2024 has been a giant 12 months for brand spanking new theme park sights with all the pieces from Common Orlando’s new Dreamworks Land to Tiana’s Bayou Journey at each Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Nonetheless, 2025 goes to be even larger as we’re getting solely new theme parks for the primary time in years, and the largest of them is Epic Universe which is able to embrace an all-new Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Every part we learn about Epic Universe makes the park look superb, however the brand new Harry Potter space could also be among the many most spectacular. The marquee attraction of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic land shall be a state-of-the-art new attraction referred to as Harry Potter and the Battle on the Ministry. At this time Common Orlando confirmed off a primary take a look at components of the queue, in addition to a take a look at the experience autos, which have lots of people apparently involved as they appear to point the kind of experience we’re getting.
Followers Suppose Harry Potter And The Battle At The Ministry Of Magic May Be A Drop Trip
Scrolling by way of the Instagram submit which features a take a look at numerous elements of the queue in addition to the experience automobile you’ll see a few several types of feedback. Many are drooling over what they see, as a result of, and they don’t seem to be unsuitable, the pictures of the attraction look unbelievable. Nonetheless, others are greater than a bit of cautious, as a result of the picture of the experience automobile (seen above) makes it seem like an elevator automobile with seats, one thing akin to Disney World’s Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. Feedback embrace…
- Bro it higher not be a drop experience
- Def a drop tower experience 🥹
- so long as it’s not like tower of terror 😂
- Getting tower of terror vibes 🤭
There are a few explanation why individuals may be lower than excited concerning the new Harry Potter attraction, which I nonetheless suppose might even see the Harry Potter solid reunite, being little greater than a drop tower. One is that lots of people, even those that like different thrill rides, have points with drop towers, and thus received’t experience them. The opposite purpose is {that a} drop tower, even one with further storytelling components, could also be seen as too easy a experience for what’s being introduced as an E-ticket attraction, and thus just isn’t as spectacular as they hoped this experience could be.
These are honest criticisms, however I believe they’re unfounded. There’s much more happening right here than a drop experience, fairly actually.
Battle At The Ministry Seems to be Like A Lot Extra Than A Drop Trip
The connection to an attraction like Tower of Terror is clear contemplating that the experience automobile on this picture seems largely enclosed, like a service elevator, though the seating seems much more snug. Nonetheless, there does appear to be much more happening right here.
Common calls the experience automobile “Omnidirectional Lifts.” The identify alone clearly signifies they’ll be transferring greater than merely up and down like a easy drop tower. This might imply the attraction is one thing just like the Disney Hollywood Studios Tower of Terror, which has two drop shafts that the experience automobile strikes between, however I’m fairly positive we’re getting greater than that too.
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is greater than 30 years outdated and we’ve seen quite a lot of developments in experience know-how, particularly in trackless darkish rides, in that point. That is the place I believe that Battle At The Ministry of Magic will separate itself from what has come earlier than.
Idea artwork, as seen above, reveals the experience automobile transferring doubtless horizontally whereas additionally at an angle to the motion. Whereas idea artwork ought to all the time be suspect, this isn’t being introduced as a easy drop tower. This appears extra like a darkish experience on par with Rise of the Resistance, one which merely makes use of an elevator as its experience automobile as a result of the Ministry of Magic has elevators.
That’s to not say that Battle At The Ministry received’t have drop components, or at the least components that really feel like drops. Nonetheless, I’d anticipate an expertise that feels extra like Rise of the Resistance, the place the experience automobile propels you thru a narrative and sometimes offers you the feeling of falling the way in which Rise does throughout the First Order escape on the finish.
I for one can not wait till subsequent Might when Epic Universe lastly opens. This park seems to be pushing the envelope in each conceivable method. The brand new Wizarding World of Harry Potter seems fairly thrilling.