Velocicoaster was purchased well before Hagrid’s Magical Creature Motorbike Adventure of Unusually Long Name Through the Forbidden Forest was even a complete circuit. Two Intamin blitz coasters was cheaper than two Mack Inverted Powered Coasters (one for Jurassic World at Universal a studios Beijing and the second for what is now Hagrid’s).
Ah the buy-in-bulk method. Makes sense. Many thanks!
Makes sense. Disney, Six Flags and Cedar Fair won’t work with them so their customer base is getting a little bit limited...Doesn't matter. Intamin will make the discount back on maintenance and parts.
Not sure if this is a joke or not.. Did they get some sort of discount getting both Hagrid's and Velocicoaster?
Apparently, yes. Explains why they kept building it during the pandemic.
Not really. Coasters are bought ex works from the manufacturer. The buyer is responsible for shipping and installation of the coaster. Universal already owned the coaster by the time the pandemic hit. The more likely reason work continued is because there wasn’t a good way to pause and protect what had been done.
It also seemed UO was ready to continue to work on Epic Universe throughout the pandemic... until reality hit.
How many giant boxes did Disney buy in bulk?
Giant boxes were mentioned so of course yes.
It’s rebranding.
whats going on?
Pretty noticeable exterior changes. Should be visible to guests.
Pictures from this morning - good chunk of scaffolding is going up.
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