Hagrid's Coaster Queue Updates / Questions / Reviews

[ray3127]

What time would you get to IoA tomorrow (Thursday)?

We are staying onsite at Hard Rock, had this trip booked since last July and lucked out with Hagrid's opening during our trip. We leave Friday, so tomorrow is the day for us.

 

[TommyJK]

What time would you get to IoA tomorrow (Thursday)?

We are staying onsite at Hard Rock, had this trip booked since last July and lucked out with Hagrid's opening during our trip. We leave Friday, so tomorrow is the day for us.

I would say "as early as they'd let you through security". If I were you I'd go to the security checkpoint between Hard Rock and citywalk and ask one of the guys working today how early they're starting tomorrow.

 

[Liljo22]

Just watched a video and saw it is a continuous load platform. Great decision. I haven't found a video that shows how long it takes the vehicle to dispatch yet though. They have a continuous load on Wonder Women at the Six Flags. It definitely adds a little to the notoriously bad capacity of coasters.

 

[Disxuni]

Does anyone want to venture a guess as to what the average wait would be from the sign/entrance to the actual ride? That is a reaaaaaalllly long queue.

I know @TommyJK said 2-3 hours, but I would imagine it would be much longer than that. As an 3 hour wait can take just the whole queue area for FoP and queues at USF/IoA tend to be better/longer than Disney's. Perhaps, 2-3 hours from entrance/gate to the actual ride entrance (more leaning towards minimum of 3 hours), but I'm assuming you meant including the wait time from gate/entrance to getting onto the actual ride? I would state minimum 6-8 due, including my minimum estimate of 3 hours for gate to ride entrance and estimating minimum 3-5 queue itself (as I've heard reports of TMs waiting for 3 hours, as well as up to 5 and I do not know if that includes inside the queue itself, or being outside of the entrance, as for all I know there could have been even longer waits that I haven't heard of).

That's a very rough estimate based off many different experiences of my own (with general past queues) and from experiences I've read about Hagrid's coaster.

 

[Sehsun]

Where is this DIS team video you speak of? I'd really like to see it....

Search for "The DIS" on YouTube. That is where they posted the Hagrid's queue walk-through.

Also, I have heard that UO is going to open the parking garages at 6:30 tomorrow.

 

[TommyJK]

I know @TommyJK said 2-3 hours, but I would imagine it would be much longer than that. As an 3 hour wait can take just the whole queue area for FoP and queues at USF/IoA tend to be better/longer than Disney's. Perhaps, 2-3 hours from entrance/gate to the actual ride entrance (more leaning towards minimum of 3 hours), but I'm assuming you meant including the wait time from gate/entrance to getting onto the actual ride? I would state minimum 6-8 due, including my minimum estimate of 3 hours for gate to ride entrance and estimating minimum 3-5 queue itself (as I've heard reports of TMs waiting for 3 hours, as well as up to 5 and I do not know if that includes inside the queue itself, or being outside of the entrance, as for all I know there could have been even longer waits that I haven't heard of).

That's a very rough estimate based off many different experiences of my own (with general past queues) and from experiences I've read about Hagrid's coaster.

I mean, it ultimately comes down to hourly capacity and how many people the full queue holds.

Reports have been that they launch a train every 30 seconds, each train holds 14 passengers, so that's approx. 1600 riders per hour. If the queue holds 3200 people from entrance to boarding, that would be a 2 hour wait. If the queue holds 4800 people then that's a 3 hour wait.

With the TMs having ridden and reporting long waits of 3 + hours you have to take into account that in preview mode for them the ride had stopped operating in spurts during their previews for weather, temporary technical issues etc.

But in the end, it's tough to get a proper estimate without knowing how many people the queue holds when it is full. Mine was just an uneducated guess with some hourly capacity logic thrown in.

Will be interesting to see what it boils down to once the ride is fully up and running in daily operations at peak hourly throughput.

Edit: Weather forecast doesn't look good for the next few days either, and since it's an outdoor coaster it's likely to not be running for long stretches. So that is going to put a damper (pun-intended) on throughput for sure.

 

[skylock]

After seeing this, the separated line part doesn't make sense to me.

They are saying the motorcycle is bigger.

 

[ruthies12]

I could be wrong but I don't think the line is actually separated, one person said it was just a painted line on the ground. Have you ever ridden rip ride rockit? Right before you get on the moving loading platform they have you stand on those painted dots on the ground and it is just to help you know which car to get into and which side you are on. I'm picturing the Hagrid que to be like that, just a visual reference so people don't get up to the loading platform and then proceed to hold up the works by having a discussion of whether they want the motorbike or the sidecar with the rest of their riding party (cause you know there are stupid people who would do that lol).

 

[DisneyPrincess1984]

How do I read postings that have been blurred out?

 

[SaintsManiac]

After seeing this, the separated line part doesn't make sense to me.

They are saying the motorcycle is bigger.

Thanks for the video. This makes way more sense now.

 

[Disxuni]

Edit: Weather forecast doesn't look good for the next few days either, and since it's an outdoor coaster it's likely to not be running for long stretches. So that is going to put a damper (pun-intended) on throughput for sure.

Yeah, it's definitely going to make it even more unpredictable and longer.

How do I read postings that have been blurred out?

All you need to do is click on the blurred post and it should appear. It done to protect others who do not want to be spoiled.

 

[skylock]

Yeah, it's definitely going to make it even more unpredictable and longer.



All you need to do is click on the blurred post and it should appear. It done to protect others who do not want to be spoiled.

Frankly, if a person doesn't want to see spoilers. they should not click on a thread titled
Hagrid's Coaster Soft Openings Updates / Reviews.

 

[yulilin3]

I'm planning on being at the parking toll by 5:30am. I hope that's early enough to be able to ride in the first 2 hours of the park being open. People on FB are talking about 3am...I have a feeling there will be very little sleep for me tonight

 

[macraven]

Will the parking garage be open for those going at 3 am?

 

[yulilin3]

Will the parking garage be open for those going at 3 am?

Last i heard the parking garage opens at 6:30, I'm assuming earlier tomorrow but not sure about 3

 

[yulilin3]

Heading out in a bit. I've read from several fb pages that the garage will not open until 5am but there are people parked in the vicinity waiting so might as well join the party...I'll try and report as often as possible

 

[yulilin3]

The garage opened at 5:30, the park st 6am. We are being held before the entrance to hogsmead

 

[Disxuni]

Frankly, if a person doesn't want to see spoilers. they should not click on a thread titled
Hagrid's Coaster Soft Openings Updates / Reviews.

You can give updates about the situation of the opening and review without spoiling a lot of information. However, tbh, I think either Universal released, or we have talked about just about everything in terms of what to expect from the ride.

The garage opened at 5:30, the park st 6am. We are being held before the entrance to hogsmead

Interesting photo you got there. I can't wait to see how long the queue gets, especially since it's almost 9 now.

 

[mamapenguin]

The Universal Ap says Hagrid’s opens at 9:00 (which is now). I think I would be pretty unhappy if that is accurate with the park opening at 6:00. Gringotts was only 30 min.

Edit: Ap reports 600 min wait!

 

[Disxuni]

The Universal Ap says Hagrid’s opens at 9:00 (which is now). I think I would be pretty unhappy if that is accurate with the park opening at 6:00. Gringotts was only 30 min.

I would imagine Hagrid's does infact open at 9AM (they're probably just now letting people onto the ride), but they let people into the park early to wait at 6AM in order to prepare for the long queues.