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Universal Orlando’s Harry Potter ride to feature a free-fall vertical drop

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Universal Orlando's Harry Potter ride to feature a free-fall vertical drop
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ByGenevieve Shaw Brown
Video byNidhi Singh
May 23, 2019, 10:15 PM

The most anticipated roller coaster of the summer is being billed as a "story coaster."

Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, opening at Universal Orlando on June 13, takes guests into one of the "most mysterious places in the Wizarding World – the Forbidden Forest," Universal Orlando said.

Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, opening at Universal Orlando on June 13.
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With 7 total launches, it has the most of any roller coaster in the world. It is the first US-coaster to feature a free-fall vertical drop, which totals 17 feet. Guests will be catapulted 65 feet in the air at a more than 70 degree angle and then immediately drop backward in one movement. It will be the longest roller coaster in Florida, measuring 5,053 feet or nearly a mile in length.

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New details of Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, opening at Universal Orlando on June 13.
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The park has just released new photos and video that show what the coaster will be like from the perspective of the person riding.

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"Aboard magical motorbikes, guests will actually feel the freedom of flight as they journey to the edge of the forest – regardless of if they’re on the motorcycle or in the adjacent sidecar. They’ll ascend above the trees, rapidly accelerate through mysterious ruins, speed forward – and backward, and so much more as they search for the wizarding world’s rarest magical creatures," it said.

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