Hagrid's Coaster Queue Updates / Questions / Reviews

Yes, I edited it for the exact reason you posted. However, for any ride that the baby can go on, you still have to carry them through the queue. We actually love the baby swap at Universal and just pass the baby around. We'd rather all be together in line than be splitting up for every ride.

It would be lovely to be able to keep the baby in the stroller but you can see what a problem it would be with so many strollers.
I agree, strollers in the line would be a mess.

I'm not a fan of carrying babies through the line like you are, but I still don't want strollers allowed in line. My kids didn't ever happily lay in my arms, they squirmed and cried, and I got 90% while my DH got 10% (if that!). Now we have twin toddlers, so having them in a long line to use rider switch would be a nightmare for us and everyone around us, but they aren't going on our universal trip so i don't have to worry at this point. We were saving Universal for when our youngest was 48", but then the twins came along. So our youngest is now our middle, he's now 48", and we had the opportunity for a short trip without the twins, so here we are :-)
 
Pros and cons to each but I think the WDW is more friendly if you have a heavy or tired little one. Can you bring a baby carrier through the line?
yes you can wear a baby carrier. I used them some, but found that I didn't like taking the carrier on and off so I didn't use it as much as I thought I would. But in a line with a little one who could sleep in it it would be ideal - you just have to transfer the baby and the carrier to the next adult when you would take your turn to ride.

ETA I assume you can wear a baby in the line at Universal, my experience is at Disney. I don't know what would happen for the lines with metal detectors, if your carrier set it off.
 
Thanks! I've worn at carrier all around Disney so I know it's ok there. But Universal has the lockers, so I am wondering if a carrier is considered to be a bag? I have a soft one that has no metal. But it does have a pouch you can put some small items in.

yes you can wear a baby carrier. I used them some, but found that I didn't like taking the carrier on and off so I didn't use it as much as I thought I would. But in a line with a little one who could sleep in it it would be ideal - you just have to transfer the baby and the carrier to the next adult when you would take your turn to ride.

ETA I assume you can wear a baby in the line at Universal, my experience is at Disney. I don't know what would happen for the lines with metal detectors, if your carrier set it off.
 
Thanks! I've worn at carrier all around Disney so I know it's ok there. But Universal has the lockers, so I am wondering if a carrier is considered to be a bag? I have a soft one that has no metal. But it does have a pouch you can put some small items in.

You're not going to be wearing the baby on the ride, so it doesn't matter. You can bring whatever you want through the line if it is staying in the kid swap room.
 


My son will also be squirmy in the line, which is why I like the WDW system better where you don't have to wait in the line with your toddler. Hopefully if we can bring a carrier, I can time it during his nap and he will nap in the carrier for a while. We've been on most of the other rides besides Hadgrid's, and are all big Harry Potter fans. Otherwise we will try single rider, though my experience with that on other rides hasn't been great.

I agree, strollers in the line would be a mess.

I'm not a fan of carrying babies through the line like you are, but I still don't want strollers allowed in line. My kids didn't ever happily lay in my arms, they squirmed and cried, and I got 90% while my DH got 10% (if that!). Now we have twin toddlers, so having them in a long line to use rider switch would be a nightmare for us and everyone around us, but they aren't going on our universal trip so i don't have to worry at this point. We were saving Universal for when our youngest was 48", but then the twins came along. So our youngest is now our middle, he's now 48", and we had the opportunity for a short trip without the twins, so here we are :-)
 
Thanks! I've worn at carrier all around Disney so I know it's ok there. But Universal has the lockers, so I am wondering if a carrier is considered to be a bag? I have a soft one that has no metal. But it does have a pouch you can put some small items in.
Yeah, that’s a good question. I would assume since it’s obvious that someone has to stay off with the baby you would be allowed to have it in line, since there would always be an adult to wear it, but maybe not. It’s not like you want to ride the ride with the carrier on and leave the other adult holding the baby without it! Hopefully someone who has experience will answer.
 
I am so happy to see all this talk of babies and strollers and carriers! I was the OP that asked about the strollers and reading that a carrier would probably be allowed in the line is great news. This will be a big learning experience with us as our kids were 5 and 6 when we first went on vacations like this. I do remember a stroller for that first year but that was just at WDW.
 


You're not going to be wearing the baby on the ride, so it doesn't matter. You can bring whatever you want through the line if it is staying in the kid swap room.
Agreed. On our last trip, one of our adult daughters didn't want to ride FJ. We all carried our bags with us in line and when TMs told us we needed a locker, we just said that one of our party wasn't going to ride and would go to the child swap area. They were fine with that answer and let us go in line.

When we got to the split where child swappers divide from the line, we handed her all the bags and she took them to the swap area. Worked fine.
 
The ride is awesome but it's so difficult to plan your day with its unreliability. The wait times are always far away from the truth. There were times I really was lucky, like on 11/2 when I entered the line at 4 p.m. with posted 90mins and I was off in 40mins or on 11/3 with 60mins instead of posted 120. And than there were times were I waited longer than the posted time because of short down times - always around mid day: 100mins instead of posted 50 and the line started several meters in front of Hagrids Hut, or now as I entered with 60min wait and after some wait there was no movement for 15mins before they actually warned that there is a delay, it were 20 more mins before it moved again. I am just outside the preshow, so I could expect a real wait time of 120mins. As for advices: I don't have any, just enter the line, you could be lucky or not. I've also never seen the Single Rider Line open in my 6 tries.
As far as I could tell, if there are no delays when you are at Hagrids Hut the wait time is 60-75mins, when you are in the preshow it's about 45-50mins.
 
From my experience, once you get inside it is 30 minutes. This is based on 2 times.
It's based on my 5 visits with preshow this week. The cast members say it's still 60 minutes when you enter the first building. Only time I waited less than 45mins at this point was at opening or at close without preshow.
 
Perhaps now on my final day I have a good advice but also a maybe risky one: Try to enter the line after the advised 3.00pm and near 4.00 pm.
I've seen that Hagrids closed around 3.30/3.45 the last days, so I've entered it on 3.30. with posted 120mins for my last ride. I waited 40mins (no preshow), could enter again - this time 10mins with single rider - and now on my way to make it three as it was still open at 4.30, after 10mins I entered the egg room (now with the preshow again) and assumingly will wait 30mins more for my really final one of the bike.

Update: Very bad idea, was on the bike after 40mins wait but now stucked on the coaster for 30mins already and still waiting for being evacuated.
 
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It's been a while since I popped into this thread, and looking at all of this...I'm getting nervous. I'm less than three months out from my trip and they're still having downtime and massive lines? I'm already nervous I won't fit in the ride vehicle, but I was hoping it would at least be less of a wait/less of an ordeal by the time of my trip so at least if I didn't make it on the ride I wouldn't have spent a ton of time on it.

Sounds like rope drop is still the best bet, though? I've only got one day planned at Universal. Not looking forward to sprinting crowds, either. :C
 
It's been a while since I popped into this thread, and looking at all of this...I'm getting nervous. I'm less than three months out from my trip and they're still having downtime and massive lines? I'm already nervous I won't fit in the ride vehicle, but I was hoping it would at least be less of a wait/less of an ordeal by the time of my trip so at least if I didn't make it on the ride I wouldn't have spent a ton of time on it.

Sounds like rope drop is still the best bet, though? I've only got one day planned at Universal. Not looking forward to sprinting crowds, either. :C
Yes, yes they are still having major issues and serious downtime. Ride opened way before it was ready.

Rope drop is your best bet. ESPECIALLY if you have only one day. Get there an hour early.
 
Here now. Got in line at 7:45 and had about 20 people in front of us. They let us through the gates at 8:45 and then we wound through the outside waiting area, getting to a stopping point at Hagrid’s hut. Line started moving again shortly after 9:00 but as we were walking, the message came through that there was an extended delay. We are now now sitting on the floor in the corridor outside what I am assuming is the main room before loading. It’s been about 30 minutes of this. I’m hoping this hasn’t all been a waste of time.
 
It’s 10:10 and we’re still on an extended delay. No estimate on when it will be running. No one seems to be bailing out but that could be because we’re close to the front. Maybe further back, people got out of line. I have now deducted 2 1/2 hours to this starting from the 7:45 time at the front gate so I’m hesitant to give up now.
 
Yes, yes they are still having major issues and serious downtime. Ride opened way before it was ready.

Rope drop is your best bet. ESPECIALLY if you have only one day. Get there an hour early.
Right now it looks like that's the plan for me--I had a moment last night where I seriously thought about just skipping my day at UO and adding a sixth day at WDW if it's going to be this much of a gamble as to whether I'll even get to ride the thing. But the ticket's already paid for and I think I'm enough of an optimist to at least try for it...even though literally this morning it went down immediately after opening....
 
Thanks for the updates, @amy1994! I'd feel the same way if I were that close. Especially since just my luck if I ever bailed out it'd seem like minutes later it would be up and running, then I'd definitely slap myself.
 
So at 11:15 they kicked everyone out of line and gave us all a return pass for Hagrids and a single attraction express pass. This was unfortunate for the people next to us who left the line 10 minutes earlier! Luckily, we have 2 more days here so I’m hoping the Hagrid pass will help us tomorrow.
 
So at 11:15 they kicked everyone out of line and gave us all a return pass for Hagrids and a single attraction express pass. This was unfortunate for the people next to us who left the line 10 minutes earlier! Luckily, we have 2 more days here so I’m hoping the Hagrid pass will help us tomorrow.

Wow, I wonder what went wrong. However, at least it paid off (kinda) by getting not only a return pass, but also another EP for another attraction. Do not know if it means much as I do not know if you're staying at one of the deluxe hotels, or you already bought EP. However, at least they finally stopped having guests wait and gave them something in return for lost time. Glad you have two more days of the parks.
 

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