New Harry Potter Coaster Confirmed for 2019 (Dragon's Challenge Closing Sept 4th)

[OG Runner]

I think the most appropriate question at this point will be, "Is it a worthy replacement for the Dragons?"

I would say for some yes, and for others no. This is a totally different kind of a coaster. I am thinking more people will
be riding this coaster than were riding Dragons. So, it is not just a yes or no answer, it is both.

 

[Bairstow]

...This is a totally different kind of a coaster. I am thinking more people will
be riding this coaster than were riding Dragons...

That's going to be some trick considering that this bike coaster will likely have less than half capacity of the Dragons.

 

[OG Runner]

That's going to be some trick considering that this bike coaster will likely have less than half capacity of the Dragons.

Yes, but at the same time, if some the posts here are to be believed, more trains will be on the track at a time. Also
I think you will find a wider spectrum of people wanting to ride this coaster than those that "were brave enough"
to ride Dragons.

 

[JoeCamel]

That's going to be some trick considering that this bike coaster will likely have less than half capacity of the Dragons.

Moving load/unload and multiple RVs on the track at once. They thought about capacity when they designed it. They do not want a repeat of this

 

[ToTBellHop]

That is a pretty high bar. FJ is one of the best rides ever made.

It is a high bar. I expect the company to outdo itself at least once a decade.

 

[Bairstow]

Yes, but at the same time, if some the posts here are to be believed, more trains will be on the track at a time. Also
I think you will find a wider spectrum of people wanting to ride this coaster than those that "were brave enough"
to ride Dragons.

Do they have similar height requirements?
I will say that one thing Dragons had keeping its ridership down after the Potter retheme is that the entrance, lacking the original entrance statuary. It was hard to miss the sight of the dragon tracks themselves, but finding how to actually enter the queue was a bit harder, and usually required guests to backtrack from the exit area. Presumably this is something that can be remedied in the new attraction.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Do they have similar height requirements?
I will say that one thing Dragons had keeping its ridership down after the Potter retheme is that the entrance, lacking the original entrance statuary. It was hard to miss the sight of the dragon tracks themselves, but finding how to actually enter the queue was a bit harder, and usually required guests to backtrack from the exit area. Presumably this is something that can be remedied in the new attraction.

Dragon Challenge was 54”—average ~10 year old. This is 48”, which most kids hit when they are 7 or 7 1/2.

 

[Bairstow]

Moving load/unload and multiple RVs on the track at once. They thought about capacity when they designed it. They do not want a repeat of this
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As I said, some trick.

I know it's Mauer and not Intamin, but the moving load at Rip Ride has been notoriously problematic. If Intamin can significantly (and reliably) improve on the ~1400 capacity of other Blitz coasters it will be quite an achievement, but there's just no way they can touch the people-eating potential of dualing B&M inverts.

 

[JT3000]

That's going to be some trick considering that this bike coaster will likely have less than half capacity of the Dragons.

I don't know the new ride's capacity, but I do know it could be terrible and still have a higher ridership than Dragon Challenge. The perpetual lack of a line towards the end of its life wasn't entirely due to its high capacity. They weren't even running all the trains most of the time. The fact that this is a brand new Potter ride goes without saying, but it's also a tamer experience with a lower height requirement. Many more people will be riding this.

 

[sedati]

I previously guessed we'd see a stag patronus at the water loop seen here in a Bioreconstruct aerial:

Now I'm wondering with the hint of a previously unrealized creature from the books, could we see the giant squid or at least its tentacles whipping at us from the lake/pond?

 

[JoeCamel]

I previously guessed we'd see a stag patronus at the water loop seen here in a Bioreconstruct aerial:
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Now I'm wondering with the hint of a previously unrealized creature from the books, could we see the giant squid or at least it's tentacles whipping at us from the lake/pond?

Nope, the unrealized creature is in the hut

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Nope, the unrealized creature is in the hut

I had assumed, from descriptions, that the unrealized creature was going to be the Blast-Ended Skrewt?

Can anyone confirm?

 

[opshannon]

I had assumed, from descriptions, that the unrealized creature was going to be the Blast-Ended Skrewt?

Can anyone confirm?

Can't confirm, but that's what I've seen elsewhere.

 

[GLaDOS]

I had assumed, from descriptions, that the unrealized creature was going to be the Blast-Ended Skrewt?

Can anyone confirm?

Yes

 

[phillip9698]

That's going to be some trick considering that this bike coaster will likely have less than half capacity of the Dragons.

Capacity means nothing if butts aren't in the seats. That ride was walk on for years.

 

[Jon81uk]

Height requirement is a surprisingly high 48”. I thought this was supposed to be more family friendly than the rest of the Wizarding World?

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For a rollercoaster, 48" is pretty family friendly. Most theme parks in the UK have coasters that have 1.2m (48") restrictions that generally don't invert and 1.4m (55") restrictions for coasters than are more intense and usually invert.
An average 9 year old is about 48" so this seems about right.

 

[MisterPenguin]

For a rollercoaster, 48" is pretty family friendly. Most theme parks in the UK have coasters that have 1.2m (48") restrictions that generally don't invert and 1.4m (55") restrictions for coasters than are more intense and usually invert.
An average 9 year old is about 48" so this seems about right.

Warning: incoming pedantry...

Half of 7 year olds are 48". Almost all 8 year olds reach that height.

 

[OG Runner]

Warning: incoming pedantry...

Half of 7 year olds are 48". Almost all 8 year olds reach that height.

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Stop making sense, you and your charts! I think you just filled in those numbers to make your argument work.

 

[Horizons '83]

Warning: incoming pedantry...

Half of 7 year olds are 48". Almost all 8 year olds reach that height.

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This brings out another point that should be made, height restriction doesn't always equate to how thrilling an attraction will be. Primeval and RnRC are two VERY different thrill factors and very different experiences but have the same height requirement.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Stop making sense, you and your charts! I think you just filled in those numbers to make your argument work.

Of course I do. I know that no one will bother to check...