Hiccup's Wing Gliders at Universal Epic Universe
You fly over Berkwith Toothless, to John Powell's score Very smooth trackeven with multiple launches

Universal Epic Universe, Orlando, Florida

Hiccup's Wing Gliders

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“Definitely worth a 45 minute wait.”

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What riders love
  • The ride itself features John Powell's score from the first film, which is beautifully paired with the story of the ride.
  • Well themed, great running musical score and soundtrack, and it just makes you feel like you're flying on a dragon.
  • The animatronics for toothless and hiccup look amazing, and the ride soars through the land, making it look great walking by.
  • The section where you glide over the water was some of the coolest I've ever been on for a ride.
  • It’s not the fastest or most forceful ride ever, but it’s so fun riding along the water, interacting with Stardust Racers or another train, and just flying through the area.
  • The section starting from the hill over the walkway and through the water is just incredible, especially on a sunny day.
  • What this ride excels at is being super smooth and making fast turns that make you feel like you’re in control.
  • This family coaster is glossy smooth!
  • The lateral movements throughout the ride are smooth, fast and exhilarating riding over the water.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Universal Epic Universe

The theming is actually really good and there was a surprising amount of airtime too.

Noah Gutfleisch

There is a good amount of airtime and some decent G’s for what the ride is.

Ryan Enloe

Family coaster, and i didn’t really get much airtime, but the helix before the backwards launch was pretty intense packing some strong positive g’s.

Pedro Valverde

Had a few downtimes on my visit, has solid capacity and a fun well theme layout no airtime at all but thats fine for a family ride basically a little hagrids.

Danny Miller

This is a world class family coaster with very smooth track, multiple launches, short yet sweet airtime, and as previously mentioned immaculate theming.

Bolton Lawless

Fun, smooth, decent launches, but the seats are very uncomfortable and small I’m 6’2" and 150 pounds and the way the seat was designed was super uncomfortable

XxMrHollywood

What this ride excels at is being super smooth and making fast turns that make you feel like you’re in control.

Richard Aldridge

The lateral movements throughout the ride are smooth, fast and exhilarating riding over the water.

Shammi Mohamed

I might have put it down too much, but like I think they had like a kind of bar on them and it just hurt my shins like a lot.

The2ThemeParkers

I was expecting a family friendly ride so when i realised how intense and thrilling this ride was, I was in awe.

Alanah Reeve

This ride packed more of a punch than I expected.

Chris Jones

This ride is an absolutely wonderful stepping stone coaster for younger people, and manages to still be engaging for more experienced riders.

Ethan S.

The launches are a lot of fun without being too intense.

Ryan Enloe

That being said, it still packs a punch for a family coaster with having 2 launches, a fairly intense 270 turn, a roll back, and relatively high speed.

Bolton Lawless

It has good speed throughout the whole ride and has some good low-to-the-ground moments and forces.

Chris Jones

It is quite fast, super smooth and almost gives a few proper airtime moments.

Brian Sheldon

It’s fast, exciting and so well themed.

Alanah Reeve

Yeah, this is that specific kind of ride you end up riding five times because it’s fast and fun but also not so intense that you feel “done” after only one or two rides so it hits that perfect...

@kaylasilverstein4137

There are a lot of change of direction, and they are very fast.

@dbug18

50 minutes of waiting for a truly incredible experience.

roller rider

Definitely worth a 45 minute wait.

Alston White

I was able to get multiple laps on this coaster, as there was only a 15-minutes wait each time!

Silver Thunderbolt

Pretty great, cool train, I love the theming and the attention to detail, but I waited over an hour for this, and it’s only a family ride.

Desmond Camell

While the Universal ops are as good as you would expect, this ride still managed to have a 2 hour wait time when I rode it, and a good portion of that was unshaded overflow queue.

Michael M.

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Specifications

45 mphTop speed
StardustRacers62 Hiccup's WingGliders45 Curse of theWerewolf37 062 mph
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

FunGreat themingRider favouriteSmooth rideGreat launchGreat viewsShort waitsWorth the wait

Criticised for

Little airtime

I might be slightly biased as I love the movies but I loved every second of this ride.

Kieran Deadite, Captain Coaster review

Pretty great, cool train, I love the theming and the attention to detail, but I waited over an hour for this, and it’s only a family ride.

Desmond Camell, Captain Coaster review

This ride has a really fun theme and layout, and fits really well into epic universe.

Zach Payne, Captain Coaster review

The theming on this ride is beyond impressive and its location on the water makes it one of the most scenically beautiful coasters I’ve ever done!

Sean Kearns, Captain Coaster review

Fun, smooth, decent launches, but the seats are very uncomfortable and small I’m 6’2" and 150 pounds and the way the seat was designed was super uncomfortable

XxMrHollywood, Captain Coaster review

This coaster was not my most anticipated coaster coming to epic universe, but I absolutely loved it.

John Smith, Captain Coaster review

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): roller rider, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Then, there was the impressive Toothless animatronic that presses…”; Alexia Englund, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ride itself features John Powell's score from the…”; Clark Griswold, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Well themed, great running musical score and soundtrack, and…”; John Smith, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The animatronics for toothless and hiccup look amazing, and…”; Zach Payne, rider review on Captain Coaster: “My favorite part is when it glides over the…”; Ben Hietanen, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The section where you glide over the water was…”; Nathan F, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It’s not the fastest or most forceful ride ever,…”; Steven, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The section starting from the hill over the walkway…”; TBN Dusky Becnel, rider review on Captain Coaster: “THE PROFILING ON THE TRACK RLLY MAKES YOU FEEL…”; Richard Aldridge, rider review on Captain Coaster: “What this ride excels at is being super smooth…”; Alec Mr Coaster, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This family coaster is glossy smooth!”; Shammi Mohamed, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The lateral movements throughout the ride are smooth, fast…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: XtremeCoasters Network's front row POV, Hiccup's Wing Gliders 4K Front Seat POV - Universal Epic Universe - Isle of Berk (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.