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Katonga, Busch Gardens Tampa. Absolutely amazing show!

*double posted on accident.

This is pretty neat! I just moved to SoCal so I haven't been able to experience the parks out here, but it's crazy coming from FL seeing how jam packed these parks are, and then seeing how big Magic Mountain's footprint. Operating a helicopter from 1,400 feet up and moving rapidly over the area vs. the camera''s zoomed view are far different.

Having never ridden a coaster with comfort collars, are they just intrusive? Do you find yourself banging your neck against them? etc.

Dueling Dragons, back when it used to duel. Ice was my shit growing up, and Fire was my first ever roller coaster I ever rode.

These photos are great! What camera are you using?

I'm loving this addition to the parks. My question on it though: do they group you with others that aren't in your party? Did you have to wait for an individual carriage? etc.

I love love love the color on this ride, and I'm super stoked that such a bad ass RMC to such an amazing park!

Can we get a POV for those of us who don't have the game? It looks incredible and I'd love to see it!

I absolutely love those smashed bottle plates! Also a huge fan of the pillars design in the lobby, and how it's reflected in the artwork!

All I can think of with this theme is:

And that same day, I watched people RUN out of the queue and RUN to get back in line. Here I was in September of 2017 and I watching people run around the queue to "Dragon Hop" just like we did in 1999. Exactly the same. No different. Oh, except instead of running back in line in 1999, in 2017 it was: Run... stop at the metal detector... run some more... Were you still able to "Dragon Hop" with the fluffy bunnies having a timer on them? Or was it too time constrictive?

I assume Rowling wanted a more family vibe to the rides there. Honestly I'm very disappointed in how this ride turned out. The immense lack of theme is just striking to me. As a Potter fan myself, and seeing how much went into Gringotts, and the Forbidden Journey, just to get a ride that has been reviewed as "being able to tell you're in a big a show building" is immensely disappointing. On top of that Dueling Dragons: Fire was my first roller coaster, so there was some sentimentality about losing that ride. While we didn't get a thrill ride to replace it, it just feels very underwhel

At the risk of sounding dumb; how does she keep her leg straight under the forces at the bottom of the swing for the foot cam? Am I missing some prop in the image? Other than that, it looks like a great addition to the park!