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                                                      HAGRID'S MAGICAL CREATURES MOTORBIKE ADVENTURE • UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT


        UNIVERSAL ORLANDO                   multi-rider raft rides. Take the Ko’okiri
        Step right into the middle of the action  Body Plunge, a 70-degree, 125-foot fall  FEATURED LINKS
        with the Fast & Furious–Supercharged  through a trap door, or relax on the Kopiko
        attraction, which debuted at Universal  Wai Winding River.                  Aquatica Orlando
        Studios in 2018. Based on the popular film  Join Jimmy Fallon and his guests on a fun-  AquaticaOrlando.com/orlando
        franchise, this incredible ride takes you  filled, 3D motion-simulated race through,  Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
        from an after-race party to a high-speed  under and above New York City. Race  BuschGardens.com/tampa
        escape from a criminal cartel.      Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon at  Discovery Cove
          Guests can’t get enough of  Volcano Bay,  Universal Studios Florida is also the testing  DiscoveryCove.com/orlando
        Universal Orlando’s third theme park.  ground for Universal’s Virtual Line program.
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        Unlike Islands of Adventure and Universal  Guests simply make reservations on the
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        Studios Florida, Volcano Bay, featuring  Universal Orlando Resort Mobile app or
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        Krakatau,  the   200-foot  volcano  nearby kiosk. The attraction also features a
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        overlooking a Pacific-island, is all about  Tonight Show memorabilia museum and live
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        getting wet. The volcano is home to the  shows starring the Hashtag Panda and the
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        park’s Krakatau Aqua Coaster, an exciting,  Ragtime Gals barbershop quartet.
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        first-of-its-kind aqua coaster that propels  Harry Potter fans will be happy to see the
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        you upward and downward through the  addition of Hagrid's Magical Creatures
        volcano’s interior peaks and valleys.  Motorbike Adventure. Board magical
        Volcano Bay offers more than 30 experi-  motorbikes to fly far into the dark forest past  it will rocket you forward, sling you backward
        ences including a multi-directional wave  Hogwarts castle, towering trees and magical  and drop you.  It is the first free fall on a
        pool with sandy beaches and twisting  creatures, dodging fierce beasts.  At 50 mph  rollercoaster in the U.S.


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