

"Everything you could imagine might happen, happens - plus more." Again, Woodbury was reticent to go in-depth about the ride itself, stressing that it was, "so elaborate and big that it would take an entire session to outline." "We had the daunting task of meeting or exceeding The Forbidden Journey," Woodbury explained. Fingers crossed for some kind of dragon action inside the attraction as well! As to the winged serpent that sits atop the bank, Woodbury assures that it is spewing real bursts of fire, which required a "complicated bit of engineering." "When we saw that moment in the film we thought, 'This is a ride waiting to happen,'" Woodbury said of the cinematic escape, echoing the sentiments of many Potter viewers. The windows are blocked out, as the actual exterior is the parking lot of Universals's park, so we imagine that there will be screens in lieu of windows which will feature landscapes more in line with the English countryside.Ĭoncept art for the The Hogwarts Express.The featured attraction is a new ride called Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts, which is being described as "a multi-sensory, multi-dimensional journey, which will place riders in the middle of an incredible adventure as they navigate their way through the perils of the Gringotts vaults." The exterior of Gringotts Wizarding Bank will include a fire-breathing dragon, which is reminiscent of the moment in The Deathly Hallows when Harry, Ron, and Hermione take a roller-coaster-esque wild ride as they flee the goblin bank, and inadvertently bring an extra traveler with them.

The interior of the Express matches the design from the films precisely. IGN Visits the Wizarding World of Harry PotterThe train functions as an attraction unto itself, offering a different experience each way. Or they could do the reverse, and travel from Diagon Alley to Hogsmeade, as Harry did in the first film. To venture from one part of the Wizarding World to the other, visitors will climb aboard the Hogwarts Express in Hogsmeade and travel to King’s Cross Station which will lead the journeyer to the modern-day London facade, behind which there is a full-scale Diagon Alley immersion.

The parks are located very near to one another, but with separate attractions and entrances. The two-part Harry Potter experience creates the world’s first centrally themed, multi-park experience. Rowling's imagined magical Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley.

YES NOSet to open this summer, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley will be located within Universal Orlando’s second theme park, Universal Studios, and includes shops, restaurants, and experiences based on J.K.
