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 Oct 11 2006, 09:41 PM
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Based on the International Acclaimed Fantasy Series of this Age –Mrs. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter!
Based on the Warner Brother’s Harry Potter Film Series that captivated Audiences Worldwide!
WARNER BROTHER's Proudly Announces the OPENING of the HARRY POTTER RIDE!
You have been given an opening day ticket. You are one of the few lucky people to ride the Harry Potter Ride for the FIRST TIME! Your nerves are tingling, and you just can't seem to stand in one spot. You feel you can't contain the Excitement!
Mrs. J.K.Rowlings is there to cut the ribbon to open the ride. Even her kids are excited.
You are in this First group to ride it!
What would the ride be, based on what you have read, then SEEN in the Warner Brother’s Films. What type of ride would make you make you get your family get up at 5 a.m. to drive to the place to be on time for the opening? A ride that you also have a repeat ticket for: Not only are you riding it for the first time; but you get the thrill of the second ride as well.
What is your DREAM RIDE that Warner Brother’s could create, that would have you talking for months, or weeks in advance of it opening?
This is related to How Warner’s would re-interpret their Film Version. So this would in fact be a film tie-in. Since Warner Brother’s would be using a combination of Technology to enhance your own personal memory of what you have seen in the film versions.
The new State-of-Art rides, use a combined element of High Definition film, Multi-Action from Animatronics, and live Actors, plus computer design to get you involved into the world you already love.
Those who have been on the Star Wars Adventure, The Indiana Jones Rides, and now Pirates of the Caribbean (which, actually the ride came before the film) know that you can have quite a bit of fun on them.
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I personally loved Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. I was disappointed if either was shut down for maintenance. They were the priority rides as a child.
I especially loved Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, because you drove through walls, and went through fireplaces, and caused all sorts of trouble from your wreck less driving. That ride always put me in a dangerously good mood.
I also loved Alice in Wonderland, with it’s neon, and very strange dream world.
I loved the Peter Pan’s Flight, just for the moment of flying out of the window, to see London moving beneath my flying ship cart. This florescent night lit attraction just made me feel like flying over the city as a small child. Did not like the rest of the ride so much, but wished I would have had more of a chance to fly more over London.
All of these rides I mentioned above were, or are now, based on Films and Animation.
Then Tomorrowland announced they were opening Space Mountain. I was ecstatic. I couldn’t wait till the next trip to California to go when it did open. My Birth Parents refused to take me to any other Amusement park – so besides Lagoon in Utah, with the wooden roller coaster, I did not know what a huge roller coaster was like till I was 20.
I was so excited that the over an hour wait seemed to go in no time. It was magical for me.
I loved space series like Space 1999, and UFO, and I always wanted to take a rocket (now shuttle) into space. So when the ride made the turn on the track out of the spaceport, and the cart tilted back, getting ready to be shot into space, the nerves of my body were all firing at once. Then, the cart turned at the top, and you dropped into a Planetarium of shooting stars.
As a small child I loved going to the Planetarium, to see the Star Show, as well as LAZER ROCK – hehehe… now when I think about it, is very funny. I always had a fantasy of wanting my room to be like a Planetarium – and the Space Mountain brought that childhood dream alive for me for a brief moment.
True, Disneyland had the Matterhorn Bobsled’s, which I liked more as a child, because you were in this dark cavern, and then the roller coaster took you through all the winding passageways, in, and out of the mountain. I never have been on the updated ride. My partner at the time said they were bored with Disneyland, so they took me to Magic Mountain when I was 22. This was my first exposure to big thrill rides.
This changed my perspective completely. I enjoy both Theme Parks, and High Thrill Parks. This summer I rode Goliath at Walibi World in The Netherlands. I still have the picture of me laughing. I never had been on a ride where I felt more like I was flying. I was so happy, so incredibly happy. It was such a freeing moment for me. I also had this perspective in my mind that – This is something like what it would be like to ride a broom in the sky, from Harry Potter.
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Goblet of Fire: First Task:
“Accio Firebolt!” & “The Hungarian Horntail” Roller Coaster dual ride’s:
You pick which Roller Coaster you want to ride first, then catch the other. It’s a double perspective Roller Coaster Ride. Also, it has never been done before in any Amusement park on the level I Dream about doing it.
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I keep watching that part of Goblet of Fire, and if there is a HP roller coaster ride - I would stand in line for that, many times in fact for both of them. It would be a similar terrain and style as The Goblet of Fire Film.
The Entry for “Accio Firebolt!” is done to enhance the anticipation of what Harry must of felt before the challenge. You heard the roars, and can sense the fire, and the loud sound of the whipping track. The tradition on this ride is – the Roller Coaster is pulled back for the air compression system. When it stops – people yell “ACCIO FIREBOLT!” at the top of their lungs, as the Roller Coaster takes off. This is something that people make a tradition of doing when going on the ride!
“Accio Firebolt!”
The “Accio Firebolt!” is now shooting out at tremendous speed, in winding loops, while the Fire Breathing Hungarian Horntail Shoots out balls of fire. The Animatronic Hungarian Horntail is over 5 stories tall. It rotates, and tries several times to get you. After completing the loops to barely escape the balls of fire, then “Accio Firebolt!” - breaks through the stands; then the “Hungarian Horntail” Roller Coaster – races after “Accio Firebolt!” on another track.
Two entwined Roller Coasters with different thrills, loops, and one with a very nasty drop.
The Entry for “Hungarian Horntail” is quite different. You are in the Dragon’s den, in the Mountain.
So the theme is suited for that. What the difference is – is there are Wizards trying to stop you from breaking out of the cavern. So when you take off, there are many red lazer lights shooting out at the “Hungarian Horntail” to try to prevent your escape. This causes a disorientation distraction to make the thrill even more intense as it shoots out at top speed, from the dark cavern into the light.
Loaded on a spring coil, but faster that “Accio Firebolt” at first. This is due to the fact that the “Accio Firebolt” does more winding loops at first, in the area with the Fire Breathing Hungarian Horntail. So this one you feel like you shoot out right into the sky –
“Hungarian Horntail”
So this one you feel like you shoot out right into the sky – 10 stories or higher anyone?
“Hungarian Horntail” - then chases after the “Accio Firebolt”, like the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire– making several different passes, where you almost catch it. So it is two Roller Coasters racing after each other.
Then both Roller Coasters pass Hogwart’s. The tracks cause both the Roller Coasters to stop on a tilt – the “Hungarian Horntail” higher than the “Accio Firebolt”. Then both Roller coasters have a drop (like Harry Potter trying to get his broom, slides down the side of the castle roof).
The Drop is scary. The “Accio Firebolt” pulls out of it, but the “Hungarian Horntail” continues the drop, the longest in Roller Coaster History. Then the “Hungarian Horntail” glides back into the Mountain to again pick up more riders.
The “Accio Firebolt” however does a backwards flip twist in the tracks, to avert the longer drop – that is the thrill of this ride as well – then does a double loop around the original area of Grandstands (outside of the loop circle – so that the tracks and action does not confuse the riders with the beginning of the ride – BUT they hear the jets of fire, and the screams of the riders – so as to replicate what Harry must have heard before he did his task once again. This re-affirms that “Challenge of Tasks” feelings that now other people are facing the Hungarian Horntail. This makes the riders want to do the ride again.
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How about you? What ride would you like? I will submit more ideas once other people contribute their ideas on rides. Give it a shot. Even if you have a hard time describing the motions – give us a general idea – and it’s relation to the Harry Potter Books, Films, and Gaming.
Make it as thrilling as possible!
Cheers,
Helyx 
What Would the Harry Potter World be like – if Warner Brother’s Developed into it’s own Amusement Park – or Developed it for another Amusement Park Chain?
This post has been edited by helyx: Oct 11 2006, 09:59 PM
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Oct 12 2006, 08:44 PM
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Helyx,
You got my adrenaline pumping just reading about that coaster. I would definitely excitedly wait months or even years for it to come out. The combination of theme elements to make it a full story, and genuinely terrifying twists turns and drops sound perfect to me.
I'm not quite as creative but here are my ideas- assuming a full park of course:
There'd have to be a hogsmeade, a diagon alley, and maybe even a knockturn alley for the shopping areas. You should enter the park through platform 9 3/4 (maybe some kind of sliding door painted to look like brick?) straight into the shopping area of diagon alley.
Merry go round made out of quidditch brooms or flying carpets.
Thestrals sky ride (horseless carriages) as an option for across the park transit.
Hogwarts train as ground transit around the park.
Wooden coaster would have to be gringotts mine carts- that would be soooooo perfect.
As for a steel terrfiying coaster- the flying ford anglia, it could definitely do loops twist turns upside down etc., and maybe some sort of clouds to go through, and rapid droppping.
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Oct 13 2006, 01:39 AM
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Yes, "The Hungarian Horntail" would shoot fireballs, but just enough in the safety rage of the riders.
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Think of a fire blower they have at circus acts. It would be enough to scare you, but meet regulation code
On the Universal Studio's Tour, They use real Fire, in one of their "effects" areas. One in the "Firedraft" Sound state, and the part where the subway car crashes from the earthquake. They also have a Fire Breathing Dragon in the Conan, the Barbarian Live Show, if they are still doing it. So they know how to have fire balls, and have it safe within an audience. I remembered feeling the heat of the fire from my seat in the audience.
Seattle Opera Company did use actual Fire in their Version of WAGNER's Ring Cycle. It's with a gas system, that can be easily controled. They use it in many films. Since the Dragon would be outside, the combustion rate would not build up over time, because of air exposure.
They used to have a house on fire in the original Univeral Studios Tour that I went on as a child.
So also think of how Univeral did a large King Kong, that rips the bridge out of its steel beams from that ride. That is the size I was thinking for the Dragon.
I should know. I tested to become a Univeral Studio's Tour Guide in 1989. Unfortunatly, The Studio really wanted me to PUSH some quite awful films throughout the tour, so I backed out. I don't like lying to an audience that I liked something. Last thing I want is a Tourist upset because of my recommendations.
Also, I just mentioned one ride. That way people could BE CREATIVE and come up with rides to ADD to the Harry Potter Area. How Disneyland added the cartoon world to their already existing Disney. They had the space to do it. So Warners would do it as part of the park as a whole. I quite liked TOON TOWN. The kids really like the Electric Company, because if tried to open the doors, you would hear this "ZAP" electricity sound.
No, I don't think a seperate Harry Potter Park would make it on it's own. What they would do, is do a TESTER, like George Lucas did with Disneyland. One ride to see how audiences recieved it, before building a whole section of Harry Potter related rides.
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The Flying Ford Anglia:
That one could be a bit like the Wild Mouse ride on High Octane (GAS!) (if people know that one).
Would this be like the DVD rom Game they have on Harry Potter and the Secret Chamber? Where all the spiders tried to get you?
Actually, I like the idea of an Actual Car as a Roller Coaster Cart! That would be fun. Not only to go on, but to watch. Just imagine some kid going, "Look MOM, there's a car flying!
The Wild Mouse ride is downright evil> I like to spin the cart as fast as possible, as it is going traveling along the Thin Track Roller Coaster, making unexpected turns.
That one scared me as a child, because the original construction of that ride was a thin rail track. At that time, the cart was of minimal design. So you really felt like you could fall out of it at any moment! It would switch tracks, so when you think the cart is going left, it went right.
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The Whomping Whillow ride.
That one would have all seperate arm cages that people would get in (think of an octopus taking a break). Then all the arms would go up into the air, and seperatly the arms would swing into the center, or out, as the base rotated. I think they would have to clean up that ride many times a day!
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Hogsmead! Knockturn Alley!
I would love to go into an area designed like that. In The Netherlands we have the Efteling:
http://www.efteling.nl/home.aspx?LanguageId=2
That park is designed in some sections quite like a Hogsmead would look like. Check out the site to also get some ideas as well. It's one of my favorate Amusement Parks in Europe. Dream Flight is the most packed ride there. Its a wonderful dip into the world of fantasy.
It is also one of the most friendly Amusement Parks to take your kids to. That is what I would also like to see Warner Brother's try to achieve. A balance with thrill rides, some beautiful natural landscaping, and some recognizable Designs from the Harry Potter Film. That would also make many people quite happy to walk in that world.
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Thestral's carriages!
The Thestral's could move on tracks in the road, or by a magnitized system - So you actually would be in a Wooden carriage, but it moved on it's own!
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Gringott's!
Yes, just try to get your gold out of your vault! hehehe! Excellent Idea! I think the trick they could do with that one, since Disneyland Paris already has 'The Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Mine Train Ride" - which goes first forwards, then you go backwards through the mine.
In Gringott's, I think they could harness you in so that you think you are up, and then the track will make you go upside down at points. Why not break through a couple of vaults too!
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Flying Brooms/Magic Carpets -
That sounds wonderful for the kids, and Parents. They would have to make it stable enough to hold the riders, if it was turning even in a carosel. I think Univeral has the E.T. ride, but I am not sure if people get on Bicycles for that one. They were developing that one while I was training as a Tour Guide there.
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Potter's Puppet Pals!
Exactly what song would they be singing? hehehe!
It's a small world - always drove me nuts at Disneyland! Not just that. The clock was almost hypnotic, clicking off every second - so you found yourself in the line for that ride, whether you remember getting into the line for it at all. hehehe...
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Platform 9 3/4!
Actually, the technology is very developed in digital projection. So people would think they are seeing a wall there, and there is not one. The great part would be, that at times there would be a wall! Padded Stone, of course!
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Goblet of Fire: THE THREE TASKS!
I think if they did it, they would base an area off all 3 tasks from the Goblet of Fire Film. So there would be some sort of Aquatic version of the second task Actually, they might combine it with a water ride - where you would get a bit wet.
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Keep up the Great Ideas! Who knows, If we think about our rides, we might make them come true!
Cheers,
Helyx 
This post has been edited by helyx: Oct 13 2006, 02:07 AM
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Oct 13 2006, 03:52 AM
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Helyx
You finally unlocked a series of my wildest dreams. The world would almost be heavenly if a Harry Potter theme park came to life 
I think you've almost covered the best of the best rides i could ever imagine and i suppose that right now i'm too overwhelmed to think of something
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Oct 13 2006, 07:52 PM
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QUOTE(helyx @ Oct 13 2006, 02:39 AM) [snapback]975632[/snapback]
Flying Brooms/Magic Carpets -
That sounds wonderful for the kids, and Parents. They would have to make it stable enough to hold the riders, if it was turning even in a carosel. I think Univeral has the E.T. ride, but I am not sure if people get on Bicycles for that one. They were developing that one while I was training as a Tour Guide there.
What a great idea, a harry potter version of that on either magic carpets (for young kids with familys) or brooms would perfect. You could be immersed in flying thorough that world- perhaps hogwarts grounds.
The ET one you really do ride the bikes. I love that ride, it was like living a lifelong dream for me. The first movie I ever saw in the movie theater was ET when I was 5 y/o. I was soooo excited  when they were flying at the end of the movie that I literally was jumping up and down on my seat to join them (  my poor parents- imagine the other people in the theater). The ride takes you to ET's on the bike and you visit ET's world, it really feels like your flying on a bike. [spoiler]At the end they say goodbye to you by name[/spoiler]
I'm sure that could be done in the same way within the Harry Potter world to make you feel like you really are flying on a broom.
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