Dueling Dragons at Universal's Islands of Adventure (pre Harry Potter)

This is a video of the Dueling Dragons inverted roller coaster at Universal's Islands Adventure before it was rethemed and renamed Dragons Challenge to fit with the area that was also transformed into the Wonderful Wizzarding World of Harry Potter. It contains a video of the movie at the entry to the castle and a walk through video from the castle entry to the loading station plus a video of all three of the near misses. The coaster was designed by B&M (Bollinger and Mabilliard in Monthey, Switzerland. The Que is in the Guniess Book of World Records for the most expensive ride Que in the world.

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• Challenge

[TheRiderLucas]

can someone tell me the time where you choose what side you want

[woodencoasterfan]

@TheRiderLucas It's just before you get to the loading station.

[1SANTISTA1]

do u know if there are any ride at UIOA that will be shut down because of harry potter world?

[woodencoasterfan]

No, they're not getting rid of ay of the rides in the new Harry Potter area. They'll just be renaming the rides. ueling Dragons will be called Dragon's Challenge and the Flying Unicorn will have a name with Hogwarts in it. They are also adding a new 4D motion ride much like The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman.

[LoveofAphrodite]

@1SANTISTA1, Apparently, from what I have heard. Everything is the same. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be located on the right side of the park. Lost Continent will be a bit smaller, but not by much. Apparently, the 2 huge statues of the fire and ice dragon of Dueling Dragon's Main Entrance have been removed. :( Also, the family roller coaster next to Dueling Dragons called The Flying Unicorn, will be shut down but reopened with a new name.

[woodencoasterfan]

The Flying Unicorn will be rethemed and called the "Flying Hippogriff". You should see my latest Harry Potter construction video that was shot on 12-31-09.

[Rammsteinfanforlife]

I'm glad I got to go through this que so many times before it was ruined by a POS franchise that I've hated all my life.

[nieves2408]

@XD1243 i remember i was playin with the skulls lol now theres nothing but boring halls

[SuperClindley]

Great video! That ride is one of the best themed coaster rides ever. BTW, do they have enough exit signs in that dungeon/castle : )

[magicman205]

It's amazing how long the que line is for this ride. Took you like 10 minutes just to walk through it...

[TrueFever]

Oh and they also took out the two dragons in the entrance and now it's just a wall with a lame archway. I don't get why they couldn't have just painted the dragons or altered them to look like the ones from the movie, or even made them look like brick/cement that blended into the wall they created.

[TrueFever]

I'm sad that because Dueling Dragons is now apart of Harry Potter, there's basically no decorations in the halls that you're in while you wait in line. The decor of the castle was a major reason why I loved that ride so much and now it's just boring to walk through. I don't think keeping the old decorations would have clashed at all with The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme.

[Hieagandaus]

In my opinion,I think the old Que was so much better,now there's nothing in the que,just candles which reminds me of space Mt. and eggs golden eggs,and the wizard dude isnt there anymore,he was cool

''Swords and shields will not work,for you are heading towards the dragons lurk.''