HARRY POTTER AND THE FORBIDDEN JOURNEY SERIES

The ride combines real sets and animatronics with segments that use 4K 3-D wrap-around projection screens. Dumbeldore, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are Musion Eyeliners. Professor Dumbledore sends everyone back through the Floo Network to the Room of Requirement, where they exit their bench.Īll of the talking painting in the queue are just screens with a picture frame and a special coating over it to give it texture and to reflect light.

HARRY POTTER AND THE FORBIDDEN JOURNEY SERIES

They fly over the Black Lake, back into Hogwarts and through the Main Hall and Grand Staircase, where they are cheered on by a series of characters from the movies. After shaking the riders out of the trance, Harry causes the Dementors to flee with a protective Patronus charm. After the final Dementor, and while Harry uses his Patronus, the riders enter the cliffs outside the Chamber of Secrets cave in. Many Dementors emerge from the darkness while one descends and attempts to suck out the rider's souls.

The skeleton of the long-deceased Basilisk lies on the floor of the Chamber, and expels Lord Voldemort's Dark Mark into the air as the benches are drawn into the mouth of Salazar Slytherin's statue. Dementors appear from the pipelines and chase them. As Slytherin scores into Gryffindor's goal, Dementors arrive at the Quidditch pitch and Harry attempts to lead the riders away through the structure of the pitch and back to the school, but their bench falls into the long-abandoned Chamber of Secrets through a hole. The riders become caught up in Harry's and Ron's game of Quidditch. As Hermione tries to help the riders away from Aragog and towards the castle, encountering many spiders on the way, they encounter an (animatronic) Whomping Willow which swipes at them, knocking them into the Quidditch pitch.

The riders descend into the Forbidden Forest where they encounter a figure of Aragog a large, sentient spider who spits water at them. The bench flies into the uneven bridge that crosses the valley behind Hogwarts and, after falling out of a hole in the floor of the bridge, they encounter an (animatronic) dragon, which breathes fire at them. As Harry redirects the riders' attentions back to their journey, Hagrid's pet Hungarian Horntail dragon begins to chase the riders. As Harry and Ron travel under a bridge, Hagrid yields the riders and asks them if they have seen a dragon. As the guests fly out of one of the Observatory's arches and they follow Harry Potter and Ron Weasley around Hogwarts' buildings and towers to a Quidditch match. The guests leave the Astronomy Tower through its fireplace and enter the Observatory, where they look out through the open arches to the hills and lake outside Hogwarts' boundary. The ride begins with a dousing of Floo Powder from Hermione Granger, who asks the guests to say, 'Observatory' in order to transport them to their desired location, and the enchanted bench flies off through the Floo Network to the Astronomy Tower. Once on the 4-seater benches, riders take off. Riders then enter the Room of Requirement and are given a pair of 'Quiddich Goggles'(3-D Glasses) Before continuing on, visitors receive a safety reminder from the Sorting Hat and several paintings in the next two rooms. In the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, Harry, Ron, and Hermione appear from under the Invisibility Cloak, urging guests to meet them in the Room of Requirement in order to sneak everyone down to a Quidditch match.

In the Headmaster's office, Professor Dumbledore extends a warm welcome to all Muggles, informing them that Professor Binns is hosting a lecture on the history of the school. As guests proceed throughout the hallways, they encounter replicas of the rooms of Hogwarts castle, including the Headmaster's office, the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom and the Gryffindor common room. Objects recognizable from the series include the Mirror of Erised, the Hogwarts House Jewels, and talking portraits. Passengers enter through the castle doors, go to the lockers, queue outside in the green house and then enter the back castle doors. To enter the ride, guests walk through the gates of Hogwarts and begin their journey in the dungeons where they see items featured in the movies and books.

Harry potter and the forbidden journey