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Within the first hour of its opening day, Universal Florida’s latest Harry Potter rollercoaster has amassed a staggering 10-hour wait time as thousands have descended on the park on Thursday in search of a magical thrill.

Taking two years and more than $300 million to build, Hagrid’s Magic Creatures Motorbike ride in Universal’s Island of Adventure promises to take park-goers on an otherworldly mile-long adventure through the famed Forbidden Forrest – if they can actually get on the ride, that is.

Die-hard fans who wanted to be among the first to sample the new coaster arrived before the sun came up in the early hours of Thursday morning, but many of them were likely to have still been stood waiting long into the afternoon.

Universal’s Orlando mobile app is currently estimating waiting times of between eight and 10 hours as of the early afternoon.

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Universal Florida’s latest Harry Potter rollercoaster has a staggering 10-hour wait time just one hour after first opening its doors Thursday, the park has revealed

Universal Florida’s latest Harry Potter rollercoaster has a staggering 10-hour wait time just one hour after first opening its doors Thursday, the park has revealed

Die-hard fans who wanted to be among the first to sample the new coaster arrived before the sun came up in the early hours of Thursday morning, but many of them were likely to have still been stood waiting long into the afternoon

Die-hard fans who wanted to be among the first to sample the new coaster arrived before the sun came up in the early hours of Thursday morning, but many of them were likely to have still been stood waiting long into the afternoon

Pictures and videos on social media shows hordes of thrill-seekers gathered in a cordoned off line, stretching from Harry Potter Land all the way back to the Dr. Seuss area of the park.

As a result of the hefty line, fans hoping to visit the Hogsmeade village are having to be re-routed through the Jurassic Park-themed stretch of the park, all the way on the other side of the Islands of Adventure, CNBC reported.

From Friday onwards the park will be using a virtual ticket queue, allowing fans to still roam around the park while that await their place on Hagrid’s iconic motorbike, rather stand still for hours on end.

Park-goers will be alerted for when it’s their turn to line-up via a notification through the park’s cell phone app.

The ride, which replaced the

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