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Stand In Line! The Harry Potter Theme Park/Ride!, Will you go? What is your DREAM ride?
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post 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,

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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?


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Ok, so we're hearing rumors about a Harry Potter theme park, and sadly, rumors is probably all they are. But let's just pretend that someone decides to build a Harry Potter theme park. What sorts of attractions would you want to see? Rides, shows, restaurants, etc. Would you go to a Harry Potter theme park? Where do you think it should be built? Basically think about anything that would go into a major theme park, and discuss it here.

I personally would love to see a Harry Potter theme park, as long as it had lots of roller coasters. I envision a huge steel coaster called "The Firebolt" with cars that resemble broomsticks and lots and lots of loops. One of those 3-D rides would be cool too, where the seats move in sync to a huge screen. I would love to have a Quidditch game themed one. Also, since most theme parks have some sort of landscaping, a replica of the maze from Goblet of Fire (book, not movie) would be pretty cool to walk through. With statues of things like Blast Ended Skrewts, a Sphinx, etc.


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the thingslike disney where they basically put you in a box, make you feel and sound like youre moving, itd be awesome, and some crazy rollercoasters based on quiditch, or the dragon task. oooo and a water park based on the mermish village, and maybe a water ride escaping the giant squid.


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i would definitely want them to make a resteraunt desinged after the leaky cauldron, where they should serve butterbeer. a candy shop like honey dukes where they sell chocolate frogs and every flavor beans. a gift shop where you can buy wands and stuff like that. and they should definitely make a ride with the moving stair cases, i've always imagined that since the first movie. the should have a rollercoaster or something along those lines where we go through the maze, and jaws sort of ride with the dragon. the people who worked their would all wear robes. there would be a ride like tower of terror or something where you took a ride through hogwarts, and allllll that gooodd stuffff.


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I'd want it to have a Department Of Mysteries replica! Pulling off the veil thing would be really hard though,


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QUOTE(NYBookworm @ Oct 13 2006, 08:52 PM) [snapback]976241[/snapback]



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 excited.gif when they were flying at the end of the movie that I literally was jumping up and down on my seat to join them ( blush.gif 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.


I love the ET ride too! The last time I rode it was the summer before my freshman year of high school and I loved it even at the slightly cynical age of 13 (a little over 10 years ago). I think I'd love it even more now. I'm such a big kid.

I think the best HP ride that would be the easiest to fit in all the story elements and take up the least space would be one of those rides with a screen and interactive seating. Kinda like the Back to the Future Ride at Universal in Florida or the Tomb Raider ride at King's Island in Ohio. It's like you're actually there. I'm not sure what the premise would be though. Maybe the Ford Anglia or a Quidditch tournament or the Triwizard Tournament (the maze from the book this time). Or like LauraKeaton said: an actual maze would be cool too.


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QUOTE(Eric_Lynn @ Oct 12 2006, 05:17 AM) [snapback]974833[/snapback]

I'm having visions of Potter Puppet Pals singing "It's a Small World". Aaaargh! Make them stop!


hehehehehe!!!! I think the Potter Puppet Pals will have their own torture planed for the tourists! No Harry Potter Park would be complete without them! Except the Dumbledore character would have safety harnesses straped to his clothing.

Actually, would they have characters in costume walk around the Harry Potter section of the Park, like they do at other Amusement Parks? When Magic Mountain/Six Flags/Walibi World(They keep changing names!) had Mutant Ninja Turtles in California - the line to see them was longer than their roller coasters. I got a good laugh out of it.

Me, I want the SNAPE POTTER PUPPET PAL NOW!!!!! I can just see a whole booth of them. Merchandise hell......!

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It wouldn't be the rides or games, it would be Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade that would be cool for me! All the stuff, though I am sure everything would be 15 bucks or more, but still.

Other than giving my money away tongue.gif, I would like to see the Shrieking Shack or something. Like a haunted house, I can see it now tongue.gif. That, or maybe they could have like ground-Quidditch or something tongue.gif.


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I would absolutly luurveee a Harry Potter ride, at Warner Bros. Movie world on the goldcoast, (cause it's the closest to home)! The carriages would be like the ones that the thestrals take the students on every year from hogsmeade to hogwarts, and the first bit would just be like that! You would then arrive at hogwarts and move into small purple and gold carts with the Hogwarts emblem and get taken for a ride around the school. You go in to classes and pass through ghosts (at that point cold, you would feel cold air on you're face) till u get to the great hall, where you will be greeted by Prof.Mc Gonagall, as she leads you through, you go back around and go to all common rooms, the last bit would be through the quidditch pitch.


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Thanks everyone for contributing ideas! Keep them coming. I think, if we visualize it in our heads, and imagine it - then it will come true - in the future.

I love all the ideas! Imagine if Leaky Lounge had input into making it the best possible attraction?

Have a great Halloween! Keep coming up with the great ideas. No idea is too small! I would even shop in Diagon Alley, if they did it right!

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If they did the Shrieking Shack - I would hope they would make the whole house move like it did in the film. No wall or floor staying in the same place. That would be incredible!


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]if there were a harry potter theme park, or even just a roller coaster what do you think it would be based off of?

maybe the whomping willow or gringotts. any other ideas"?
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