Last week’s poll – Best ride in UOR – ended with Hagrid’s Magical Creatures steamrolling the competition at Islands of Adventure with 85% of the vote, and no other option breaching 50%, though Velocicoaster came close. At USF, while 90% of liners chose Escape from Gringotts, 66% also chose Revenge of the Mummy.
According to the official rules, we have to go to a single-choice elimination round between these three options to crown an overall winner!
I think I know where this round will land, but we’re going to let it play out anyway!
What is the best ride at Universal Orlando Resort?
(Vote for 1)
Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
Revenge of the Mummy
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Please vote even if you haven’t ridden all three. You can use whatever criteria you want to base your selection on. And remember, the discussion is more than half the fun.
Edit: Also vote in the poll in this post to see relative rankings across UOR:
Jeff's Official Polling Rules for Cynics and Skeptics
In case of a tournament, the following protocols will be followed:
All voters are eligible to participate regardless of their familiarity with the various options
Voters may cast or change their vote as desired until the poll is closed (generally timed)
The first option to receive over 50% in any round upon closing of the poll is deemed the winner
In the case of a multiple choice poll, if more than one option receives 50%, there will be a single-choice elimination round to determine the winner among all options receiving 50% support.
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If no option receives over 50%, additional rounds will be held
All options receiving 15% or more will advance to the next round
If all options have received 15% or more, the option receiving the lowest % of the vote will be eliminated
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Mummy was my favorite ride at UOR until Hagrid’s. I haven’t been on Mummy at all since having an AP or really since 2018. Can’t wait to see how it holds up now that it’s refurbished.
I always say, VC is my favorite “coaster”. Hagrid’s is my favorite “ride”. I know that’s a fine line to walk, but it’s how I am able to “pick my favorite”
I think the rules were misconceived. Since people could choose more than one ride in the first round, it’s possible (if unlikely) that VC could beat out Hagrid in a single-choice head-to-head matchup.
It doesn’t necessarily. It is telling us thought that Hagrid’s is considered better than anything in USF. And polls are limited to 20 options, so it helps to split them in logical ways.
Every single way you can run a poll has drawbacks, and if you change the way you run it, it can produce different results. That doesn’t mean the results aren’t meaningful. It just means you have to take into account how the poll was designed when making conclusions (such as the above from bebe80!).
My polls are designed to produce a consensus result (i.e., one that gets >50% support). If you wanted to find out only what people feel super strongly about, you would design the poll differently.
Correct. I’d have to do a different poll if we wanted that info. But since we’re just trying to find the best one, and Hagrid’s is so high above, it’s irrelevant.