Universal Islands of Adventure 2019 - Harry Potter Coaster

I guess the dragons are being challenged, and losing badly.

[hyyyper]

Looks kinda like a TOGO in that last pic

Alas, there she goes... The first truly defunct B&M.

I shout "NO more destruction photos of a decent B&M!" Oh please do not get us down!

^I kinda like the destruction photos, maybe I'm a sadist

[Coasterkidmwm]

masochist lol.

[Paradox]

So neither of them are getting saved? What a waste... Straight up awful treatment of these coasters.

God damn it...

[mkingy]

Olmisery wrote:

So neither of them are getting saved? What a waste... Straight up awful treatment of these coasters.

Did we ever really expect that they would be relocated?

[Paradox]

mkingy wrote:

Olmisery wrote:

So neither of them are getting saved? What a waste... Straight up awful treatment of these coasters.

Did we ever really expect that they would be relocated?

I was just a tiny bit hopeful But Universal is like an impatient child at a toy store. They'd never spend time waiting for a sale, they're like "get it the f^%$ out and give me that new new.

[Paradox]

^ I kinda hope a park incorporates the destroyed track to theme a new ride. Imagine how cool an apocalypse theme would be if it looked like the track itself was falling apart!

Hello Darkness My Old Friend comes to mind when I see this

[Coasterkidmwm]

#triggered

[Dirk_Ermen]

Always a shame to see a coaster being fully demolished.

[Paradox]

changa wrote:

^ I kinda hope a park incorporates the destroyed track to theme a new ride. Imagine how cool an apocalypse theme would be if it looked like the track itself was falling apart!

Universal itself incorporated some Hulk scraps into the entrance of the new one. Maybe they won't fully leave the dragons behind like an old shoe *imagines a decent world.*

In any case, it's weird to see the track lying in a heap like that. It's weird to see the once busy footprint becoming empty in ^ Paradox's photo. I wouldn't be discouraged by these sights if I thought that Universal would replace them with a world-class coaster, which should, and could happen. But I don't think it will happen.

^ I kind of want them to reuse those large inversions - just my small wish, though.

Obviously it would only take a small fraction of the space, but I think a VR quiditch attraction would be amazing.

[Coasterkidmwm]

"Shredding through the stratus descends no other than Haggar, the Horrible - a huge man, that if you didn't know better, you might mistake for a gigantic hairy truck..."

Ouch.

Looks more dangerous than The Smiler now.

^^ Like in a situation where kids hear someone say "Put your toys away!"