The next episode of The Celebrity Apprentice will be a challenge at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Their task is to “create a three-dimensional display to launch a theme park’s new attraction.”
The show airs on Sunday at 9pm EST, check your local listings for the time in your area!
MTV has a new interview with the creators of the Harry Potter and The Forbidden Journey ride that is at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park and they discuss the ride!
“We’ve done some pretty amazing things over time, but this is at a level that just exceeds even our wildest expectations,” Woodbury said.
Woodbury also spoke of the brand-new Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride, a main attraction of the new park. Housed inside the castle, guests will follow a path through many of the major rooms from the books until they make it to the Room of Requirement. There, they will be swept away by an “enchanted bench” to the ride portion of the attraction.
And if the ride portion is a success, that could be a big “game changer,” as Woodbury described it. No one involved in the creation of the ride would reveal many of the technical details of Forbidden Journey, but they will say that the ride has somehow combined the use of robotic-arm technology with 3-D visuals (featuring the actual “Harry Potter” cast and filmed specifically for the ride) to bring fans through some of the most beloved moments from the seven novels.
Universal has released another press release with more details on The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park!
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey is the heart of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. This all new adventure combines a powerful storyline with spectacular new technology so effectively that guests will be completely immersed in the experience.
And as they live their adventure, guests will feel things no one has ever felt inside a theme park attraction, move in ways no one has ever moved, experience film like no one else ever has, explore vast sets punctuated by amazing special effects – and have an adventure only possible in Harry Potter’s world.
The new attraction lies deep within Hogwarts castle, a majestic structure that towers over The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – the only place in the world where the wonder, excitement and adventure of the Harry Potter books and films comes to life.
The Adventure
Imagine…
…meeting Harry, Ron and Hermione as if they were in person
…soaring over Hogwarts castle with Harry
…being swept into a Quidditch match
…feeling the chilling effect of a Dementor
…exploring your favorite places inside Hogwarts castle
…living adventures you’ve only been able to imagine – until now.
Universal Studios announced that The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will have its grand opening on June 18th. (According to Leaky: This is the grand opening date, not the first time it will be open to the public: those who have purchased one of the advertised packages for May 28 are still promised a “Harry Potter experience.”) Here is some new information we have on the park, read more here!
J.K. Rowling’s approved, ultimately, everything, and her “level of involvement [created] the backbone of making it as authentic as it is,” says Woodbury.
Coup (vice president of Universal Creative) said, “We had to create a whole new level of experience,” and that there has been “an attention to detail unlike anything we have ever done before. ” He promises that the combination of new patented technologies and Universal’s history of thrill rides will create an attraction that will make feel as though you are “riding beside” the characters from the books and films.
Thanks to Thierry Coup we have another video preview of the Harry Potter Wizarding World Theme Park! See the video by heading over to Universal Orlando’s Facebook page, here! You can also watch it below!
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