an adventure.

Marvel at the hundreds of magical floating candles in The Room of Requirement and board an enchanted bench where you will travel by ‘floo powder’ to experience the wrath of a Whomping Willow,  Quidditch and close encounters with a dragon.

Universal has fused high-tech, attention to detail and 360- degree innovative film making into a world class attraction which will not disappoint Harry Potter fans.

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Dragon Challenge Review

Universal Islands of Adventure, Orlando

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Islands of Adventure now open to muggles.

Dragon Challenge is the worlds only dueling inverted coaster.

Universal’s  Dueling Dragons roller coaster is being transformed into Dragon Challenge and will be based on the Triwizard Tournament from Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire.

The queue area snakes through the claustrophobic castle passages as you await your challenge.

Choose your dragon, either the ferocious Hungarian Horntail or the aggressive Chinese Fireball. The laden dragons are weighed before the tournament to ensure the timing of the duels provide the near miss experience. The dragons climb the lift hill and then split into two opposing rides reaching speeds of 55mph.  The roller coasters duel each other 5 times passing within 18″ in places and narrowly missing castle walls.  Enjoy the feeling of gliding towards the ground and then suddenly swooping up into another inversion  on this magical rollercoaster.

Five inversions, corkscrew, immelmann loop, cobra roll, vertical loops, near misses with dueling coaster,  worth waiting for front row seats.

Dragon Challenge is my favorite coaster in Orlando, ridden both dragons many times, still don’t have a favorite. I am addicted to the smooth exhilarating speed and thrilling ride of these  unmissable coasters.

Dragon Challenge is 125ft high with drop of 115ft. Awesome 2 minutes 25 seconds unique roller coaster, not to be missed.

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