Wizarding World of Harry Potter Poster Teases West Coast Expansion

Check out a new poster teasing the Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s upcoming Hollywood attraction

Universal Studios Hollywood has just released a new piece of signature art that teases the eagerly-awaited arrival of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, scheduled to open in Hollywood Spring 2016. Check it out in full in the gallery viewer below!

The new image, which depicts a wand-wielding Harry Potter in the foreground with a bustling snowcapped Hogsmeade village and a spectacular view of the iconic Hogwarts castle in the background, aims to capture the spirit of the immersive environment as the Wizarding World readies for its West Coast debut.

More than five years in the making, and inspired by J.K. Rowling’s compelling stories and characters that were brought to life in the Warner Bros. films, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be masterfully recreated with impeccable detail as a real world interpretation at Universal Studios Hollywood. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will offer a visual landscape faithful to the fiction and films, including Hogwarts castle which will serve as its iconic focal point.

Like its counterparts, Hogwarts castle will sit at the heart of The Wizarding World where the land’s signature ride, “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey,” will take guests on a journey into many memorable scenes alongside Harry, Ron and Hermione. Traveling by Floo powder, guests will soar high above Hogwarts, partake in a Quidditch match, narrowly escape a dragon attack and have a close encounter with the Whomping Willow.

“Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” is an achievement in pioneering theme park ride technology featuring a groundbreaking robotics ride system, fused with elaborate filmed action sequences and immersive visceral effects. Sporting Quidditch-inspired 3D goggles, guests will venture through journeys experienced by Harry and his friends, spiraling and pivoting 360-degrees along an elevated ride track on a whirlwind adventure of a lifetime.

Also within “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter,” the enchanting family coaster, “Flight of the Hippogriff” will debut as Universal Studios Hollywood’s first outdoor coaster.