Why was Dragon Challenge removed?

Universal removed the coaster to make room for their new Harry Potter attraction. But over the years, I feel like they got rid of it because it was getting outdated, hard to keep up, and they had a lot of reported injuries. Also, they removed the dueling aspect of it after awhile, so it lost it's appeal.



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In 2011, Universal decided to make the Dragons stop dueling. While riding, three riders said they got hit by something, injuring them. After examining the coaster, the park stated that it could not be the coaster.

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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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Dueling Dragons/Dragon Challenge On July 31, 2011, a tourist was injured when an unidentified object hit him in the eye while riding Dragon Challenge. Prior to the incident, the guest had only one good eye, therefore the incident resulted in the guest completely losing his sight.

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