-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
First Look: Hogwarts Express
- Thread starter Mike C
- Start date
Magenta Panther
Well-Known Member
fractal
Well-Known Member
I'm very excited to see how this all looks and I think it's great that UNI continues to go after Disney. However, this video is just clips from the movie and concept art. I reserve judgement until the real thing comes out.
disney4life2008
Well-Known Member
Not sure - is this an actual ride that moves or is it stationary? If stationary, I do not think I will like it
Bairstow
Well-Known Member
Any guesses as to how they're going to do the walking-through-a-brick-wall bit?
Mist projection?
Concave mirrors?
Er, both? Kind of?
The train you're sitting in will be actually moving but as you ride you'll be watching video played on some super-fancy polarized (3D?) video screens in place of the windows.
Think Star Tours meets the Magic Kingdom rail road, but with some much newer tech.
Mist projection?
Concave mirrors?
Er, both? Kind of?
The train you're sitting in will be actually moving but as you ride you'll be watching video played on some super-fancy polarized (3D?) video screens in place of the windows.
Think Star Tours meets the Magic Kingdom rail road, but with some much newer tech.
disney4life2008
Well-Known Member
i see - well i may give it a try. its kind of hard to top the current harry potter land it truly is amazing. and i am not a harry potter fan at all. but butterbeer is worth the trip alone
GLaDOS
Well-Known Member
i see - well i may give it a try. its kind of hard to top the current harry potter land it truly is amazing. and i am not a harry potter fan at all. but butterbeer is worth the trip alone
I'm confident in saying that the new land will easily surpass Hogsmeade. We haven't seen a land like this in the United States yet.
Disneydreamer23
Well-Known Member
I like the Harry potter films and I am SO excited to see this!
HenryMystic
Well-Known Member
It's a train that travels between USF and IoA.
danpam1024
Well-Known Member
I CAN'T FREAKIN' WAIT
Bairstow
Well-Known Member
Have we seen a land like this anywhere?
Deep In Africa? Mysterious Island? Anderrijk? Forbidden Valley?
GLaDOS
Well-Known Member
I think Mysterious Island is a good comparison.
LithiumBill
Well-Known Member
Any one else at all concerned about the wait times for this? The capacity seems to be an issue...
Mouse_Trap
Well-Known Member
i see - well i may give it a try. its kind of hard to top the current harry potter land it truly is amazing. and i am not a harry potter fan at all. but butterbeer is worth the trip alone
I guess it address the biggest issue with HPW - the lack of rides.
They built what is probably the best theme park ride in existence, built a wonderfully imersive land to surround it.....but then its missing any other rides. Sorry I don't accept that reskinning two existing rollercoasters in single plytissue paper counts.
Bairstow
Well-Known Member
Does it?
I hadn't read anything about what the hourly throughput of this thing was supposed to be.
JustInTime
Well-Known Member
I hope those scenes are all CG like they look to be in that video...
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Here is the calculation I did at one point...
Hogwarts is being reported to have 200 guests per train, 2 trains and a cycle time of 7 minutes. So that would be 3200 riders per hour, 1600 in each direction.
maxairmike
Well-Known Member
It sounds like an operational decision of one ride per person per day is going to happen for the first few weeks, maybe longer depending on crowds. Not sure how true that is, but that seems to be the talk in operations. This would be enforceable, as there will be admissions folks at each station permanently.