Foolish mortals, this is not the ONLY video this month. Keep your heads out and bring your death certificate for my Halloween special coming sooOOoon. For now: www.patreon.com/amusementlabs Also, to make sure I have ample study time for finals there will not be a November video and likely not in December either. But worry not, I'll be back in the new year. 🙂 Thank you for all your support this last crazy year and I can't wait to share what I have in store for the future.
@@Quincypoo11 thank you, I just don't want to promise something I can't deliver on as I'll be kicking myself later if I don't study. Carving out time for this video was already tough enough.
I agreed with you for a while, until I went to "Rise of the Resistance" at Disneyland on launch day and I gotta say that took the crown of the best dark ride on the planet. I heard the design team basically got an unlimited budget and permission to do everything to beat universal after they took that particular crown from Disney when this ride came out. Also that the Imagineers pitched everything expected at some point upper management would then go towards the revision stage to bring it down into some sort of budget, but approved the 2 Billion dollar project which is also why it has 3 different ride systems as it's all the ideas. Honestly, my mind was blown and I would of been happy to do just that 1 thing and call it a day at Disneyland.
I really loved it too, unfortunately it kept stopping multiple times (like 4-5) when I got to ride it :/. Really killed the immersion but I got to check out the machinery a bit
I'm really scared of roller coasters and drops.. I can't really tell how frightening this ride is? Any tips? Is it similar to flight of passage maybe but dark?
I always wondered why the animatronics got so close... I used to think I was exaggerating how close those darn dementors got but nope, they pop right up to my face 😬😅
This is a great ride! The first time I went on it though, It broke down. My dad sister and I were all in the bench upside down beneath the womping willow. I was so nervous that the branches were gonna hit us because the props didn't stop moving even though the ride vehicles did. The lights turned on and nerdy me started fangirling over the ride vehicles that we could all now see. After about 20 minutes, the ride resumed and our vehicle was set to that "jog" position. Universal, of course, offered to put us in the front of the next line for the ride since we were stopped for so long. But to be honest, I didn't mind one bit being stuck on it. I loved figuring out how it worked.
@@soren7550 I don’t remember how many times. But only briefly and it’s not completely upside down. It’s more you’re lying on your back with your feet up in the air a little bit.
This was the first ride I ever rode that I came off and the first thing I said was..."HOW DID THEY DO THAT?" The moving between real scenes and screens is just so well done. Also probs to The Amazing Avengers of Spider-Man which does this flawlessly despite being a decade older.
Spiderman is still my fave ride. My husband and I RUN to it at park open. Last time we went, we got to be in the very first cart!!! It was so exciting and so fun!!!
Don't forget to talk about how often this ride breaks down. Depending on where you are in the ride, and what position the train is in, that can be a pretty terrifying ordeal.
I remember one ride through I went on, the ride stopped for a moment just as our car met a screen, and when the ride resumed, the video feed was glitched out. It was stuck on a frame of the ground at a 45 degree angle with motion blur, but the audio kept playing, and the car kept moving. During the same ride, everything was stopped briefly again just as we were face to face with a bunch of dementors xD My dad and brother in the next car over were in the spider scene. That was a fun experience asdlkfsdfjkljsdklf
I went on this on Tuesday and the ride stopped for about 15 minutes I think. we got stopped right before the restraints lift up to let you off. I accidentally clicked my restraint 1 click further while we were waiting for people to help us and it was really uncomfortable.
I went on this ride at Universal studios, the ride stopped right where the giant spiders are trying to get you. A gigantic spider was right in front of me. It was awesome. Then the ride kept going. It gave me time to observe and look around the ride.
My favorite ride ever. I went on it 13 times in a single visit using the single rider line. Exit the ride in the gift shop, cut thru the locker area and you're back on in seconds
Yup it’s an amazing feeling finding out that a popular ride has a single rider line. People trying so hard to be on the same ride even tho it’s the exact same ride for everyone and you don’t need to interact with people next to you. I’m speaking for most rides but not every ride of course
totally agree with single rider!! we went just after it first opened and it was packed, but on the single rider queue we were on in 20 mins and I was on the same bench as my sister. They load people so fast that single riders are pretty much on every bench.
When I went over the summer there was effectively no wait for the single rider lines. And if you are only with one other person there is a pretty high likelihood you will get to ride it together after 3-4 times through (which when I went took < 30 mins including ride time as the walk through the castle took longer than waiting in line).
Weirdly enough, I spent the better part of 4 days hanging around the HP section of Islands of Adventure and never went on this ride! Admittedly, the line was always long, and I was never sure how I'd feel about being tossed around. However! My mom and I happened to ask an attendant about the ride and she happily informed us of the non-ride queue through the castle. We certainly turned a few heads walking through an empty line parallel to the ride queue, but it was a great time to really take in the interior of the castle they built up. Also it's inside, air conditioned, and free with no time restrictions; I think we spent probably an hour slowly walking through and poring over all the props and details. It's a super nice way to experience the queue effects even if you don't feel up to the ride, and not a lot of people know about it!
The ride also has a well-thought-out method for loading and unloading disabled riders. There is a separate loading room without the moving sidewalk. A single Kuka arm and carriage is diverted from the regular track, enters this room, and comes to a complete stop. The disabled rider(s) and their friends (still four people total) can then take as long as they need to load and unload, without disrupting the ride flow of the other carriages. Once loaded, this ride vehicle is reintroduced to the regular ride flow, but returns to this separate station afterwards. This is a great improvement to older ride systems that use the regular loading area for disabled riders. And probably not that expensive to construct, since the ride systems need a way to take a single ride vehicle out of service anyway. A thoughtful and much-appreciated addition by the ride’s designers, and Universal, who’s staff did an excellent job running this station.
I rode this a lot of times over two days. On the second day, a dementor that had been absent the day before (being fixed? idk) popped right into my face. Scared me half to death lmao
So the most surprising thing for me in this one was the absolutely massive size of those “ride vehicles” The seats are only about 10% of the total frame 😳
Apparently, the ‘Universal Monsters’ ride at Epic Universe is gonna have a more advanced version of this ride system where the arm is on a rollercoaster track
Although Dynamic Attractions posted a video of some new stuff and there was a clip of what looked like an early test of the ride. It looks like it's been reduced to the same system as this as opposed to one on a coaster track (though there has been some work on the track mounted one). The test showed some guy on a stage (probably Musion) with some Frankenstein looking stuff in the background (vials, saws, etc). They quickly took it down, so there must have been some truth to it.
It’s a masterpiece of ride technology but I’ve never felt so sick riding anything. This actually made me feel more sick than on the Simpsons ride over in USO. 🤢
My wife and I both got extremely motion sick! Way too much going on for me. I thought I was gonna puke. I closed my eyes during the dementor scene and just held on. I honestly had to go back to the hotel and lay down for an hour and still felt nauseous. And btw I love rides especially rollercoasters. The video as well as motion was a double whammy on my stomach though
@@goalie2998 Yeah what I found to be the killer was that the chairs were constantly moving up and down like on a boat. I can do coasters no problem but motion sims and spinning rides are hard going. Even the Cat in the Hat ride pushed me a bit when the cars start spinning wildly. 😂
This was a perfect video. I can not thank you enough for not showing the very long spider scene in this video review. For the first time I was able to see how this ride works and now I am willing to try it again. I have rode this attraction once in my life, but closed my eyes to long to enjoy the experience. Know that I have more information about the ride I can fully enjoy with the rest of my family. Thank you for your time in creating this Awesome video!
Went on this a couple of weeks ago with no idea what to expect. It surprised the hell out of me how much I enjoyed it. I ended up riding it 5 times thanks to the Single Rider line being a 1-minute wait - it was awesome.
A small additional detail: there is a second station behind the main station, with switching tracks before/after the main station. There is usually only one car arriving at this station at a time, but it can remain stationary during loading/unloading, and is launched upon clearance from that station's operators. When launching, the system slows the cars leaving the main station just enough that it can skip into the ride without a major disruption, and similarly it slows the cars behind the "secondary" car at the end of the ride just enough to allow the switching to occur. This station is primarily used for disabled access to the ride, but it's additionally been used for VIPs, as the route to this station completely bypasses the main queue.
I went to this station once after the ride ended because we had a person in our car with a cast on his leg, and he and his friends needed to get off. The ride operator overseeing the car asked my husband if we wanted to stay in the car and go through the ride again, in which we said “Yes!”
HP and the Forbidden Journey is probably the best theme park ride I’ve ever rode (not counting rollercoasters). From the line theming, the speed at which you get on and off the ride, the mechanics blending magic motion and old school live action, practical animatronics. The overall experience is fantastic. Two rides I’ve yet to experience is the Star Wars Rise of the Resistance and Avatar’s Flights of Passage Pandora. I heard both are great but as of this post, no ride has emcome close to the overall experience that Forbidden Journey delivers.
One of the best rides ever made. There are some amazing rides between Disney and Universal but this one and Flight of Passage are the only two rides that left me speechless and in awe. Two rides that I’d like to know “how they work” would be Revenge if the Mummy and that cool turn table and the fire up the ceiling effect, and Manta/Superman/flying coasters!
Will literally never be able to forget the time my foot touched a dementor on this ride 😭😭😭 Now I live in fear of touching one of the spiders the next time I ride
Thank you so much for posting this video and others like it!! This is my first visit to your channel. We just rode Harry Potter and The Forbidden Journey yesterday. It was absolutely fascinating! I am one of those people who loves to learn how things work, especially rides. It also gives me the courage to try different rides when I understand how they work. Ever since we rode this ride I have been trying to figure out how it was done. I searched you tube and ran across your channel. I will definitely be checking out your other videos. Thank you for your hard work and great detail given in these videos!!!
I rode this for the first time last week, and I was NOT ready for it. No ride video can prepare you for the actual experience on this phenomenal dark ride. It must be ridden to be believed. As someone else in the comments said, it left me speechless. And by the way, the right-most seat when you're in the vehicle is definitely the scariest; I rode on both ends in the same day. The right-most seat gets the "dragon fire" right in the face!
one of my favorite rides!!! literally rode the first time, ran to jurassic park grabbed my brother and ran back to the castle!! its amazing and videos like this one are so FASCINATING !! i love knowing how it all works, thanks for this!!!! going back in the Fall :)
My guy, this is such a helpful resource. Imagine going on the ride and seeing how it works. There needs to be more videos like this. I'd like to see something similar for how the Avatar ride works at Animal Kingdom, that one and this one was one of the best experiences of their respective parks.
Hi, from the UK. This is one of my top rides, at Universal. Very clever ride system. Lucky for me, i don't get motion sickness. Visited back in december last year. Hope to get back, at some point, in the near future. Been watching updates, on the new Velocioaster, looks awesome, as does Iron Gwazi, over at BG Tampa.
I honestly couldn’t enjoy that ride. I’m actually a little bit chubby and I was honestly uncomfortable when I pulled the lap bar down. I was also anxious the whole ride because I was worried that I would fall off. I was hyperventilating as soon as I got off the ride, but luckily my mom was there to help calm me down.
Woo-hoo! Always love your vids. Thank you so much for making these, even when you have school. I’m also loving the new amusement labs. (Even though I’m missing the “and stand in the queue line, which you’re probably already doing” line) I’ve been watching your videos from the beginning. It’s been great seeing you get more and more of the credit you deserve. Shows your dedication. 👍 Have a great day, dude. Good luck on your finals.
Wandering from the Lost Continent to the entrance of Hogsmead you get that incredible sight of the town and castle and it lines up beautifully. One of the best forced perspectives Orlando parks have ever had. The designers should be praised and forever employed from here til they retire.
I was so sick after riding this that I needed to leave the park in a wheelchair. Never again. Miss dragon challenge, though! Thanks for a great video explaining a ride that I couldn't actually enjoy in person.
When I rode this, I didn't understand how each rider could have such a long time in front of the dome projections when there's so little time between each cart in the queue...now it all makes sense.
I was queued for this ride behind a handicapped guest one time and got grouped with them and they took us to a separate area where the floor was not moving to make it easier to get on the ride. This area was much less decorated than the normal loading area and the machinery was very easy to see. I proceeded to pay attention to the robotic arms for the entire ride and not the screens because I was so intrigued haha
I was so excited to ride this and as soon as it started, motion sickness!!! I had to close my eyes the ENTIRE time. This was worse than Star Tours for me lol. I’m sure it’s a great ride but my stomach can’t handle it. Maybe I’ll try it with Dramamine next time.
I must say your channel has really gotten better over time. The single biggest improvement is your narrations, they are so well done much clearer and much easier to understand. Super great channel! Always enjoy your videos very much and always learn something new!
Bro I was just at universal for the first time since Covid last week. And went on forbidden journey half a dozen times with express, and I’m not even a Harry Potter fan. Amazing how the ride works, and how complicated it is. Thank you for the video boss.
@@hollyrose2418 it’s perfectly fine, same goes for Disney. The lines are spaced out and employees regulate mask use and space between people pretty consistently. Not to mention there are already less people in the parks, so shorter lines in the big rides
I just walked out of Universal a while ago and my mom was planning on taking me to that ride. I knew that I can’t go there blind in case the ride is too dangerous for me or not. So, I decided to watch this video. Now I know what the ride is like and how it’s made. Thank you very much! EXPECTO PATRONUM! 💫
I subscribed from your "How Does RMC Work" video years ago ,and ever since then I've seen you videos improve and improve! I think this is by far one of your most polished videos. There are other Forbidden Journey videos around and you clearly take the prize here. On another note, you mentioned you are in school, are you studying to become an engineer? If so, this is a great resume builder for a job as an imagineer!
Thanks, I'm glad you like them. Also, yes, I'm studying to be a mechanical engineer and really want to work for Dynamic Attractions, which I've already started developing a relationship with. 🙂
Nice work on the mechanical breakdown..I went on this ride for an hour straight before...This ride is very smooth and at times feels like your actually flying... 👍
I’ve been on this ride quite a few times. It’s so fun! It’s amazing to see how it all works and from what it seems like Timing is so important with this ride!
I absolutely love this ride and it is always a must ride for me. One time I got stuck at the part where you are basically upside down next to the whomping willow
Great video! Just a couple of technical notes; -amec Dynamic Structures (now split off as Dynamic Attractions) just outside of Vancouver, Canada did the integration and designed and built the whole mobile base system. -The robots are built by KUKA, but they're not a standard KR 500 (or any other standard model) - they're a specific 4-axis variant, missing two of the axes at the wrist (J5 and 6). They're closer to a KR 1000, with a shortened J4 axis and the wrist removed. This increases the effective payload since the moment on J3 is reduce (and the extra reach and axes aren't really required). -The motors on the robot are called servos. Your summary of the mobile base and drive system is spot on!
Thanks for the info about the arm. Good to know. As for the name servo, yes, I do what those are (I have a box of them), but they don't normally have a brake in them and these do
I remember riding this one over an over when I went. Second time through the ride stopped for almost 10 minutes- we were mid tilt in one of the spookier parts of the ride. I can’t remember if it was a dementor or the giant spider, but it freaked me out
Those are not “buttons” or flags on the sides of the vehicles as was mentioned. Those are indicator lights as to which mode each vehicle is operating on. Ride attendants on the load platform carry a RFID tag in one hand. They are able to tell each vehicle what mode to be in according to different sensors on each vehicle. The green light means the vehicle is tagged for dispatch. A blue light means the vehicle will travel to the Secondary load platform. Another sensor will pop the harnesses on the vehicle when an RFID signals it. There isn’t another one for maintenance mode. Lastly it takes 2 ride attendants to disable a vehicle using their RFID tags. It’s a very simple feature that is guest proof should a guest try to mess with it. So next time you ride, pay attention to the yellow RFID tag in your ride attendants hand. :)
i wish i could leave a photo comment to show how amazed i was wondering how this ride worked my very first time riding it. while everyone in the in ride photo looked shocked, i was looking off to the side like "HOW?!?!?!?" thank you so much for this video! i've wondered this for years.
My husband and I went to Universal Studios for the first time recently and both agreed this was the best ride in the park! Truly unique and extremely fun! It's great to see how it all came together and how it works.
Awesome ride went on it again after some years last weekend. I wasn’t as excited the second time cause I been on it already and knew what to expect. However when I got on and after I was blown away at how new it felt along a familiar. It felt like it was my first time and a better experience than my first and my first time I was mesmerized by the engineering and how advanced this ride was. Imagine Disney using this concept making magic kingdom rides for Aladdin a whole new world, or an upgrade to Peter Pan flight etc…
I had to close my eyes I was so scared 😂 we got stuck by Aragog and I REFUSED to see the big spider 😂 no way. It's amazing how it works, I've been on it since then and it is so immersive... Albeit the screens could do with updating but that's just me being very picky. Amazing ride, hardly ever breaks down but when it does, embrace it because you get to see the cool stuff.
Once when I was on this ride, it shut down halfway through. My mother stopped directly in front of the part with the spider that spits water in your face. 😂
I have legitimate ptsd from this ride. Let’s just say I was 9 and this ride was the only one open. We took it and I’ve never been so terrified in my entire life. It wasn’t fun, it was a little 9 year old kid screaming in fear as he was rotating in a seat and his mom was tryna calm him down. I will never forget that day..
In my trip to Orlando in 2019 this was actually one of my favorite rides! I was very thankful for our express passes bc I rode it many times in a row! My mom on the other hand couldn’t handle it 🤢
Wow, I love how technical you are in the video. I will for sure check out your other videos. I hope they're a lot like this one. Thanks for posting this.
i just rode this for the first time last month at uni hollywood and it blew me away, one of the best rides i’ve ever been on, i did not expect such a thrilling experience, it was awesome and i would love to ride it again, i see people comparing this to rise of resistance and rise is also a very good ride, probably the best ride at disneyland, however forbidden journey i just didn’t expect it, and i love thrill rides so it provided a much more intense experience vs rise is a pretty calm and slow moving ride
I love thrill rides and I was so impressed with these ride which is a combination of so many effects and makes you feel as if you are flying with them and a very unique experience. Everything was perfect.. we did these ride 4 times and it was so much fun! Thanks for explaining how it works as I was wondering how did they engineer this ride.
New subscriber here. You literally answered my question. Thanks 👍🏾😊 I swear to ya, the past time I was at the park(literally just last week) I paid more attention to trying to see around the screens and seat (since I was at the end seat) just because I wanted to see how it worked. I could even see the riders behind my seat. So I got curious about how they perfectly executed ride. And here you are! So I'm subscribing
I think they took some of the spiders out of the Florida ride? I rode it before the official opening, and there were loads. The next year there seemed to be a lot less, unless I was imaging things!
Right? The ride stopped one time in the spider cave and there was a giant one hanging literally a couple feet away from my face for a couple minutes before the ride started up again.. Still traumatized by that.
The ride halted while I was on it, but it ended up making it cooler! The emergency lights allowed me to see all the guts making things work. I was stopped in front of a concave projector screen, and it, somehow, amplified my voice when I spoke.
Foolish mortals, this is not the ONLY video this month. Keep your heads out and bring your death certificate for my Halloween special coming sooOOoon.
For now: www.patreon.com/amusementlabs
Also, to make sure I have ample study time for finals there will not be a November video and likely not in December either. But worry not, I'll be back in the new year. 🙂 Thank you for all your support this last crazy year and I can't wait to share what I have in store for the future.
That’s ok take time off
@@Quincypoo11 thank you, I just don't want to promise something I can't deliver on as I'll be kicking myself later if I don't study. Carving out time for this video was already tough enough.
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YOU FORGOT TO SAY "OR STAND IN A LINE WHICH YOU'RE MOST LIKELY ALREADY DOING"
@@lebaguette7392 😅
This is the first ride I have ever rode that literally left me speechless afterwords. It's probably the best dark ride on the planet, honestly.
I agreed with you for a while, until I went to "Rise of the Resistance" at Disneyland on launch day and I gotta say that took the crown of the best dark ride on the planet. I heard the design team basically got an unlimited budget and permission to do everything to beat universal after they took that particular crown from Disney when this ride came out.
Also that the Imagineers pitched everything expected at some point upper management would then go towards the revision stage to bring it down into some sort of budget, but approved the 2 Billion dollar project which is also why it has 3 different ride systems as it's all the ideas. Honestly, my mind was blown and I would of been happy to do just that 1 thing and call it a day at Disneyland.
I really loved it too, unfortunately it kept stopping multiple times (like 4-5) when I got to ride it :/. Really killed the immersion but I got to check out the machinery a bit
As a person who can handle transformers how is this compared to it is it scarier?
@@dannagarcia2556 no it's not scary at all
I'm really scared of roller coasters and drops.. I can't really tell how frightening this ride is? Any tips? Is it similar to flight of passage maybe but dark?
I always wondered why the animatronics got so close... I used to think I was exaggerating how close those darn dementors got but nope, they pop right up to my face 😬😅
I always close my eyes when I get to that part. I just cant look at that dementor
@@lasagnabirb6111, same, I legit scream and kick my feet from how scared I am
i get so scared i sxream for my life
The spider got so much itchy liquid in my eyes that I couldn’t see most of the rest of it
@@MegatronYES big oof
This is a great ride! The first time I went on it though, It broke down. My dad sister and I were all in the bench upside down beneath the womping willow. I was so nervous that the branches were gonna hit us because the props didn't stop moving even though the ride vehicles did. The lights turned on and nerdy me started fangirling over the ride vehicles that we could all now see. After about 20 minutes, the ride resumed and our vehicle was set to that "jog" position. Universal, of course, offered to put us in the front of the next line for the ride since we were stopped for so long. But to be honest, I didn't mind one bit being stuck on it. I loved figuring out how it worked.
We stopped at the exact same spot, except the staff were rude and offered us nothing!
Horrible place to get stuck!
Does the ride go upside down often?
@@soren7550 I don’t remember how many times. But only briefly and it’s not completely upside down. It’s more you’re lying on your back with your feet up in the air a little bit.
@@lindatannock interesting reoccurrence
@@artofzaromi in orlando or holleywood
This was the first ride I ever rode that I came off and the first thing I said was..."HOW DID THEY DO THAT?" The moving between real scenes and screens is just so well done. Also probs to The Amazing Avengers of Spider-Man which does this flawlessly despite being a decade older.
Same here lol
Spiderman is still my fave ride. My husband and I RUN to it at park open. Last time we went, we got to be in the very first cart!!! It was so exciting and so fun!!!
Adventures not avengers lol
Honestly same I was in awe! Such a cool ride
Don't forget to talk about how often this ride breaks down. Depending on where you are in the ride, and what position the train is in, that can be a pretty terrifying ordeal.
The spiders 😱😱😱😭😭😭
Tipped backwards with a dementor in your face
i got stuck upside down
I remember one ride through I went on, the ride stopped for a moment just as our car met a screen, and when the ride resumed, the video feed was glitched out. It was stuck on a frame of the ground at a 45 degree angle with motion blur, but the audio kept playing, and the car kept moving. During the same ride, everything was stopped briefly again just as we were face to face with a bunch of dementors xD My dad and brother in the next car over were in the spider scene. That was a fun experience asdlkfsdfjkljsdklf
I went on this on Tuesday and the ride stopped for about 15 minutes I think. we got stopped right before the restraints lift up to let you off. I accidentally clicked my restraint 1 click further while we were waiting for people to help us and it was really uncomfortable.
I went on this ride at Universal studios, the ride stopped right where the giant spiders are trying to get you. A gigantic spider was right in front of me. It was awesome. Then the ride kept going. It gave me time to observe and look around the ride.
This seems to be a very regular thing! You're probably the 5th person whose commented they stopped in front of the spiders or dementors.
Yeah it is common… scary asf but cool
Pretty sure you were stuck face to face with Aragog.
My favorite ride ever. I went on it 13 times in a single visit using the single rider line. Exit the ride in the gift shop, cut thru the locker area and you're back on in seconds
Yup it’s an amazing feeling finding out that a popular ride has a single rider line. People trying so hard to be on the same ride even tho it’s the exact same ride for everyone and you don’t need to interact with people next to you. I’m speaking for most rides but not every ride of course
totally agree with single rider!! we went just after it first opened and it was packed, but on the single rider queue we were on in 20 mins and I was on the same bench as my sister. They load people so fast that single riders are pretty much on every bench.
When I went over the summer there was effectively no wait for the single rider lines. And if you are only with one other person there is a pretty high likelihood you will get to ride it together after 3-4 times through (which when I went took < 30 mins including ride time as the walk through the castle took longer than waiting in line).
Weirdly enough, I spent the better part of 4 days hanging around the HP section of Islands of Adventure and never went on this ride! Admittedly, the line was always long, and I was never sure how I'd feel about being tossed around. However! My mom and I happened to ask an attendant about the ride and she happily informed us of the non-ride queue through the castle. We certainly turned a few heads walking through an empty line parallel to the ride queue, but it was a great time to really take in the interior of the castle they built up. Also it's inside, air conditioned, and free with no time restrictions; I think we spent probably an hour slowly walking through and poring over all the props and details. It's a super nice way to experience the queue effects even if you don't feel up to the ride, and not a lot of people know about it!
It broke down the last time I went, and employees allowed us to see the queue. It was so amazing seeing all of the little details!
A castle that dominates the Orlando skyline. Wish I was a Hogwarts student
Just please don’t nuke Hogwarts
silly nork this castle does not dominate the Orlando skyline. and you cannot attend hogwarts but you can attend hogwarts west across the street.
THAT WIULD BE BAD
Didn’t the government pay for ur tuition?
Not sure if you are being serious or not but it’s only 199 feet tall - it doesn’t dominate any skyline
The ride also has a well-thought-out method for loading and unloading disabled riders.
There is a separate loading room without the moving sidewalk. A single Kuka arm and carriage is diverted from the regular track, enters this room, and comes to a complete stop. The disabled rider(s) and their friends (still four people total) can then take as long as they need to load and unload, without disrupting the ride flow of the other carriages.
Once loaded, this ride vehicle is reintroduced to the regular ride flow, but returns to this separate station afterwards.
This is a great improvement to older ride systems that use the regular loading area for disabled riders. And probably not that expensive to construct, since the ride systems need a way to take a single ride vehicle out of service anyway.
A thoughtful and much-appreciated addition by the ride’s designers, and Universal, who’s staff did an excellent job running this station.
I rode this a lot of times over two days. On the second day, a dementor that had been absent the day before (being fixed? idk) popped right into my face. Scared me half to death lmao
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I guess they need to go back to Azkaban now and then...
Your speaking voice and enunciation is improving, not to mention the always top of the line content. This is a wonderful video, bravo!
Thank you. I felt a little uncomfortable recording cause it felt like I was yelling, but I have been doing regular narration exercises lately.
Completely agree! He is nailing it lately!
@@AmusementLabs good on you my man your doing well mate keep up the good work
Was it poor before or something? (New to channel)
@thefantasticdrill. And you’re a pro at this? Geez! It’s very well made. It looks and sounds very professional.
I like learning about those "hologram" portraits. Its like a modern Pepper's ghost that fascinates me like the haunted mansion
i hate ur pfp
So the most surprising thing for me in this one was the absolutely massive size of those “ride vehicles”
The seats are only about 10% of the total frame 😳
Ikr, you're about 15ft off the ground they weigh tons and they just *MOVE* around the building like nothing.
Apparently, the ‘Universal Monsters’ ride at Epic Universe is gonna have a more advanced version of this ride system where the arm is on a rollercoaster track
If the park ever gets built. 😵😞
Although Dynamic Attractions posted a video of some new stuff and there was a clip of what looked like an early test of the ride. It looks like it's been reduced to the same system as this as opposed to one on a coaster track (though there has been some work on the track mounted one).
The test showed some guy on a stage (probably Musion) with some Frankenstein looking stuff in the background (vials, saws, etc). They quickly took it down, so there must have been some truth to it.
@@AmusementLabs I do hope this rumored multi-floor version turns out to be true
That sounds so cool and yet also sounds so nauseating
The FJ vehicles are 12 tons each. That’s 24,000 pounds. Not sure how a single car weighing that much will do on a coaster track.
It’s a masterpiece of ride technology but I’ve never felt so sick riding anything. This actually made me feel more sick than on the Simpsons ride over in USO. 🤢
Me too! I was about to 🤮
You should’ve seen my photo. I looked like this 👻
My wife and I both got extremely motion sick!
Way too much going on for me. I thought I was gonna puke.
I closed my eyes during the dementor scene and just held on.
I honestly had to go back to the hotel and lay down for an hour and still felt nauseous.
And btw I love rides especially rollercoasters.
The video as well as motion was a double whammy on my stomach though
@@goalie2998 Yeah what I found to be the killer was that the chairs were constantly moving up and down like on a boat. I can do coasters no problem but motion sims and spinning rides are hard going. Even the Cat in the Hat ride pushed me a bit when the cars start spinning wildly. 😂
My husband vomited on me during this ride last week ;.;
I screamed my lungs out when I rode this because I didn't expect the dementors to get so close. I'm an grown ass man btw
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Shit thats funny lmao 🤣
Wtf
Lmaooo 😂😂😂
This was a perfect video. I can not thank you enough for not showing the very long spider scene in this video review. For the first time I was able to see how this ride works and now I am willing to try it again. I have rode this attraction once in my life, but closed my eyes to long to enjoy the experience. Know that I have more information about the ride I can fully enjoy with the rest of my family. Thank you for your time in creating this Awesome video!
Well, "Just Amusement Labs", yer a wizard.
A video that made me go wow. I am going to Universal this weekend.
Went on this a couple of weeks ago with no idea what to expect. It surprised the hell out of me how much I enjoyed it. I ended up riding it 5 times thanks to the Single Rider line being a 1-minute wait - it was awesome.
I saw this in my recommended and just said yes
A small additional detail: there is a second station behind the main station, with switching tracks before/after the main station. There is usually only one car arriving at this station at a time, but it can remain stationary during loading/unloading, and is launched upon clearance from that station's operators. When launching, the system slows the cars leaving the main station just enough that it can skip into the ride without a major disruption, and similarly it slows the cars behind the "secondary" car at the end of the ride just enough to allow the switching to occur.
This station is primarily used for disabled access to the ride, but it's additionally been used for VIPs, as the route to this station completely bypasses the main queue.
I went to this station once after the ride ended because we had a person in our car with a cast on his leg, and he and his friends needed to get off. The ride operator overseeing the car asked my husband if we wanted to stay in the car and go through the ride again, in which we said “Yes!”
HP and the Forbidden Journey is probably the best theme park ride I’ve ever rode (not counting rollercoasters). From the line theming, the speed at which you get on and off the ride, the mechanics blending magic motion and old school live action, practical animatronics. The overall experience is fantastic.
Two rides I’ve yet to experience is the Star Wars Rise of the Resistance and Avatar’s Flights of Passage Pandora. I heard both are great but as of this post, no ride has emcome close to the overall experience that Forbidden Journey delivers.
Flights of passage was a lot less nauseating.
One of the best rides ever made. There are some amazing rides between Disney and Universal but this one and Flight of Passage are the only two rides that left me speechless and in awe.
Two rides that I’d like to know “how they work” would be Revenge if the Mummy and that cool turn table and the fire up the ceiling effect, and Manta/Superman/flying coasters!
Will literally never be able to forget the time my foot touched a dementor on this ride 😭😭😭 Now I live in fear of touching one of the spiders the next time I ride
That happened to me too 😂 I literally had lift my feet and legs at one point because I was afraid of another dementor bumping into my foot
Oh hell no 😂
Now I'm wondering how tall you are to be able to do that
Thank you so much for posting this video and others like it!! This is my first visit to your channel. We just rode Harry Potter and The Forbidden Journey yesterday. It was absolutely fascinating! I am one of those people who loves to learn how things work, especially rides. It also gives me the courage to try different rides when I understand how they work. Ever since we rode this ride I have been trying to figure out how it was done. I searched you tube and ran across your channel. I will definitely be checking out your other videos. Thank you for your hard work and great detail given in these videos!!!
I rode this for the first time last week, and I was NOT ready for it. No ride video can prepare you for the actual experience on this phenomenal dark ride. It must be ridden to be believed. As someone else in the comments said, it left me speechless. And by the way, the right-most seat when you're in the vehicle is definitely the scariest; I rode on both ends in the same day. The right-most seat gets the "dragon fire" right in the face!
Bro that big ass spider scared the shit out of me!!! Love the ride so much but now I close my eyes when the ride takes you by Aragog.
one of my favorite rides!!! literally rode the first time, ran to jurassic park grabbed my brother and ran back to the castle!! its amazing and videos like this one are so FASCINATING !! i love knowing how it all works, thanks for this!!!! going back in the Fall :)
we need more of these robotic arm coaster rides, its amazing
Just rode this ride yesterday for the first time and I'm still in awe on how amazing it is!
Ive never watched a Harry Potter movie but I spend tons of money going to Universal because I love the rides!! Absolute best!!
I rode this at japan, it's truly amazing how you can feel that you're flying even though your no more than a few meters above ground
Off the charts theming and a top notch dark ride. Freaking awesome. That ride system is an engineering marvel.
I can’t help but think about the Kuka arm becoming sentient, breaking free & stealing a bench full of riders 😂😭
*47 arms on wheels burst out of the emergency exit and roll down the park taking churros with them* 😅
My guy, this is such a helpful resource. Imagine going on the ride and seeing how it works. There needs to be more videos like this. I'd like to see something similar for how the Avatar ride works at Animal Kingdom, that one and this one was one of the best experiences of their respective parks.
I actually have made a video on that! 😁
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Hi, from the UK. This is one of my top rides, at Universal. Very clever ride system. Lucky for me, i don't get motion sickness. Visited back in december last year. Hope to get back, at some point, in the near future. Been watching updates, on the new Velocioaster, looks awesome, as does Iron Gwazi, over at BG Tampa.
This is the most magic ride I have ever been on. The Gringotts ride was fun when it was added, but this is just beyond amazing.
I honestly couldn’t enjoy that ride. I’m actually a little bit chubby and I was honestly uncomfortable when I pulled the lap bar down. I was also anxious the whole ride because I was worried that I would fall off. I was hyperventilating as soon as I got off the ride, but luckily my mom was there to help calm me down.
Love this ride every time I get to visit. The queue is always fun to look at and when the ride is operational, it's a blast!
Woo-hoo! Always love your vids. Thank you so much for making these, even when you have school. I’m also loving the new amusement labs. (Even though I’m missing the “and stand in the queue line, which you’re probably already doing” line) I’ve been watching your videos from the beginning. It’s been great seeing you get more and more of the credit you deserve. Shows your dedication. 👍 Have a great day, dude. Good luck on your finals.
Wandering from the Lost Continent to the entrance of Hogsmead you get that incredible sight of the town and castle and it lines up beautifully. One of the best forced perspectives Orlando parks have ever had. The designers should be praised and forever employed from here til they retire.
I was so sick after riding this that I needed to leave the park in a wheelchair. Never again. Miss dragon challenge, though! Thanks for a great video explaining a ride that I couldn't actually enjoy in person.
Great tech for sure. Never again for sure.
This was honestly my favorite ride. I felt so there and as a harry potter obsessed nerd, this was so cool u have no idea..
Loved this! All I have wanted to see from this ride for the last ten years is an accurate blueprint xD
When I first got on this ride I cried because I love HP and they did such and amazing job. Thanks for another great video.
When I rode this, I didn't understand how each rider could have such a long time in front of the dome projections when there's so little time between each cart in the queue...now it all makes sense.
I was queued for this ride behind a handicapped guest one time and got grouped with them and they took us to a separate area where the floor was not moving to make it easier to get on the ride. This area was much less decorated than the normal loading area and the machinery was very easy to see. I proceeded to pay attention to the robotic arms for the entire ride and not the screens because I was so intrigued haha
the spiders and dementors scared the shit out of me lmao
My favorite ride! The first time I rode it I cried happy tears. I can ride it over and over and not get tired of it.
I was so excited to ride this and as soon as it started, motion sickness!!! I had to close my eyes the ENTIRE time. This was worse than Star Tours for me lol. I’m sure it’s a great ride but my stomach can’t handle it. Maybe I’ll try it with Dramamine next time.
Same, 6 years since I rode it, still remember the feeling
All that sideways motion.. Ugh. Never riding that again.
Me too! The rest of my family were fine but I ended up with my eyes closed for most of the ride.
Same , I was here 3 years ago and as soon as the ride started I had motion sickness and closed my eyes
If I have motion sickness and ride this with my kids with my eyes closed the whole time will I be okay?
I must say your channel has really gotten better over time. The single biggest improvement is your narrations, they are so well done much clearer and much easier to understand. Super great channel! Always enjoy your videos very much and always learn something new!
Bro I was just at universal for the first time since Covid last week. And went on forbidden journey half a dozen times with express, and I’m not even a Harry Potter fan. Amazing how the ride works, and how complicated it is. Thank you for the video boss.
Was everything safe? I’m going for thanksgiving
@@hollyrose2418 it’s perfectly fine, same goes for Disney. The lines are spaced out and employees regulate mask use and space between people pretty consistently. Not to mention there are already less people in the parks, so shorter lines in the big rides
@@hollyrose2418 wow lucky your going on thanksgiving I wish I could but COVID ruined all my trips🤦🏽♀️
@@odetoami yeah covid sucks. It actually wasn’t my idea to go, it was my dads
@@hollyrose2418 well have a fun time at universal 😊
I just walked out of Universal a while ago and my mom was planning on taking me to that ride. I knew that I can’t go there blind in case the ride is too dangerous for me or not. So, I decided to watch this video. Now I know what the ride is like and how it’s made. Thank you very much! EXPECTO PATRONUM! 💫
I subscribed from your "How Does RMC Work" video years ago ,and ever since then I've seen you videos improve and improve! I think this is by far one of your most polished videos. There are other Forbidden Journey videos around and you clearly take the prize here.
On another note, you mentioned you are in school, are you studying to become an engineer? If so, this is a great resume builder for a job as an imagineer!
Thanks, I'm glad you like them. Also, yes, I'm studying to be a mechanical engineer and really want to work for Dynamic Attractions, which I've already started developing a relationship with. 🙂
@@AmusementLabs I’m a first yeah MechE! Dynamic is an awesome company, I think you would be a great Imagineer tho.
@@Cletuskeller perhaps, though a bunch were just laid off.
Nice work on the mechanical breakdown..I went on this ride for an hour straight before...This ride is very smooth and at times feels like your actually flying... 👍
I’ve been on this ride quite a few times. It’s so fun! It’s amazing to see how it all works and from what it seems like Timing is so important with this ride!
Just found this channel and have been binging it over the last few days. Is good stuff. Hope you get more views and subs cos they're definitely due!
I absolutely love this ride and it is always a must ride for me. One time I got stuck at the part where you are basically upside down next to the whomping willow
I did to
This is my favorite ride at Universal!
Aw man, no gear contest? That’s fine, it’s one of the many reason why I love these videos. Looking forward to the next one!
Great video!
Just a couple of technical notes;
-amec Dynamic Structures (now split off as Dynamic Attractions) just outside of Vancouver, Canada did the integration and designed and built the whole mobile base system.
-The robots are built by KUKA, but they're not a standard KR 500 (or any other standard model) - they're a specific 4-axis variant, missing two of the axes at the wrist (J5 and 6). They're closer to a KR 1000, with a shortened J4 axis and the wrist removed. This increases the effective payload since the moment on J3 is reduce (and the extra reach and axes aren't really required).
-The motors on the robot are called servos.
Your summary of the mobile base and drive system is spot on!
Thanks for the info about the arm. Good to know. As for the name servo, yes, I do what those are (I have a box of them), but they don't normally have a brake in them and these do
I remember riding this one over an over when I went. Second time through the ride stopped for almost 10 minutes- we were mid tilt in one of the spookier parts of the ride. I can’t remember if it was a dementor or the giant spider, but it freaked me out
Wow, so many systems and machines have to come together in order for this ride to work. That is fantastical.
Those are not “buttons” or flags on the sides of the vehicles as was mentioned. Those are indicator lights as to which mode each vehicle is operating on. Ride attendants on the load platform carry a RFID tag in one hand. They are able to tell each vehicle what mode to be in according to different sensors on each vehicle. The green light means the vehicle is tagged for dispatch. A blue light means the vehicle will travel to the Secondary load platform. Another sensor will pop the harnesses on the vehicle when an RFID signals it. There isn’t another one for maintenance mode. Lastly it takes 2 ride attendants to disable a vehicle using their RFID tags. It’s a very simple feature that is guest proof should a guest try to mess with it. So next time you ride, pay attention to the yellow RFID tag in your ride attendants hand. :)
Ah, I figured something seemed up with the set up being a button. I should've known it wasn't.
To be frank this video was a tad rushed.
I'm pretty sure you can see the attendant holding one at 7:47. Interesting!
i wish i could leave a photo comment to show how amazed i was wondering how this ride worked my very first time riding it. while everyone in the in ride photo looked shocked, i was looking off to the side like "HOW?!?!?!?" thank you so much for this video! i've wondered this for years.
I just wish I didn't get so sick when riding this, seeing it all in action definitely shows now why that happens.
My husband and I went to Universal Studios for the first time recently and both agreed this was the best ride in the park! Truly unique and extremely fun! It's great to see how it all came together and how it works.
The spiders holeee sheeett, that was unexpected, got me to close eyes the rest of the ride
No joke, the best darkride/simulator I’ve been on.
Lets not forget about that amazing dragon CGI.
This was our Favorite ride for Universal
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Imagine sitting down, being a little tall, and the attendant closing the restraint bonks you on the head with the roof.
Awesome ride went on it again after some years last weekend. I wasn’t as excited the second time cause I been on it already and knew what to expect. However when I got on and after I was blown away at how new it felt along a familiar. It felt like it was my first time and a better experience than my first and my first time I was mesmerized by the engineering and how advanced this ride was.
Imagine Disney using this concept making magic kingdom rides for Aladdin a whole new world, or an upgrade to Peter Pan flight etc…
I had to close my eyes I was so scared 😂 we got stuck by Aragog and I REFUSED to see the big spider 😂 no way. It's amazing how it works, I've been on it since then and it is so immersive... Albeit the screens could do with updating but that's just me being very picky. Amazing ride, hardly ever breaks down but when it does, embrace it because you get to see the cool stuff.
This was the most amazing ride I have ever been on.
pretty cool to see it with the lights on!
Engineering masterpiece, truly worth the time waiting in queue.
i remember when this opened up in california. made everyone in my family sick 😂
Such a fantastic ride! But I need to take a Dramamine in the morning if I’m going to ride this one.
How did I miss the the upload by three days. Curse you youtube suggestions!
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One of my favourite immersive rides!!!
Once when I was on this ride, it shut down halfway through. My mother stopped directly in front of the part with the spider that spits water in your face. 😂
I have legitimate ptsd from this ride. Let’s just say I was 9 and this ride was the only one open. We took it and I’ve never been so terrified in my entire life. It wasn’t fun, it was a little 9 year old kid screaming in fear as he was rotating in a seat and his mom was tryna calm him down. I will never forget that day..
I just wanna watch this vid nowwww!!!
Support them on Patreon then! www.patreon.com/amusementlabs You get early access to videos before they're released.
The best videos ever !!
Congrats men you are amazing!
Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
In my trip to Orlando in 2019 this was actually one of my favorite rides! I was very thankful for our express passes bc I rode it many times in a row! My mom on the other hand couldn’t handle it 🤢
Wow, I love how technical you are in the video. I will for sure check out your other videos. I hope they're a lot like this one. Thanks for posting this.
this ride is sick as hell, but man it gets me super motion sick.
Yea.. normally i can handle stuff like that but this one did it for me
i just rode this for the first time last month at uni hollywood and it blew me away, one of the best rides i’ve ever been on, i did not expect such a thrilling experience, it was awesome and i would love to ride it again, i see people comparing this to rise of resistance and rise is also a very good ride, probably the best ride at disneyland, however forbidden journey i just didn’t expect it, and i love thrill rides so it provided a much more intense experience vs rise is a pretty calm and slow moving ride
You will always be missed dueling dragons
I love thrill rides and I was so impressed with these ride which is a combination of so many effects and makes you feel as if you are flying with them and a very unique experience. Everything was perfect.. we did these ride 4 times and it was so much fun! Thanks for explaining how it works as I was wondering how did they engineer this ride.
I was petrified during the entire ride 😂
New subscriber here. You literally answered my question. Thanks 👍🏾😊 I swear to ya, the past time I was at the park(literally just last week) I paid more attention to trying to see around the screens and seat (since I was at the end seat) just because I wanted to see how it worked. I could even see the riders behind my seat. So I got curious about how they perfectly executed ride. And here you are! So I'm subscribing
The spiders in the California version traumatized me
I think they took some of the spiders out of the Florida ride? I rode it before the official opening, and there were loads. The next year there seemed to be a lot less, unless I was imaging things!
YEA
Right? The ride stopped one time in the spider cave and there was a giant one hanging literally a couple feet away from my face for a couple minutes before the ride started up again.. Still traumatized by that.
The best ride I’ve ever been on. So glad I’ve been able to experience it!
The ride halted while I was on it, but it ended up making it cooler! The emergency lights allowed me to see all the guts making things work. I was stopped in front of a concave projector screen, and it, somehow, amplified my voice when I spoke.
My all time favorite ride ❤️❤️ See ya in 2 weeks Hogwarts ❤️❤️
Just love to see how theme parks use robots that are usually used in factories to carry people to give a unique experience
this ride is sooo good, its probably the best ride at Universal Hollywood