Get ready for adventure, islands of it, man.

From the studios to Volcano Bay.

This is the Universal Joint, a podcast devoted to all things Universal,

with your host Jim Hill and Dustin Foods.

Welcome to the Universal Joint Podcast.

I'm Entertainment Writer Jim Hill,

by co-host Dustin Fuse and I are recording the show on Friday February 22nd 2019, which is just a day

after the Universal Orlando Resort finally went public with both a name and an opening date for the least secret

theme park attraction in the history of man.

Given this ride is being built just down the hill from the Wisenic World Hogsweed

Village, we already knew that this team ride was going to be Harry Potter themed.

Given that the spot that the attraction that was being built on had previously been occupied by the

Dragon Challenge Ride and that was in a world for word was just a lightly re-themed version of an opening day of island adventure attraction dueling dragons.

So we knew it was a coaster. I mean, we obviously we knew it a coaster, but because for the past nine months we've been watching

the on-site construction team use cranes to winch the track into place.

After months and months and months of speculation, we have a name, we have an open the

track into place after months and months of speculation we have a name we have an opening date so Dustin

tell them the name tell them the opening day so the the name itself is Hagrid's

magical creatures motor bike adventure is Hagrid's Magical's Magical's Magical Adventure.

It will be shortened to Hagrid's from this point for it.

I will bet that no one will ever use that name in its entirety, but it basically says exactly what it is.

It's a motor bike adventure where you get to see magical creatures.

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