Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic (Epic Universe)

[Suchomimus]

The details are still being added in.

 

[saint.piss]

Some concept art of the original proposed Fantastic Beasts VR ride. It would've followed the FB characters going after a loose Obscurus in Paris.

Concept Design — Juliana Ouyang

www.julianaouyang.com

 

[ReelJustice]

Some concept art of the original proposed Fantastic Beasts VR ride. It would've followed the FB characters going after a loose Obscurus in Paris.

dang, I want it

 

[Ryuniversal]

Some concept art of the original proposed Fantastic Beasts VR ride. It would've followed the FB characters going after a loose Obscurus in Paris.

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Concept Design — Juliana Ouyang

www.julianaouyang.com

Wouldn’t u want to go the flight of passage ride system and not vr?

 

[Viator]

Wouldn’t u want to go the flight of passage ride system and not vr?

There had been rumors of a broomstick attraction for years, even before Epic I believe there had been previous rumors of Universal exploring and developing what-if's regarding the potential use of VR in a way that would've been of some capacity.

 

[Ryuniversal]

There had been rumors of a broomstick attraction for years, even before Epic I believe there had been previous rumors of Universal exploring and developing what-if's regarding the potential use of VR in a way that would've been of some capacity.

I don’t like the idea of vr idk I want more like sorin or flight of passage

 

[DrStarlander]

I'll be honest, I didn't watch the Fantastic Beasts movies too closely, they were complicated and...a bit slow to me. But, I do recall there's an exciting scene where they travel from New York to Paris in a flying carriage that gets attacked by Dementors (do I have that right?).

I thought that the carriage ride through a storm could be a cool ride. If they build a Wizarding New York in the fourth theme park (next to Epic) they could have the carriage ride drop you off at the French Ministry in Epic.

 

[bdubsCEO]

I'll be honest, I didn't watch the Fantastic Beasts movies too closely, they were complicated and...a bit slow to me. But, I do recall there's an exciting scene where they travel from New York to Paris in a flying carriage that gets attacked by Dementors (do I have that right?).

I thought that the carriage ride through a storm could be a cool ride. If they build a Wizarding New York in the fourth theme park (next to Epic) they could have the carriage ride drop you off at the French Ministry in Epic.

Speculation about a fourth gate before Epic is open is wild but if they could make that work with IOA or USF I’d love it

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Wouldn’t u want to go the flight of passage ride system and not vr?

Because some folks in UC really loved VR for a time.

 

[TheUniC6]

There had been rumors of a broomstick attraction for years, even before Epic I believe there had been previous rumors of Universal exploring and developing what-if's regarding the potential use of VR in a way that would've been of some capacity.

Ah, the old FFL replacement rumors. IIRC, the reason why this VR concept was scrapped was due to some other pop up VR Potter experience beating Universal to the punch.

If Wizarding France got an expansion attraction, maybe they would go with some smaller scale dark ride or walkthrough style attraction. IDK if they would go with FB considering how that died out popularity wise, but maybe they could pull from the reboot HBO Max series if that takes off when the time comes.

 

[Eckert]

I think VR + strapped onto a broomstick + on a platform that lifts off the ground and moves sounds like an awesome ride idea. The biggest challenge would be the naturally slow operation that involves preparing guests to put on VR headsets properly.

 

[Mad Dog]

Glad it was skipped for Studios. The park is already out of balance with too many similar experiences. Plus it supposedly had very low capacity projections.

 

[TheUniC6]

Glad it was skipped for Studios. The park is already out of balance with too many similar experiences. Plus it supposedly had very low capacity projections.

I think another reason for this getting the ax was due to Universal having concerns on how a VR only ride would age.

 

[Tobias]

I think VR + strapped onto a broomstick + on a platform that lifts off the ground and moves sounds like an awesome ride idea. The biggest challenge would be the naturally slow operation that involves preparing guests to put on VR headsets properly.

Glad it was skipped for Studios. The park is already out of balance with too many similar experiences. Plus it supposedly had very low capacity projections.

Per the plans of the ride, they did account for general low capacity of VR by having a bunch of rooms/bays to send guests into. However, that probably generated another issue...the attraction would require a whole army of TM's to operate, way more than your normal attraction. All for an experience which may or may not have worked.

 

[Lucky Planet]

I don’t like the idea of vr idk I want more like sorin or flight of passage

vr made me dizzy.

I think VR + strapped onto a broomstick + on a platform that lifts off the ground and moves sounds like an awesome ride idea. The biggest challenge would be the naturally slow operation that involves preparing guests to put on VR headsets properly.

like the Twilight the movie ride