New Concept Art of Harry Potter Dark Ride

[darthjohnny]

Screamscape posted a link to new concept art of the Harry Potter Dark Ride.

However, as of right now the link isn't working. They probably took it down already, but just in case it comes back up:

http://americanscenic.com/pages/POTTER.html

But I saw it. It showed the layout and sketches of some of the scenes.

The seats are all in a single row (possible meaning that it is using a Kuka Robot Arm).

There were also sketches of what appeared to be the a giant snake (the Basilisk) in the Chamber of Secrets. Also, in one other scene, it looked like you passed by a giant spider (Aragog?) and went into the Dark Forest.

If I'm accurate about this, plus taking into consideration the rumors of a Flying Car Ride, I would say the Dark Ride is definately based off of the second book/film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (as opposed to a vignette of different Harry Potter scenes or an entirely new story).

[krankenstein]

Originally Posted by darthjohnny

If I'm accurate about this, plus taking into consideration the rumors of a Flying Car Ride, I would say the Dark Ride is definately based off of the second book/film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (as opposed to a vignette of Harry Potter scenes or an entirely new story).

I would say you are right on it being based off the second book considering what you said the concept art is of. I wish I could have saw the concept art before the site went down. Thanks for posting the details you saw, it is greatly appreciated.

[darthjohnny]

Screamscape posted more info they've heard about the ride (it mentions it being based on the Chamber of Secrets like I said earlier):

Late 2009 - The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - (5/12/08) It seems the Universal legal team was quick to jump on the American Scenic website about removing their Harry Potter graphics. In only a matter of hours their Harry Potter page was pulled entirely. Fortunately, someone managed to save a copy of it and has reposted the artwork once again to Imageshack. I’m not sure how long this link will last, so see it while you still can.
According to one reader, based on the scenes shown in the artwork, the ride itself may be based on the Chamber of Secrets storyline, which included an encounter with giant spiders, a Wizard Chess scene and culminates with an encounter with the Basilisk, a serpent looking creature.
I’ve also heard a little more dirt about the ride system itself. For starters, we know about all we really need to know about the Kuka robot arms that will be providing the brute strength for the ride system. Riders will be seated in a long “bench” of seats, rumored to hold six at a time, and mounted to the business end of a KR 1000 Titan model Kuka arm. The Titan arm is rated to toss around payloads of 1,000 kg (2,200 pounds or 1.1 Tons!) with great ease. Then the Kuka arms will be mounted to one of twelve mobile base units that will scoot around a track system that is said to look fairly similar to the track system used on The Adventure’s of Spider-Man. Ironically enough, you can see a great picture of Spider-Man’s track system posted to American Scenic.
In other Harry Potter news, one of our readers has mentioned a few things that apparently author JK Rowling has mentioned in interviews about the Universal project. In addition to mentioning that there would also be a ride for young children to enjoy in the area, she also mentioned that there would be two state of the art rides in the land, one of which being the new ride system based on the Kuka robot arm. She did give a rough name for one attraction though… something along the lines of Hogwart’s Introduction To Magic that would be some kind of demonstration showing off the effects of various different magic spells

Here's the link to the concept art they mentioned:

http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=potterxii5.gif

[Jellyfish]

The post above: i think they've taken the pic down coz its just a square with a red box now

Are these the rides they're thinking of putting in the ''Harry Potter World'' then?

They actually sound quite good

[unkadug]

This thread is worthless without pics.



You mean nobody here saved the picture?

[teebin]

It is bizarre. Every sub-page showing previous projects at americanscenic.com have been removed. Check out each of the links on the following page.

http://images.google.com/images?q=am...=1&sa=N&tab=wi

[drum1987]

Did anyone track those pics down or is it hopeless?

[unkadug]

Originally Posted by teebin

It is bizarre. Every sub-page showing previous projects at americanscenic.com have been removed. Check out each of the links on the following page.

http://images.google.com/images?q=am...=1&sa=N&tab=wi

That's really interesting....the third photo is my avatar and my name!

[darthjohnny]

It's being said that the cast of the Harry Potter films are currently shooting a short film, apparently written by J.K. Rowling, to be used in the attractions.

[Green Lantern]

That's prety cool if it's true, Darthjohnny. Nice way to tie the films into the ride.

[icandrawem2]

Those links to americanscenic.com are working again if anyone was wondering. That is as of 16:40 on 2/19!

[Skip]

Originally Posted by icandrawem2

Those links to americanscenic.com are working again if anyone was wondering. That is as of 16:40 on 2/19!

Just got a good look. Great stuff... I wonder how long it'll last though.

[Matpez]

Thanks!

[deWild]

I don't think the attraction could be based solely on The Chamber of Secrets.
If you take a look at the bottom picture just before the writing, you'll notice a chessboard.
It looks like the attraction is a collaboration of the books, which is better than basing one giant ride on just one book.

[sknydave]

yeah, makes total sense