While many are waiting for "Star Wars" to land at Walt Disney World, fans of the "Harry Potter" universe are getting a ride of their own this year.

On June 13, 2019, Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, the latest addition to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Universal Orlando Resort. It is being touted as "the most highly themed, immersive coaster experience yet,"  combining storytelling, technology,  environments and sets, like an actual forest with more than 1,200 live trees.

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Riders join Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class and climb on bikes or sidecars to get close to "the wizarding world's rarest magical creatures" in the Forbidden Forest, going up to 50 mph forward and backwards.

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