What ride was replaced by the wizarding world of Harry Potter?

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Studios Hollywood on April 7, 2016, Replacing The Adventures of Curious George which closed on September 6, 2013. The flagship attraction is the flight-simulating ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, similar to the Orlando one.
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What ride was replaced at Harry Potter World?

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter also contains Flight of the Hippogriff, a family roller coaster, and formerly included Dragon Challenge, a pair of inverted roller coasters, which was replaced in 2019 by a new roller coaster, Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure.
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What did Diagon Alley replace at Universal?

The town of Amity, which was the land which had the Jaws ride, was little more than a town fair. Out with the old and in with the new, and Jaws and Amity were replaced by the Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley in 2014.
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What replaced the Jaws ride?

The attraction and the rest of it's land of Amity Island permanently closed on January 2, 2012 and was demolished and got replaced by Diagon Alley for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter which included, Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts.
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What were dueling dragons replaced with?

Universal later announced that Dueling Dragons would be renamed Dragon Challenge upon the re-opening of the attraction and that its two coasters would be renamed Hungarian Horntail and Chinese Fireball. Construction on re-theming the queue began in the third quarter of 2009.
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What did VelociCoaster replace?

VelociCoaster is the newest rollercoaster added to Islands of Adventure, replacing the defunct Triceratops Encounter attraction.
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Why did they get rid of Dueling Dragons?

In 2011, a 52-year-old man was struck by a flying object. His right eyeball was severely damaged, so it had to be removed. As a result, Universal permanently turned off the dueling feature, the ride's signature element, and took extensive measures to ensure the trains would not duel.
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What did the Fast and Furious ride replace?

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The ride opened on April 23, 2018, replacing Disaster!. The ride features guests joining Dominic Toretto and his crew on buses to protect an important witness from being captured by the FBI and Owen Shaw.
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What replaced the Back to the Future ride?

The Simpsons Ride is a motion simulator ride located in the Springfield areas of both Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood. Based on the animated television series The Simpsons, the ride was announced in 2007 as a replacement for Back to the Future: The Ride at both parks.
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What ride replaced Disaster at Universal?

The attraction then permanently closed on September 8, 2015 and got replaced by Fast and Furious: Supercharged.
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What did Harry Potter World replace at Universal?

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Studios Hollywood on April 7, 2016, Replacing The Adventures of Curious George which closed on September 6, 2013. The flagship attraction is the flight-simulating ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, similar to the Orlando one.
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Why did Universal get rid of Jaws?

The proverbial other shoe dropped in December of 2011, when Universal announced that Jaws and the entire Amity area would be closing to to be replaced by 'an exciting, NEW, experience” which was soon revealed to be the Diagon Alley expansion of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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What ride replaced Terminator?

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T2-3D: Battle Across Time (also known as, Terminator 2: 3D and styled as T2 3-D) is a former 3D attraction at Universal Studios Florida that opened on April 27, 1996 based on the Terminator franchise. It then permanently closed on October 8, 2017 and got replaced by The Bourne Stuntacular.
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What did the King Kong ride replace?

This is the second ride at Universal Orlando Resort to feature King Kong. The previous ride was Kongfrontation, which closed in 2002 to make way for Revenge of the Mummy.
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Is Jaws Ride still at Universal?

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Lens for USJ's Jaws Ride. For most stateside theme park goers, Universal's Jaws ride is a thing of the past. Once a staple of Universal Studios Florida, the ride closed there in 2012 to make way for the expanded Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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What did the minions ride replace at Universal?

Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem is a 3D simulator ride located in the Production Central area of Universal Studios Florida. It replaced Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast, and The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera.
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What replaced the ET ride at Universal Studios?

The Hollywood version closed on March 14, 2003, and was replaced by Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride. The Japanese installation closed on May 10, 2009, and was replaced by Space Fantasy – The Ride.
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Does Harry Potter ride a dragon?

Though they couldn't be domesticated, there was one known instance of a dragon being used as a mount. In May 1998, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger rode on the back of a dragon, though they had trouble maintaining a grip on their steed, and could not control its flight.
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