Universal Islands of Adventure 2019 - Harry Potter Coaster

[Dirk_Ermen]

Damn. Anyone wanna carry out and take a few cars?

[Paradox]

That's just sad honestly.

Looks like 101 new acres of land has been purchased by Universal for expansion.

Source

Current progress for Dragon Challenge's replacement as of Februrary 2018:





















Hopefully, we will find soon what exactly is taking Dragon Challenge's place.

Source: https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct?ref_ ... r%5Eauthor

Footers being poured for new coaster:





Also, are those coaster supports i see?:



Source: https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct

[Paradox]

The ride has gone vertical and there are lots of supports on site

[Dirk_Ermen]

Vekoma F.L.Y. but then for Universal?

Here are some more images of the supports that have recently gone in:











EDIT: We now have a fantastic image of the supports from inside the park:



I think this confirms that this will be an Intamin roller coaster. Could be something like Taron, but with motorbike style trains.

Sources:

https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct

https://twitter.com/Midway_Mayhem

[herman116]

They have quite a big place to build something. It would be cool if it became something like Taron.

Ooooooh... okay, okay. I am still enjoying this for now.

Some bigger supports starting to rise now:













Source: https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct

Lol talk about deep footers. I wonder if this one is going to get some pretty landscaping.

[Dirk_Ermen]

This looks quite interesting! Especially with those larger supports coming in.

[mkingy]

GerstlCrazy wrote:

Lol talk about deep footers. I wonder if this one is going to get some pretty landscaping.

Yeah, possibly a man made water feature? They all look to be of top level which might suggest water or perhaps a themeing piece I guess.

New update from the former site of Dragon Challenge:













Also worth noting that track has started to go in for the new coaster:







Source: https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct

I really like how they used the dual station to connect the single track. Those little creative details, man.

More track starting to go in now:















Source: https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct

Interesting video regarding track layout and details:

Alot more track starting to go in now:























Here's a look also at the ride parts still in the backstage area of the park. I can also see what looks like to be some tree's which will go in around the ride area:







Source: https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct

I am still looking forward to this final product. That video's speculations and what we can physically see onsite have me very curious.

There are also rumours surrounding the Jurassic Park area, including a re-theme to Jurassic World and a new coaster. This excellent video explains it all:

Maybe like instead of destroying rides and building two new rides every single freaking year, they could pump the brakes and decrease ticket prices a bit lol. I understand the need to maintain relevance, but they are flirting with obnoxiousness...

Some fantastic images of the newly laid track from ground level:







































Source: http://orlandoparkstop.com/news/constru ... ore-track/

^ Revenge of the Mummy versus that one -- looks entertaining to me already!