Intriguing insider details about the attractions that may be coming to Universal's Islands of Adventure

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Read an excerpt from The Orlando Sentinel:

Universal's Hogwarts, records show, will be 150 feet, or 15 stories, high.

The castle will also house what is expected to be the Wizarding World's signature attraction. Several people familiar with the project, including one person directly involved, said the ride will be what's known as a "robocoaster" — a ride system in which guests sit in seats suspended from a robotic arm that can swivel and swoop in multiple directions while it advances along a track.

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EMMETT'S COMMENTARY: This new land will certainly be THE big theme park story of 2010. Could this ride system be a whole new evolution of the dark ride? (Attraction aficionados will note that Kuka Robotics was also responsible for the angler fish which appears on the Seas with Nemo & Friends dark ride attraction in Epcot)

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is expected to open at Universal's Islands of Adventure in 2010.

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