Epic Universe UPDATE: NEW Harry Potter Rumors!

A brand new report just released from Screamscape, detailing even more on the Harry Potter Ministry of Magic themed area of Epic Universe. Find out more details in this quick update video!
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Universal Orlando Resort
Box Office Mojo
Tommy Hawkins
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[DrFranklynAnderson]

Never gonna happen, but I’d love to see a recreation of The Burrow where you can buy all kinds of knitwear like Weasley sweaters customized with your initial.

[noahr]

I am excited for this park and land. The ride sounds cool.

[robertgronewold]

It's honestly not that much of a stretch to say that you're traveling from Paris to the London Ministry using Floo Powder. Geographically, London is closer to Paris than it is to Hogwarts, so if you can travel via the Floo Network to Hogwarts from London, then Paris would be no issue either.

Also, if they were to add another attraction, I would sort of love a Magical Creatures zoo experience. Just imagine a queue where you pass animatronics of fantastic beasts, and then there is a dark ride where perhaps some of them escape, and you get to join Luna Lovegood and her husband Rolf Scamander, Newt's grandson, round them up safely while all hell is breaking loose.

[coastercapital]

I am really glad that this is going to take place at the British ministry and not the French since it is more iconic. I hope they do make it more in Harry’s time though since t would add fluency throughout the parks. But I think going with the trial of unbridgeable is a somewhat smart move since she dose not get a lot of representation in the parks. I think that the future expansion area would be a good spot for a department of mystery dark ride but since it was pretty much destroyed in the fifth book I am not sure it would happen if they went the route they are going on now for the stage showI could see it being themed to a iconic French theater although I like the idea of a trial taking place better but since the dark ride is about umbridges trial I don’t that will happen. So I am pretty exited to see the ministry. Universal always gos all out with Harry Potter so I am sure it will be amazing.

[liamcollinson]

I know it probably won't happen but I would love the idea for a mount crumpit toboggan coaster from the Grinch maybe as one of the future expansions in epic universe

[caloob_]

I know this has been said before, but I think the VR attraction being canceled is a very good thing. VR attractions sound enticing now, but I don’t think they have the staying power needed for a park like Epic Universe. It seems unlikely to me that Universal will be tearing down and completely changing the IP of any of the lands within the next 20 to maybe 30 years. A VR attraction would lose its novelty fairly quickly, I think, within that time frame.

[Shockzone]

Universal


Take my money.

Take my money NOW.

[joshberninger]

I don’t understand the comments about the time discrepancy with them using the Harry Potter era characters and story but Place Cachée as the overall land setting. If they only use the HP era characters then there should be no issue. Just because the land was show in a movie set in the past doesn’t mean it isn’t there in the present. As long as we don’t see a young Newt, Tina, Jacob etc then there really isn’t any issues.
And if they did want to use them they could either use a time travel scenario (though we’ve only been shown the ability to go back not forward so far-not counting Cursed Child) or could even say that a specific attraction or show would be set within a memory and start out by going i through a massive pensieve.

[hunterthixton]

Even though I'm excited for super Nintendo world especially since we're getting the super Mario Bros movie if what you're saying is true dude about the Harry Potter ride being like the amazing adventures of Spider-Man and transformers then I'll be really excited I'm hoping this will be one of the best rides that universals ever made man!😊

[janmartenlocher]

WOW!! Massive spoiler alert though, BUT it sounds GREAT!!!!

[jameswilson]

I agree about the plot behind this new attraction being messy. It’s got too much going on.

[Mdk]

If this is true, then that would be a fantastic twist to the overall Harry Potter story.

[chuckoneill]

It sounds really, thematically, messy.
I'm all in favor of them sticking with the original plans for Fantastic Beasts. Lots of mediocre movies have been made into great attractions. Look how heavily Universal leans into the Jim Carrey
All the animatronic possibilities for just the attraction que are mind-blowing. Make that good enough and the actual ride adequate and it could be a winner.

[emilyschulz]

I'm guessing that there is a veggietales land in this

[sproutykevin]

everything sounds amazing but its just the idea that your in Paris, but then you go to the British ministry? I’m the type of person that hates when parks kinda get unorganized and makes no sense. like the fact that they had Boba Fett and Mando in Galaxy’s Edge, although it takes place during the sequels (Hail the First Order). they had to have died by then. its just makes no sense and for some reason really gets to me. If I could, I would probably change the wizarding world area to maybe another part of London? or somewhere around there, UNLESS they make an excuse to why you are being transported to the British ministry from Paris. I am very picky..

[ShrimpNation]

Am I the only one that thinks he sounds like Sam O Nella? 🤔

[Tommyhawkins]

I appreciate you crediting my use of graphics so thank you for that. However I really think you should credit and link TPS since she already posted all of this information in great detail five months ago and this latest rumour is a regurgitation of that

[MondoMiami]

Harry Potter is meant for KIDS. I always find it creepy when adults latch onto such characters and talk as if they are real. Grow up.