I’ve been considering so much about Epic Universe because the opening of the aptly named theme park on the finish of Could. I’ve been eager about wonderful queues, meals and vibes, but additionally the 11 rides and extra different points of interest populating the brand new park. The extra I give it some thought, the extra I have to settle for one fact: My CinemaBlend co-worker and I are simply not on the identical web page about the perfect journey.
Our Theme Park Knowledgeable Dirk Libbey Was Shocked To Discover Out He’s In Love With Harry Potter And The Ministry Of Magic
Whereas Dirk Libbey and I agree on a large swathe of issues on the subject of theme parks, he’s not an enormous Harry Potter man. He didn’t develop up with the books in the identical means my millennial soul did, and I additionally went with him one time to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and (not like Tom Felton) I couldn’t even get him hyper on board with a butterbeer. So, I used to be completely shocked when he ranked all of the Epic Universe rides and Harry Potter and the Ministry of Magic got here up first.
He liked the opening into the cavernous house on the Ministry of Magic and the intricacies of the queue. Nonetheless, above all, he liked the combo of screens and pure elements on the journey and had a blast following the forged taking up Umbridge on this distinctive journey.
As an enormous Potterhead myself, naturally, I assumed I’d agree this was the perfect of the perfect the brand new park would supply. Was I in for a shock…
I Was Shocked To Discover Out Monsters Had been My Vibe
Not like my well-esteemed coworker, I’m an enormous Harry Potter fan, and in addition a giant fan of Harry Potter and The Escape From Gringotts, a journey which shares a few of the similar hallmarks as the brand new Battle At The Ministry Of Magic Trip at Epic Universe. Each rides function some OG Potter forged members and makes use of interactive elements within the queue in addition to screens on the precise journey, although the supply and expertise could be very totally different.
With this in thoughts, and figuring out the queue itself was a transformative expertise for some Potter followers, I totally anticipated this to be my journey. But after I walked by way of the doorways at Darkmoor, my expectations modified drastically. Each Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment and Battle At The Ministry of Magic are indoor rides with distinctive journey mechanisms, however I actually love the storyline in The Frankenstein Experiment. It is so totally fleshed out, I would prefer to see it on the large display screen.
And I really like all of the little particulars with the animatronics, together with the one shock followers get if they’re caught within the loading room with Frankenstein for longer than anticipated.
Couple that with the actual fact I really like all the sensible results, and I even loved the KUKA-Arm expertise this time round! To be trustworthy, the latter completely makes me really feel sick each time I journey Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, so I used to be actually nervous getting in, however there is a new factor to have a look at each single time I have been on the journey, and the cool factor concerning the sensible results is they’re nonetheless eerie even when they are not shifting fairly how we anticipated or one thing is tousled.
The entire Darkish Universe portal works. I would not have thought-about myself a Darkish Universe girlie earlier than I entered the land, however in a stunning flip of occasions, it wasn’t Harry Potter or How To Practice Your Dragon that caught with me within the days after I mentioned goodbye to Epic Universe.
The Ethical Of This Epic Universe Story?
Yearly, we cowl Halloween Horror Nights, and yearly I bow out as my experience tends extra towards romance, serialized TV, or animated movies. Now that I’ve been on Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment, I really feel I’ve been depriving myself of an superior expertise. Maybe this yr is the yr to chop free and take a look at one thing new.
I assume the purpose I’m making an attempt to make is that Epic Universe is in no way what I anticipated primarily based on journey descriptions, journey sorts, and theming topic. Opening myself as much as new experiences turned out to be the perfect factor I did within the parks.
Finally, neither Dirk nor I had the identical expertise, nor did we anticipate to love a few of the points of interest we liked essentially the most as a lot as we did. However I believe that is the factor that’s most engaging about Common Orlando’s theme parks: it has one thing for everyone. In fact, one thing totally different could tug your personal heartstrings, and that is cool, too.