New York Daily News

LIVE-SCREAMING!

- BY EDGAR SANDOVAL Daily News contest winners (from left) Adolfo Fernandez, Skyline Rodriguez, Jacob Robinson and Jordan Hidalgo ride The Incredible Hulk coaster at Universal Orlando on Wednesday.

DON’T LET the magic end!

That was the message Wednesday from a group of East Village eighth graders who spent the last hours of their three-day adventure fighting ghosts with Harry Potter at Universal’s Island of Adventure thanks to the Daily News’ Win a Universal Orlando Class Trip contest.

“I don’t want to go home! I love it in here!” said Aidan Washington, 14, of his nonstop fun at the Orlando resort. “I don’t want the magic to end. I would love to live here.”

The more than 20 students also got a behind-the-scenes look at The Amazing Adventures of SpiderMan attraction. The teens tapped into their spider-sense when a tour guide explained that each ride car weighs 7.5 tons and costs more than $2 million.

“If anyone asks you if you ever been in a million-dollar car, say yes, in Spider-Man’s!” the tour guide said.

The class won the free trip organized by the News’ circulatio­n, sales and marketing department by collecting the most bar codes from print editions of New York’s Hometown Paper.

Jayden Vasquez, 14, said he wanted to hit as many rides as possible in the resort’s six islands.

“I want to go on all the rides, Spider-Man, Harry Potter, King Kong and all the others,” he said.

Teachers and parents soaked in the fun by joining the teens on rides like Jurassic Park River Adventure. Many screamed when their boat sped through waterfalls and past hungry velocirapt­ors.

“You’re riding, and all of the sudden there is a huge drop. I was nervous before riding it. Once I was there, it wasn’t so bad,” said science teacher Madeline Rodriguez, 35. “It was a blast. I might use some of the theme park science for a lecture next year.”

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