{"id":285197,"date":"2026-05-26T20:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285197\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:52:10","slug":"universal-orlando-removing-express-access-from-hagrids-magical-creatures-motorbike-adventure-inside-universal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285197\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Orlando Removing Express Access from Hagrid\u2019s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure \u2013 Inside Universal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"439\">Universal Orlando has announced that Hagrid\u2019s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Islands of Adventure will no longer offer Universal Express beginning July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"559\">According to Universal, the change is being implemented \u201cto improve the flow of the experience for all of our Guests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hello Steven. We are implementing an operational update to Hagrid\u2019s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure. Effective July 1, 2026, the attraction will no longer be included in the Universal Express program, allowing us to improve the flow of the experience for all of our Guests.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Universal Orlando Resort (@UniversalORL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniversalORL\/status\/2059349941818954047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"977\">The popular attraction has continued to see consistently high demand and extended wait times since opening in 2019. Universal Express access was added to the attraction last May, which increased standby times.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Universal Orlando has announced that Hagrid\u2019s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Islands of Adventure will no longer offer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-285197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}