Welcome to the Universal Joint Podcast. I'm Entertainment writer Jim Hill and my co-host

Dustin Fuse and I are recording this podcast on Tuesday, December 4th. While he and I are

recording this, Rise of the Resistance is having its dedication ceremony at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

And Dustin, I find it fascinating that inside of the same six month window, because you have to remember, Hagrid's magical creatures Motor Bike Adventure,

opened at Universal Islands Adventure back on June 13th of this year.

We've had two state-of-the-art theme park attractions open in Central Florida, both of which

feature ride systems that do things that throw-ride fans have never ever experienced before.

And you actually got to ride Hagrid's magical creatures

motor wreck adventure last month during our fan event.

So again, you can go from talking about this thing theory to the actual right experience.

What was that like?

Oh, it was a blast.

It was an experience that when you when you actually are on the the trains on the

motorbikes you you really focus on the

focus on the story telling and the fact that you are going from a coaster that goes forwards and backwards and up and down and drops and everything like that.

Everything that people have said about the expectation of this ride is correct.

The only thing that comes up is the fact that it is very unreliable.

And even looking just before we recorded, there's only so many days that Hagrid's is going right until close.

So my hope is that they'll figure out exactly what's going on.

If it takes a couple extra months to really get it nailed down,

that's perfect because people who go to Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Orlando,

they need to ride this attraction.

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