Will have photos up Friday evening, Saturday morning after I get back from the station. I just returned from six days in Orlando and visited Universal on Dec. 15.
Took a lot of snaps of Potterland. Looks impressive. The Dueling Dragons castle is mostly shut down with expansion work. It was quite weird walking "in" the "exit" and immediately being dumped into the "ice" coaster line.
As soon as I was done riding ice, all I needed to do was exit the row, cross a small rope and into the "fire" line. It's sort of like going into the quick return line, but you don't go into the castle interior. Instead it's all in the line area.
Rode both coasters six times in about 15 minutes. The coasters were not filled. No line at all. Had a row to myself and the row in front of me there were no riders.
Two cast members said the coaster would be shutting down in January for an extended refurb and refit to complete the transformation. Once the ride shuts down, so will the temp wooden walkway in order for Diagon Alley to be completed and connected. The cast member said both coasters will be transformed into Potter-specific dragons.
