Trains and Wands
The Hogwarts Express, in Harry Potter books, travels between the London, King’s Cross Station Platform 9 3/4 and Hogsmeade Station. The Express carried students to and from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This Express is at the entrance of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We went into Ollivanders, makers of fine wands since […]
Talking Pictures
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey was buried deep inside Hogwarts Castle. We traveled through Gryffindor Common Room, which was filled with all the talking paintings. It was hard to listen to the conversation that the paintings were having. We then passed through Dumbledore’s office and got some advice from him. All of this was […]
Snow-capped Roofs
From the cobblestone alleyways to the snow-capped roofs, you get the sense you are on the street of an English village. It all feels very natural, organic, and comfortable, and that’s was deliberate by the designer. There are film artifacts throughout the village. The school desks and chalkboard in the Defense Against Dark Arts classroom […]
Spell Limits
Above the entrance to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, a sign says “please respect the spell limits.” Â Once inside, our eyes immediately go skyward to a huge, rambling, castle with a jumble of towers and battlements. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the magical wizarding school towers over the snow-capped village of Hogsmeade.
Houses Around 747 Jet Airliner
It was fun walking around this set but we were glad it was a movie set and not something we had to experience!
747 Jet Airliner
Our tram stopped at the set from 2005’s “War of the Worlds” (with Tom Cruise), where an airliner has crashed into a residential neighborhood. The actual, full-size 747 jet airliner fuselage was purchased and shipped to Hollywood at the cost of $2 millions. The plan was ripped in two, its tail section is still intact, while […]
Robot Creatures and Hungey Walkers
The Transformers a 3-D thrill ride, takes place in the middle of a war zone. As our seats rocked, the HD 3D media and flight simulation technology made us feel like we had things being thrown at us, hurtling down tall buildings, and large robot creatures coming at us full force. We entered The Walking […]
A Chase
The tram entered a garage where Fast & Furious: Supercharged was introduced by Roman and Letty, two of the movie’s characters. The tram moves forward and we are in the middle of Pepper’s ghost hologram, as the party is interrupted and guest are escorted out. Screeching cars fill the screens and a background alarm alerts […]
Dinosaurs
The Jurassic Park river raft adventure, was inspired from the hit movie, Jurassic World. where we saw dinosaurs in their natural jungle habitat. One encounter was with one of the Park’s most famous inhabitants, a 9-foot tall Velociraptor. We narrowly escaped a 50-foot T-Rex as our raft made an 84-foot plunge to safety.
Training
We started our Despicable Me Minion Mayhem 3-D adventure in Gru’s home, where we were recruited for his latest scheme. After making it through “Minion training†things didn’t go as planned! Within moments, we were launched into a trip through his super-villain laboratory. After the ride there was a Minion inspired dance party.