{"id":1002,"date":"2017-07-31T18:26:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T18:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2017-07-31T18:26:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T18:26:21","slug":"universal-to-replace-dragon-challenge-with-new-harry-potter-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2017\/07\/31\/universal-to-replace-dragon-challenge-with-new-harry-potter-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal to Replace Dragon Challenge With New Harry Potter Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/800px-Universal-Islands-of-Adventure-Dragon-Challenge-Coaster-9160.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1003\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/800px-Universal-Islands-of-Adventure-Dragon-Challenge-Coaster-9160-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>A Mysterious new ride is coming to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.<br \/>\nOne of the biggest rides in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will close permanently and <a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\">Universal Orlando<\/a> promises a huge new attraction will replace it.<br \/>\nIn early September, the Dragon Challenge is going away and construction for a new attraction will begin. No further details have been released, but Universal says it will make way to something &#8220;highly themed with a few surprise.&#8221;<br \/>\nIn a blog post, the theme park announced only a few days ago it is planning to make a \u201cnew generation of thrill ride\u201d in the park. The new ride will replace the existing Dragon Challenge coaster at the Hogsmeade section of the Wizarding World in the Islands of Adventure theme park.<!--more--><br \/>\nThe two intertwined, inverted coasters were original rides for Islands of Adventure\u2019s grand opening on May 28, 1999, and were initially known as \u201cDueling Dragons.\u201d The attraction was renamed \u201cDragon Challenge\u201d in 2010 and became part of Wizarding World.<br \/>\nBoth coasters are 125 feet tall and with 3,200 feet of track, they feature five inversions. The red track reaches a top speed of 60 miles per hour while the blue one reaches 55 mph.<br \/>\nIn the past, the two coasters used to duel, with several near miss elements throughout their run. However, due to several incidents of riders being hit by flying loose objects from the other ride, Universal altered the train timing to stop the dueling.<br \/>\nDragon Challenge\u2019s last day of operation will be Sept. 4.<br \/>\nThe theme park promises in its blog that the all-new ride \u201cwill take you deeper into J.K. Rowling\u2019s Wizarding World,\u201d and will include some of your favorite characters and creatures. The ride will be unlike anything you have seen before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Mysterious new ride is coming to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. One of the biggest rides in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will close permanently and Universal Orlando promises a huge new attraction will replace it. In early September, the Dragon Challenge is going away and construction for a new attraction will &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2017\/07\/31\/universal-to-replace-dragon-challenge-with-new-harry-potter-ride\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Universal to Replace Dragon Challenge With New Harry Potter Ride&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}