The staff do an incredible job at making you feel apart of the magic. When I was walking through Kings Cross a staff member approached me and asked me what I was holding (a wand I purchased). I told him a wand and he was like what? At first I was completely confused like ummm you work here how do you not know what this is? Then I remembered he was a muggle and in character. It made the experience that much more special 😊
that sounds so fun. if i were you, i’d play along. i wish i could experience that one day but unfortunately i can’t, due to the covid-19 and travel ban. i also can’t afford a plane ticket to orlando :(
Tyrie Alexander y6 is the time to come back to work tomorrow night to get the kids and get to work on the time to get to my car so we I’m going home now
You know that if you ask about platform nine and three quarters the people at the entrance will look at you like you’re crazy to give you the feeling you are a wizard
Seeing this video is one thing. But being there is completely another. When I was taking the ride from hogsmeade to diagon alley, I got to see the faces of the people who just had the experience seen in this video. And there were so many misty eyes. I don’t blame them, because I teared up massively as well arriving at hogsmeade station. It’s so stinking magical, words can’t do it justice. They made the Harry Potter universe come to life with these two theme parks.
I wish these Universal workers had created the star wars area at Disney. Just imagine if Universal had bought star wars, how wonderful that area of the park could have been, seeing what a great job they did with the Harry Potter IP.
This my childhood in 4 minutes. They really made this attraction truly immersive. The movement of the train beneath you, the visuals, the pepper's ghost effect for 9 3/4, Hedwig's animatronic....What's even better is the blank stares of confusion you get when you ask ANY of the cast members where platform 9 3/4 is. It's so consistently immersive. They really brought it to life.
Right😂😂I know they had issues getting the actress and Daniel back for the one ride but I wonder if that was the same issue here too cause I always noticed it everytime I got to walk through that station😂
The attention to detail in the Wizarding World Of Harry Potter is so unreal! From the man who peeks through the window on one of the houses next to the station, to the fact that it is a different experience whether you are going from Hogsmeade to Diagon Alley or the other way around, we just went on all rides including this one and it was a blast. Totally worth it
I love that they kept it authentic. I was worried that once u stepped in, u would be packed in like a frontier airline flight. And making it into more than a transport and it's own attraction was perfect
Lol everyone just walks through to platform 9/3 quarters and the man in the red shirt has da hole trolley and runs through,but this rlly cracked me up, the fact he walks back out again to do it again 😅😅
I haven't been to Disney in 22 years. Everything has changed so much. We went every year when I was a child. Seeing my children at our first ride made me cry like a baby. Going to Universal made me feel like a child experiencing Harry Potter. My family will be back every year now. We will purchase a different interactive wand each time... 😁
@elfcane Disney's Magic Kingdom was fun, I enjoyed it a lot. But being an American Anglophile I will enjoy Harry Potter World even more. I'm going to ask my BFF to please take me to Harry Potter World someday.
As a regular commuter at this station (KIng's Cross, not Hogsmeade, lol), I find it oddly depressing that people are paying money to enjoy walking through a British transport nightmare.
Jamie Dawkins It's not weird. It's the connection between the Diagon-alley end and the Hogwarts and Hogshead end. The iconic steam engine has been rebuild and it's a cool experience.
I was really hoping to get to see the view from that bridge where they meet the dementors. Especially glass starts to freeze, maybe dim the lights and make the cabin colder too. It's also that same bridge when Ron and Harry was on the flying car. The silhouette on the glass is awesome! I'd never had thought of that.
@@dennis12dec thank you for refreshing my memory about Glenfinnan Viaduct. My brain is foggy and hazy and I don't remember names as well as I used to. I was calling it "the beautiful bridge to Hogsmeade" and racking my brain to remember. The various forests and the Glenfinnan Viaduct are the best parts of the ride to Hogwarts. (I have watched lots of HP ASMR videos.)
I definitely enjoyed the whole experience riding this train, it was worth the wait! The detail put into the stations and the train itself is so impressive.
Uuuugghhhh they so need to make a wizard world. Us Harry Potter fans need a much bigger theme park to go. They made Disneyland and Disney world. They could be a whole lot of different section to the wizard world such as a bigger diagon alley, a hogwarts castle that we can actually browse through, a forbidden forest, Azkaban prison etc. also add a theme of fantastic beast across from hogwarts like they did to Disney California across from Disneyland.
If Walt was alive I guarantee he would have made it worth J.K Rowling’s while....I’m just trying to imagine the Harry Potter music with Its a small world after all playing together? I don’t think there would be enough aspirin in the Western Hemisphere if that happened.
I was super disappointed by this ride. When I realized the Main driving wheels on the locomotive were not even touching the ground I knew that they had also messed up the rest of the ride.
@@brandonchutt312 You wouldn't have wanted to go to Boarding School. Reading Potter as a child it's what me incredulous the most. They were famous for harsh treatment, cattiness between children and overall being dire. They aren't normal either. At the time JK was writing most children went to comprehensive schools. Boarding schools are explicitly for those who can afford it.
I asked a HP fan what was that and she responded in a British accent " that is a dementor you muggle " than pause followed by " you must be new to the fandom what house are you " I responded " Slytherin " and she said " oh you must be working with he-who-must-not-be-named " and I said " you mean Voldemort? No "
I cannot believe that some of her fans turned on her for merely stating science, facts and reality. How one side calls the other "anti-science" while they themselves completely deny biology is funny to see.
@@TheIndependentLens Punching down in such an unnecessary way is incredibly unappreciative. A lot of us don't buy into that TERF anti-science. There's precisely no evidence that sex is the same thing as gender or that there's only 2 of either. It's kind of sad how people are willing to die on that particular hill, even though it's none of their business.
@@helvetewinter68666 You mean the people that don't believe that trans folks and gender non-binary people exist? It's settled science that there's more than 2 biological sexes and has been for decades. Genders are a bit trickier just because that resides in the brain where it's harder to study.
It wasn’t in the books or movies tho so it wouldn’t really work. For a Potterhead like me it would be a little overkill and take me out of the experience tbh
Being there, at Universal Studios in Orlando was ...er, magical! I remember playing it up to the kids in my party, trying to get Harry and his friends to join our group and asking the trolley lady for some snacks for the kids.
@@theroadtocosplayandcomicco5840 astoria malfoy is going to murder you, anyway he won't marry a mud...ahem muggle, meanwhile lucius malfoy wants to know your location
I am so thankful that these videos are up on UA-cam, because now I can determine which rides and attractions are worthy of skipping before getting on them.
@@Autistic_Homo I’m not being rude, I’m saying they should’ve gotten a voice actor that sounded more like Emma Watson. This one sounded nothing like her.
I agree. I wonder why the actors didn’t send in voice over’s for it. They had them act out for the rides, why not send in voice clips for the train? Makes no sense
+chels jones Which is weird because the boys sound like themselves and I rode it and it sounded like Emma Watson... maybe they hadnt yet gotten her sound bit or it had somehow not been working because it didnt even sound like a true british accent...
Yes! I love this so much! So, I never had watched Harry Potter, don't worry Potter fans I will, my mom told me that we were doing this. I went on this ride, and omg, it felt like I was actually in the movie! The effects were so cool. It wasn't a scary ride. Just a sit down ride to enjoy. Outside our train door was Harry and his friends talking. They did something, not gonna spoil it! Awesome ride! Luckily we went when there wasn't a lot of people entering the subway. Great video! x
+Kougaji Sciacallo Not to my knowledge, but this is mainly because the Hogwarts EXpress drivers are members of the Magickal Transport Workers Union (MTWU) and *not* the Railways, Maritime & Transport (RMT) Union! :-p ;-) Also: As the trains leaving Kings X, look carefully in the background for the plumes of black smoke left by Eurostar Traveller "Care" staff commuting to the office! :-D ;-)
Imagine being a fan of Harry Potter, reading all the books, seeing all the movies. And wishing so hard for all of it to be real only to go to Universal and realizing your wish came true.
I want to go. But since I don't want to travel alone I will ask my BFF to please take me to Harry Potter World. Virginia (where I live) is not THAT far from Florida.
This was my favorite ride there cause it felt as though you were in london traveling to hogwarts for your first year! I love riding it! Im a huge potterhead and its seem quit reel
People are saying it's a dumb ride, but it's not really a ride. It's more like an experience, an interesting way to travel from one park to the next. But I will say tho, if the line to get on the train is so long, I'd rather just walk to the other park then take the train. I'll waste less time that way, it is just a train ride after all
It actually sort of works as transit, because it connects the backs of the parks, and otherwise it's quite a hike to get from one end to the other. But only if the lines are short (when I rode it, it was a week when few states were on school vacation, and they were nearly nonexistent). Aside from being a way to hawk park-to-park admission, it fills an important niche: it's a big signature Harry Potter ride for people who are too timid or little for Gringotts or Forbidden Journey.
when my family went I was maybe 13. I wanted to be a smart ass, and I yelled "I'm going to hagwarts!" I decided running into a wall was a great idea. ya I broke my nose
Wait. Where is the lady who sells candy on cart like in the 1st movie? Aw man. That was one of the things I was thinking that was gonna be on the ride. 2/10, no magic chocolate frogs coming to life to and running about.
Aaah! Nice touch with them vanishing through the wall! We travelled on the Hogwarts Express coming TO Kings Cross from Islands Of Adventure so didn't see this effect. It's great to see that you get 2 differing experiences depending on which side that you travel to/from. LOVE it!
If there's one thing I've noticed about Universal, they are excellent at making ride lines look and seem shorter than they actually are. They have to have some of the freakin' longest lines of any theme park I've ever been to. Even if there's no wait, it takes forever to walk through them.
I went on this train ride this past December, and I loved the effects on the train. Especially the silhouettes of Harry, Hermione, Ron, and the Dementor.
I'm not a Harry Potter "Huge Fan" I sat and watched them with my nephew as he made me and I thought they were "pretty neat" movies. I WAS VERY EXCITED to take him on vacation and ESPECIALLY on this ride which I knew he had been dreaming about!! Having said that, I was BLOWN AWAY with how unbelievable the entire thing was!! I was blown away with the park!!! Those were two days we spent that I will NEVER forget!! I am very glad I allowed him to talk me into spending two days at the park! I have successfully locked up the position as favorite uncle EVER and for that more than anything could not be happier!!! ha
When I was at the entrance there was this woman and she saw my robes, all she said was 'Must be Laundry day.' In Hogsmead me and my sister were near the Sirius Black poster and there was this worker and she was talking to the people near me and said 'do you know him?' I said that he was Sirius Black, she faced me and asked 'Have you seen him' and I said no. Then she asked me if I had permission to be out of Hogwarts and I said yes, she then said can you give me the permission slip to be hereand I said no, then she just said. 'You have a strike. Make sure to have permission next time.' Then she just walked away, I love universal.
This was not the actual train from the movie, The real Hogwarts express runs from Fort William in Scotland along a restored railway for tourists and harry potter fans. Also Hogsmeade Station is actually on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) and that part of the film was shot at Goathland Station.
I know... I should take up politics with my amazingly shite bank of knowledge and when my career fails I'll take the default option and lecture at an overrated university whilst living in my parent's home.
Sam Ferguson But besides England/Scotland, The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter in Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood is one of the closest ways you’ll get to going to Hogwarts.
I remember riding this. I rode in the off season so It was not as filled with people to ride. It was amazing. Im not a big potter fan. But I loved what universal did to it so much I became a fan.
Last time my parents and I went to Orlando, I was about 14 and they were just about to open this whole harry potter area and we were gutted to have missed it! I live in London and go to Kings Cross station pretty much daily and just watching this video reeeeaaaally excited me..it really is a very good replica!!!
The lines of this ride would be a nightmare if you were there during the busy season. Then you get on the train and basically nothing happens. I kept thinking a dragon or something would attack the train. This is the most elaborate and expensive looking boring ride I've ever seen. But thank you I'll know not to waste my time on it next time I am there.
The Hogwarts Express is train is actually a Monorail that goes through the backstage area of Universal Studios. I know this because I went on a Universal band trip for Music USA, and we got to go through the backstage entrance.
At the end where the trolley lady came by, I really thought she was gonna open the door. I was thinking they could actually buy stuffs of the trolley, but I'd imagine it would take up a lot of time if they had to go 1 by 1
Why didn't they replace Fear Factor with this instead of this replacing JAWS? If they kept JAWS and got rid of Fear Factor and replace it with the Hogwarts Express, then I would've been happy. But, for what it currently has done to JAWS, I'm very disappointed.
Fear factor is rubbish too. That whole corner needs an update imo. Men in black is dated. If they got ride of them 2, they'd have a good section between London and Simpsons for something good
Yw. Your video was great. but the mic's on phones are so sensitive that using them for content creation makes it tough to filter anything out. Sony makes a dual headed 3.5mm dongle mic that i hear works quite good.
Very surreal to hear Foxton and Royston mentioned. Foxton is such a small little village (nice place though), and Royston is, well, Royston… but regardless of Royston’s state, they’re close to my home in Letchworth and I ride past them both when I travel to Cambridge on the train. I think they did an incredible job replicating King’s Cross from the outside, and while the inside looks a little less like its real-life counterpart, I can see they did the best possible job with the space they had.
its great to see all the effort done inside the train and at the two stations but the middle section that no-one can see is just a great white bridge with two hogwarts expresses passing each other. i was saddend when i found out the engine and carriages were just trams on a pully system, one side of the engines doesnt exist which makes it look wierd if you ever get to see it.
I agree with you there, I feel like they could have done a better ride system, with possibly a better throughput and a slightly more realistic experience
Um, no, they couldn't have done a better system. The system works BECAUSE it's a funicular cable car system. There are two duplicate trains on the track at the same time. As one train leaves Hogsmeade, the other leaves Diagon Alley at exactly the same time. In the middle of the track is an exchange where the two trains pass one another so as not to collide. The cable system ensures that both trains move and leave at exactly the same time at exactly the same speed, for safety reasons. If each train were independent of each other, any fault in one train would either cause them to collide or shut down the entire ride because they trains would not be able to pass one another. The cable system also has several failsafes that allow the system to run reliably and continuously, day to day. If one of the motors fails, the cable can be transferred to another motor quickly with minimal delays.
I loved the Hogwarts Express!! I got the two days two parks pass, so that the first day I could do just Harry Potter things literally went no where else or ate anything non Harry Potter (breakfast at Fortescues, lunch at The Three Broomsticks and supper at The Leaky Cauldron) and this train kept the magic going for me through the day! Best day EVER!
BEST THING EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The only 2 things i didn't like were 1 i won't EVER go n it. 2 Harry and Ron's voices were soooooo good. But Hermione's is just plain terrible!
2 things I remember most about this ride, 1: the walk to get to the train was so long I was able to finish the Earl grey ice cream that I thought I was going to have to throw away. 2: the AC was broken the day we were there and it was 97 and humid outside, it was HOTTT inside that thing.
🚂 Thanks for sharing your excursion and the good HD camera work. Very Nice. 🌞💐 When you think about all of the people that have some ailment or disability, are older or out of shape you wonder how many of them get P_ss_d after going through all of the wait lines, walking the turnstiles, tunnels, 🏰 steps etc just to sit in a box in front of Large flat screen TV's !? How many feel betrayed or cheated for all that energy expelled to get on. I shudder to think of the cost of the pre-ride rail station and train. Like some other amusement park rides around the world, I was exhausted just watching all the work it takes JUST to GET to the actual ride! LOL Disney's Former Hollywood Experience Ride was like that, having to walk to AND through the Chinese Theater, like a huge museum, just to get on. Beautiful and realistic H. Potter ride though 🏰🚂🚆🚅🚇 ( * Yes I am aware of the elevator and other short-cuts some ride lines have - think about being exhausted at the end of the day and having to go through all that - even with the realistic immersion. Hopefully, riders are somehow forewarned)
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The staff do an incredible job at making you feel apart of the magic. When I was walking through Kings Cross a staff member approached me and asked me what I was holding (a wand I purchased). I told him a wand and he was like what? At first I was completely confused like ummm you work here how do you not know what this is? Then I remembered he was a muggle and in character. It made the experience that much more special 😊
that sounds so fun. if i were you, i’d play along. i wish i could experience that one day but unfortunately i can’t, due to the covid-19 and travel ban. i also can’t afford a plane ticket to orlando :(
Lori,a disguised muggle
jungkook’s left toe ytyt is a great night to get my birthday party today at night for the birthday 🎂 was my birthday 🎁 is that day a
Tyrie Alexander y6 is the time to come back to work tomorrow night to get the kids and get to work on the time to get to my car so we
I’m going home now
You know that if you ask about platform nine and three quarters the people at the entrance will look at you like you’re crazy to give you the feeling you are a wizard
Seeing this video is one thing. But being there is completely another. When I was taking the ride from hogsmeade to diagon alley, I got to see the faces of the people who just had the experience seen in this video. And there were so many misty eyes. I don’t blame them, because I teared up massively as well arriving at hogsmeade station.
It’s so stinking magical, words can’t do it justice. They made the Harry Potter universe come to life with these two theme parks.
Harry Potter sucks...
I wish these Universal workers had created the star wars area at Disney. Just imagine if Universal had bought star wars, how wonderful that area of the park could have been, seeing what a great job they did with the Harry Potter IP.
@@brandonfrisby7456 then why are you watching a Harry Potter video 🙃🙃
@@brimis5349 how's the star wars experience at disney? Is it bad? I heard the rise of resistance ride's awesome
@@MrKimiloh Star Wars fans are pissy by nature. Nothing meets their expectations.
This my childhood in 4 minutes. They really made this attraction truly immersive. The movement of the train beneath you, the visuals, the pepper's ghost effect for 9 3/4, Hedwig's animatronic....What's even better is the blank stares of confusion you get when you ask ANY of the cast members where platform 9 3/4 is. It's so consistently immersive. They really brought it to life.
It's a beautiful ride, the whole experience is just so immersive
@Mickey Mouse and you're a disgrace to the name Mickey Mouse, you nasty worthless soul
@The Truth hurts he's talking about his childhood, what have you got to remember? no one loves you?
They couldnt get the engine right though
@Mickey Mouse sorry but your the disgrace you uncultured swine
The Hermione voice actor 😂 the effort to sound like Emma Watson could not be lower
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This.
THEY FIXED IT ❤❤❤
Right😂😂I know they had issues getting the actress and Daniel back for the one ride but I wonder if that was the same issue here too cause I always noticed it everytime I got to walk through that station😂
i love how at 3:13 the guy ran like in the movies with a stroller
Ikr it's so funny
That would be me tho
amanda schindler *a&wsrrded
Me 😂
it is a screen
The walk to get on the ride is longer than the ride itself!
Phillip Steele the walking is a part of the experience
It's not a ride lmao
Phillip Steele a
Oh, you mean lines in theme parks are long? Never would have imagined.
Of course...Harry wouldn't have just been click! oh cool.im boarding the Hogwarts express!!!😅😅😂😂
The attention to detail in the Wizarding World Of Harry Potter is so unreal! From the man who peeks through the window on one of the houses next to the station, to the fact that it is a different experience whether you are going from Hogsmeade to Diagon Alley or the other way around, we just went on all rides including this one and it was a blast. Totally worth it
I love that they kept it authentic. I was worried that once u stepped in, u would be packed in like a frontier airline flight. And making it into more than a transport and it's own attraction was perfect
8:38 Hedwig's Theme, Hogwarts, train's whistle... perfection. The reorchestration of John Williams' themes in this attraction is wonderful.
Yes
I CANT STOP CRYING HOW BEAUTIFUL THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER IS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The coolest part is that the train actually moves! Bringing you accross the theme park!
Lol everyone just walks through to platform 9/3 quarters and the man in the red shirt has da hole trolley and runs through,but this rlly cracked me up, the fact he walks back out again to do it again 😅😅
I was searching for this comment! Best dad award goed to the man with the red shirt!
SchleichHorsies BEST DAD EVERRRR
That guy is now a legend
Lara Skyfeather maybe he's a squab!
I would do a full on sprint 😂
I haven't been to Disney in 22 years. Everything has changed so much. We went every year when I was a child. Seeing my children at our first ride made me cry like a baby. Going to Universal made me feel like a child experiencing Harry Potter. My family will be back every year now. We will purchase a different interactive wand each time... 😁
You do realize Harry Potter is NOT Disney?
@elfcane
Disney's Magic Kingdom was fun, I enjoyed it a lot. But being an American Anglophile I will enjoy Harry Potter World even more. I'm going to ask my BFF to please take me to Harry Potter World someday.
@@haxozr yes but they're in the same campus/complex/neighborhood.
As a regular commuter at this station (KIng's Cross, not Hogsmeade, lol), I find it oddly depressing that people are paying money to enjoy walking through a British transport nightmare.
+Jamie Dawkins Eh wat?
***** Lol same, I love the British transport.. xD
I mean a regular commuter at the real station. It's weird that they have made a (quite realistic) mockup.
Jamie Dawkins It's not weird. It's the connection between the Diagon-alley end and the Hogwarts and Hogshead end. The iconic steam engine has been rebuild and it's a cool experience.
But it is weird if you know the real King's Cross. I agree it looks like a cool ride.
The dad walking through the wall with the baby in the stroller lol he was too excited 😆
Did you see some of the kids faces when the got off the train,they looked disappointed,i think they were hoping they were in Hogwarts,lol
😨 that made me sad for some reason.
It does take you there. The train takes them to hogsmade in islands of adventure.
@@Punk-Mask that comment was totally in the spirit of Luna. Always there to shed the light. :)
Maybe they just still upset and feeling sad from the Dementor attack! Not everyone knows about eating some chocolate to feel better!
THarrison004 6uij
Imagine being J. K Rowling and seeing your words come to life
She said this in particular made her tear up, I believe.
A dream come true.
Then everyone became gay
Ooff that would get the adrenaline pumping!
@@sufikhoirunisanisa5672 ok what
I was really hoping to get to see the view from that bridge where they meet the dementors. Especially glass starts to freeze, maybe dim the lights and make the cabin colder too. It's also that same bridge when Ron and Harry was on the flying car.
The silhouette on the glass is awesome! I'd never had thought of that.
+holohulolo It's fantastic, a very well thought out attraction
lol for real it was amzingly wicked!!!
The real bridge is the Glenfinnan Viaduct overlooking Loch Sheil in the Highlands of Scotland.
@@dennis12dec thank you for refreshing my memory about Glenfinnan Viaduct. My brain is foggy and hazy and I don't remember names as well as I used to. I was calling it "the beautiful bridge to Hogsmeade" and racking my brain to remember. The various forests and the Glenfinnan Viaduct are the best parts of the ride to Hogwarts. (I have watched lots of HP ASMR videos.)
I definitely enjoyed the whole experience riding this train, it was worth the wait! The detail put into the stations and the train itself is so impressive.
Yep, I wouldn't use it as my only method of getting from park to park, but it was definitely worth the wait.
Uuuugghhhh they so need to make a wizard world. Us Harry Potter fans need a much bigger theme park to go. They made Disneyland and Disney world. They could be a whole lot of different section to the wizard world such as a bigger diagon alley, a hogwarts castle that we can actually browse through, a forbidden forest, Azkaban prison etc. also add a theme of fantastic beast across from hogwarts like they did to Disney California across from Disneyland.
Mickey Mouse Calm down
JK Rowling actually came to Disney first to build a land based on Harry Potter. Had the deal went through, we likely would've have something bigger.
If Walt was alive I guarantee he would have made it worth J.K Rowling’s while....I’m just trying to imagine the Harry Potter music with Its a small world after all playing together? I don’t think there would be enough aspirin in the Western Hemisphere if that happened.
@@2410jrod oh and a Hogwarts hotel resort I PAY MONEY TO STAY IN A SLYTHERIN THEMED ROOM
@Mickey Mouse whats a twat
After the ride when people came out....they weren't looking exited or happy....they looked as if they came out of a metro...
eva wasnik I’ve rode this multiple times and I don’t blame them lmao. It’s honestly kinda a disappointment. Also it smells really bad in there. 😂
@@breakfastburritos19 that's _way_ too realistic ...
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Sounds to me like they didn't put a whole lot of effort into the interior of the ride itself.
I was super disappointed by this ride. When I realized the Main driving wheels on the locomotive were not even touching the ground I knew that they had also messed up the rest of the ride.
They get nervous if you ask about Voldemort
Really?
oh yeah!!! I've been there!! its amazing they act like there really in hogwarts its sooooooo cool!!!
I'm glad to hear that. What is your favorite house at Hogwarts? My parents, me, my older cousins and most of my friends like Gryffindor.
They should...
Andrea Patane my hubby is Hufflepuff and I am Slytherin.
you know it's not England when the trains are listed as 'on time'.
it's so weird in a way that there's a copy of a perfectly ordinary english train station in a theme park in america
Neb Htims ikr. I literally could just go to King Cross if I wanted to.
@@brandonchutt312 You wouldn't have wanted to go to Boarding School. Reading Potter as a child it's what me incredulous the most. They were famous for harsh treatment, cattiness between children and overall being dire. They aren't normal either. At the time JK was writing most children went to comprehensive schools. Boarding schools are explicitly for those who can afford it.
@@brandonchutt312 the uk is hardly over crowded lmao we have country side for days considering Wales,Scotland and England are such small countries
@@brandonchutt312 also boarding schools are not common at all lmao
Even the bins!!
the dementor effect was genius!
I asked a HP fan what was that and she responded in a British accent " that is a dementor you muggle " than pause followed by " you must be new to the fandom what house are you " I responded " Slytherin " and she said " oh you must be working with he-who-must-not-be-named " and I said " you mean Voldemort? No "
I cannot believe that all these amazing things used to be the imaginations of J. K. Rowling once!
I cannot believe that some of her fans turned on her for merely stating science, facts and reality. How one side calls the other "anti-science" while they themselves completely deny biology is funny to see.
@@TheIndependentLens right is funny how people is pathethic trying to deny biology and Common sense for fantasy
@MontcomHorror ua-cam.com/video/96wJsJ1kKlM/v-deo.html
It's not that simple. It's never going to be that simple. But they want you to belive it is.
@@TheIndependentLens Punching down in such an unnecessary way is incredibly unappreciative. A lot of us don't buy into that TERF anti-science. There's precisely no evidence that sex is the same thing as gender or that there's only 2 of either.
It's kind of sad how people are willing to die on that particular hill, even though it's none of their business.
@@helvetewinter68666 You mean the people that don't believe that trans folks and gender non-binary people exist? It's settled science that there's more than 2 biological sexes and has been for decades. Genders are a bit trickier just because that resides in the brain where it's harder to study.
I’m really happy that they are bringing universal studios to Britain it has been long enough and everyone will enjoy it
In the cabins, they should have had the pictures on the walls feature moving images. Would have given it a more Harry potter feel.
That happens in the Hogwarts ride. Doesn't make sense on the Hogwarts Express, since that's still part of the 'Muggles' world.
Or made them move
It wasn’t in the books or movies tho so it wouldn’t really work. For a Potterhead like me it would be a little overkill and take me out of the experience tbh
I unkommentiert nimm L L hip lip loll
That wasn’t a part of the books
Being there, at Universal Studios in Orlando was ...er, magical! I remember playing it up to the kids in my party, trying to get Harry and his friends to join our group and asking the trolley lady for some snacks for the kids.
"Anything from the trolly deer?" "We'll take the lot!"
Not ashamed to say that I cried when I rode this and Hogwarts came into view with the theme song playing. A childhood dream come true.
It's definitely amazing just how well they did.
As if the Malfoys would have allowed a dirty great railway to cut through their estate!
Wizarding NIMBYism
My thoughts exactly lol
Can't believe they had the audacity to show Malfoy Manor on this
@@orikinzg1212 i love the manor I want to live there i just have to marry Draco
@@theroadtocosplayandcomicco5840 astoria malfoy is going to murder you, anyway he won't marry a mud...ahem muggle, meanwhile lucius malfoy wants to know your location
I am so thankful that these videos are up on UA-cam, because now I can determine which rides and attractions are worthy of skipping before getting on them.
6:42 that doesn't sound like hermione
cause its a different voice actor
jjperceval Just sayin it doesn't sound anything like her
TheShining Katana yeah
MY GOD THE VOICE IS SO HORRIBLE
MANCHILDS PATHETIC
The voice acting for Hermione sounded horrible.
Ikr?! It sounds nothing like her! :
Don’t be rude
@@Autistic_Homo I’m not being rude, I’m saying they should’ve gotten a voice actor that sounded more like Emma Watson. This one sounded nothing like her.
@@user-gr1xi4kd7o Emma could’ve sued them if they tried to impersonate her so better to be safe for them I guess
I agree. I wonder why the actors didn’t send in voice over’s for it. They had them act out for the rides, why not send in voice clips for the train? Makes no sense
what i like about the hogwarts express is that it goes passed Hogwarts castle but the girl's voice at 6:41 sounds nothing like hermonie
+chels jones Which is weird because the boys sound like themselves and I rode it and it sounded like Emma Watson... maybe they hadnt yet gotten her sound bit or it had somehow not been working because it didnt even sound like a true british accent...
+blissfullycat02 Daniel Radcliffe also wasn't a voice actor here, but Rupert was. They casted the voice actor for Radcliffe very well..
chels jones xxx
chels jones EXACTLY!!
Universal Orlando
I use King's Cross daily(the original one in London) and I have to say that this King's Cross is pretty authentic
Death Eaters? Dementors? IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO JUST HAVE A PEACEFUL RIDE TO HOGSMEADE?!?!
XDDDD
Ikr
LegolasNordark Go to Hagrid's Hut, Fluffy will take you soaring in a peaceful way ;)
At least it isn't a rail replacement bus service. :-D
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Yes! I love this so much!
So, I never had watched Harry Potter, don't worry Potter fans I will, my mom told me that we were doing this. I went on this ride, and omg, it felt like I was actually in the movie! The effects were so cool. It wasn't a scary ride. Just a sit down ride to enjoy. Outside our train door was Harry and his friends talking. They did something, not gonna spoil it! Awesome ride! Luckily we went when there wasn't a lot of people entering the subway.
Great video! x
I have to ask my BFF to please take me to Harry Potter World someday.
What? I'm not crying. You're crying. Who'd cry at something like this?
glittery_cucumber uh Harry Potter nerds?
glittery_cucumber lol
glittery_cucumber don't worry i cried as well, especially when i heard the music theme 😭
Harry Potter lol
glittery_cucumber You
so many muggles. bloody muggles everywhere
mark Leeds united that’s racist to hermione
i know right, wtf
Yes, I am A squid Not a Nomag (American Term for no magic)
Hi It’s me squib
Hi It’s me And Nomaj
If this were realistic, the driver would have been on strike and you'd have to take the replacement bus.
😂
I wonder if the Hogwarts Express ever has that problem...
+Kougaji Sciacallo Not to my knowledge, but this is mainly because the Hogwarts EXpress drivers are members of the Magickal Transport Workers Union (MTWU) and *not* the Railways, Maritime & Transport (RMT) Union! :-p ;-)
Also: As the trains leaving Kings X, look carefully in the background for the plumes of black smoke left by Eurostar Traveller "Care" staff commuting to the office! :-D ;-)
The train is not being driven by a muggle.
YEP
Imagine being a fan of Harry Potter, reading all the books, seeing all the movies. And wishing so hard for all of it to be real only to go to Universal and realizing your wish came true.
that’s me, i’ve been here before. and i can’t wait to go again. i get there are complaints, but i loved riding this
Although most of it is smoke and mirrors, and it's happening in your head, why does that make it any less real? ;)
I want to go. But since I don't want to travel alone I will ask my BFF to please take me to Harry Potter World. Virginia (where I live) is not THAT far from Florida.
This was my favorite ride there cause it felt as though you were in london traveling to hogwarts for your first year! I love riding it! Im a huge potterhead and its seem quit reel
Quite* real*
Thesnackthatsmilesback or a huge pothead. Jk jk!
Peters angles tell me why I read this in a British accent😩😩
Yeah this was pretty cool, I like the windows which show scenes like you're going past places, very good effect
@@echogaming2082 True but the places they bulit look nice and real
People are saying it's a dumb ride, but it's not really a ride. It's more like an experience, an interesting way to travel from one park to the next. But I will say tho, if the line to get on the train is so long, I'd rather just walk to the other park then take the train. I'll waste less time that way, it is just a train ride after all
It actually sort of works as transit, because it connects the backs of the parks, and otherwise it's quite a hike to get from one end to the other. But only if the lines are short (when I rode it, it was a week when few states were on school vacation, and they were nearly nonexistent).
Aside from being a way to hawk park-to-park admission, it fills an important niche: it's a big signature Harry Potter ride for people who are too timid or little for Gringotts or Forbidden Journey.
IT IS!!!!!!!😛😡😤😠
Josue Martinez why not use your broom.
Crazy55 rider - the muggles would see! Maybe if you had a invisibility cloak but that’s still dangerous!
Anna G hearts at you.
when my family went I was maybe 13. I wanted to be a smart ass, and I yelled "I'm going to hagwarts!" I decided running into a wall was a great idea. ya I broke my nose
lol
I think that's actually called being a dumbass 😉
Wait.
Where is the lady who sells candy on cart like in the 1st movie?
Aw man. That was one of the things I was thinking that was gonna be on the ride.
2/10, no magic chocolate frogs coming to life to and running about.
shut up, nerd!
Me too
Jarred Taylor no u
I know I’m late, but on the ride back there are fake chocolate frogs hopping around on the glass. Wayyyy too cool.
She is, but i believe she is on the train ride from hogsmeade to kings cross
Aaah! Nice touch with them vanishing through the wall! We travelled on the Hogwarts Express coming TO Kings Cross from Islands Of Adventure so didn't see this effect. It's great to see that you get 2 differing experiences depending on which side that you travel to/from. LOVE it!
3:15 OH MY GOD I LOVE THAT MEN WITH THE BABY AHAHHAHAHQH!!!!!!!!!!!
If there's one thing I've noticed about Universal, they are excellent at making ride lines look and seem shorter than they actually are. They have to have some of the freakin' longest lines of any theme park I've ever been to. Even if there's no wait, it takes forever to walk through them.
James Zagorski The Mummy ride in particular was torture compared to everything else. And that was during October when hardly anyone is in the park.
Forget the kids, should see my face everytime I get on the ride I swear It’s like I still believe in magic secretly.
It's just fantastic and it makes you feel so immersed in the world of universal and the wizarding world
Nice to see Hull listed on a Departures board in the States (0:26), though it must be an illusion as it says "On Time"...
I did notice that one train - the East Coast 17.57 from
Platform 7 going to York, was cancelled altogether.
Terrible !!!!!
Typical British Rail !!!!!
LOL!
I went on this train ride this past December, and I loved the effects on the train. Especially the silhouettes of Harry, Hermione, Ron, and the Dementor.
Oh is THE holograms
Unattended packages everywhere!
That's what I thought, too! Gods forbid the day an officer from the British Transport Police happens to ride this! :-D
I'm not a Harry Potter "Huge Fan" I sat and watched them with my nephew as he made me and I thought they were "pretty neat" movies. I WAS VERY EXCITED to take him on vacation and ESPECIALLY on this ride which I knew he had been dreaming about!! Having said that, I was BLOWN AWAY with how unbelievable the entire thing was!! I was blown away with the park!!! Those were two days we spent that I will NEVER forget!! I am very glad I allowed him to talk me into spending two days at the park! I have successfully locked up the position as favorite uncle EVER and for that more than anything could not be happier!!! ha
At least they could hirse the real actors so Hermione would sound much better than this.
The original actors did NOT want to come back!
They all got other things to do than do this 24/7
I love that the dude took the chance to push the stroller into the wall like Harry pushed the trolley
Same
the guy who was so ready to ram his baby into a wall lol
I'd crap myself if I got on that train and I heard "Teake it away earnie!"
With the exception of the sliding doors that's not a bad replica of proper BR Stock.
When I was at the entrance there was this woman and she saw my robes, all she said was 'Must be Laundry day.'
In Hogsmead me and my sister were near the Sirius Black poster and there was this worker and she was talking to the people near me and said 'do you know him?' I said that he was Sirius Black, she faced me and asked 'Have you seen him' and I said no. Then she asked me if I had permission to be out of Hogwarts and I said yes, she then said can you give me the permission slip to be hereand I said no, then she just said. 'You have a strike. Make sure to have permission next time.' Then she just walked away, I love universal.
Just love how much importance is given to ambience at that park went twice already awaiting my return.
This was not the actual train from the movie, The real Hogwarts express runs from Fort William in Scotland along a restored railway for tourists and harry potter fans. Also Hogsmeade Station is actually on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) and that part of the film was shot at Goathland Station.
Really? Wow! Good job Einstein!
I know... I should take up politics with my amazingly shite bank of knowledge and when my career fails I'll take the default option and lecture at an overrated university whilst living in my parent's home.
Sam Ferguson Fort William to Malaig is a part of the main line, not a restored railway.
ride look to me so boring
Sam Ferguson But besides
England/Scotland, The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter in Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood is one of the closest ways you’ll get to going to Hogwarts.
As a UK train geek I find the destinations mentioned at Kings Cross oddly hilarious.
five minutes walking around in circles before you even get to the ride. SHEESH
I remember riding this. I rode in the off season so It was not as filled with people to ride. It was amazing. Im not a big potter fan. But I loved what universal did to it so much I became a fan.
I cried a bit... Sorry not sorry
Bano D'ut im 37...i cried when the dad ran through the wall with the stroller :^)
Same here 😭❤
Probably the best themed Doppelmayr creation I've seen.
3:14 lmao i like this dude
God its good to go back on these old vids, things have changed man....thing have changed.
thanks i just convinced my 6 year old sister that im going to hogwarts by showing this video, especially when you guys walked through the wall.
+Dummy Account Awesome, I hope you have a good time!
Dummy Account awwww! So cool!
Lol cool
Last time my parents and I went to Orlando, I was about 14 and they were just about to open this whole harry potter area and we were gutted to have missed it! I live in London and go to Kings Cross station pretty much daily and just watching this video reeeeaaaally excited me..it really is a very good replica!!!
That was bloody brilliant!! My childhood dream was always to go to Hogwarts.
Being a railroader, I enjoyed this video, very well done. The staff made it feel so real. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best trick in this video is how you made that two hour queue dissapear.
The lines of this ride would be a nightmare if you were there during the busy season. Then you get on the train and basically nothing happens. I kept thinking a dragon or something would attack the train. This is the most elaborate and expensive looking boring ride I've ever seen. But thank you I'll know not to waste my time on it next time I am there.
The Hogwarts Express is train is actually a Monorail that goes through the backstage area of Universal Studios. I know this because I went on a Universal band trip for Music USA, and we got to go through the backstage entrance.
It's actually a funicular with 2 trains, that are pulled by a rope which the motor is located in King's Cross. Still, a very cool ride though
@@GraingerElectrical sounds to me like the back-stage tour would be more fun than the actual ride!
When the music swells when it shows the castle is a chefs kiss
This is an epic ride/attraction, loved it.
Ahh yes, the ride of sore feet and being grateful you're in an air-conditioned room, out of the sun for a few minutes.
At the end where the trolley lady came by, I really thought she was gonna open the door. I was thinking they could actually buy stuffs of the trolley, but I'd imagine it would take up a lot of time if they had to go 1 by 1
I genuinly thought this was england before I seen the title, it really looks like kings cross station too hahah
Why didn't they replace Fear Factor with this instead of this replacing JAWS? If they kept JAWS and got rid of Fear Factor and replace it with the Hogwarts Express, then I would've been happy. But, for what it currently has done to JAWS, I'm very disappointed.
My guess is that fear factor isn't big enough.
They replaced jaws with all of diagon alley, not just the hogwarts express. Fear factor wasn't big enough so they got rid of jaws.
+Dallin Brown yes
Elliot Earles
At least they could've figured out some way to keep JAWS while including Diagon Alley at the same time.
Fear factor is rubbish too. That whole corner needs an update imo. Men in black is dated. If they got ride of them 2, they'd have a good section between London and Simpsons for something good
It's amazing how a story from one woman's imagination made such an impact on the world.
@W. C. L. Cooke you are so right!
You really need a 3.5 mm mic with a foam filter to make the videos sound better. Its an inexpensive and useful tool that fits in your pocket nicely.
Thanks for the info!
Yw. Your video was great. but the mic's on phones are so sensitive that using them for content creation makes it tough to filter anything out. Sony makes a dual headed 3.5mm dongle mic that i hear works quite good.
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Very surreal to hear Foxton and Royston mentioned. Foxton is such a small little village (nice place though), and Royston is, well, Royston… but regardless of Royston’s state, they’re close to my home in Letchworth and I ride past them both when I travel to Cambridge on the train. I think they did an incredible job replicating King’s Cross from the outside, and while the inside looks a little less like its real-life counterpart, I can see they did the best possible job with the space they had.
When you get off the ride are you in the same place you started or is this how you enter the Hogwarts Land or whatever?
You are either in Hogsmeade or Diagon Alley dependant on which way you took the train
oh okay, thanks!
It's like "If you've never been to a train station before or on a train." This attraction at first glance just looks like a normal train station lol!
Amazing. Wonderful.
All these people walking so close together!!! makes me anxious
This was filmed many years ago
@@ThemeParkWorldwide oh I know. I am just saying when I see old sporting events and things like this it seems like a loooong time ago
its great to see all the effort done inside the train and at the two stations but the middle section that no-one can see is just a great white bridge with two hogwarts expresses passing each other.
i was saddend when i found out the engine and carriages were just trams on a pully system, one side of the engines doesnt exist which makes it look wierd if you ever get to see it.
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I agree with you there, I feel like they could have done a better ride system, with possibly a better throughput and a slightly more realistic experience
Um, no, they couldn't have done a better system. The system works BECAUSE it's a funicular cable car system. There are two duplicate trains on the track at the same time. As one train leaves Hogsmeade, the other leaves Diagon Alley at exactly the same time. In the middle of the track is an exchange where the two trains pass one another so as not to collide. The cable system ensures that both trains move and leave at exactly the same time at exactly the same speed, for safety reasons. If each train were independent of each other, any fault in one train would either cause them to collide or shut down the entire ride because they trains would not be able to pass one another. The cable system also has several failsafes that allow the system to run reliably and continuously, day to day. If one of the motors fails, the cable can be transferred to another motor quickly with minimal delays.
I had no idea this was a funicula railway! That makes it even more fascinating! :)
I loved the Hogwarts Express!! I got the two days two parks pass, so that the first day I could do just Harry Potter things literally went no where else or ate anything non Harry Potter (breakfast at Fortescues, lunch at The Three Broomsticks and supper at The Leaky Cauldron) and this train kept the magic going for me through the day! Best day EVER!
It's a fantastic place to visit, walking into Diagon Alley for the first time is a moment I will never forget!
BEST THING EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The only 2 things i didn't like were 1 i won't EVER go n it. 2 Harry and Ron's voices were soooooo good. But Hermione's is just plain terrible!
I've been on this ride in the past and I love it!!!!
9:07
"NOW APPROACHING: HOGSMEADE STATION!"
The florescent lights and metal bars everywhere are super magical
8:01 there's my boy Hagrid
7:22 seeing this in real life … I can only imagine how it would be
8:21 “And too this day, the Flying Car roams the Dark Forest, helping any poor, lost souls, lighting their way.
2 things I remember most about this ride, 1: the walk to get to the train was so long I was able to finish the Earl grey ice cream that I thought I was going to have to throw away. 2: the AC was broken the day we were there and it was 97 and humid outside, it was HOTTT inside that thing.
🚂 Thanks for sharing your excursion and the good HD camera work. Very Nice. 🌞💐
When you think about all of the people that have some ailment or disability, are older or out of shape you wonder how many of them get P_ss_d after going through all of the wait lines, walking the turnstiles, tunnels, 🏰 steps etc just to sit in a box in front of Large flat screen TV's !? How many feel betrayed or cheated for all that energy expelled to get on. I shudder to think of the cost of the pre-ride rail station and train. Like some other amusement park rides around the world, I was exhausted just watching all the work it takes JUST to GET to the actual ride! LOL
Disney's Former Hollywood Experience Ride was like that, having to walk to AND through the Chinese Theater, like a huge museum, just to get on.
Beautiful and realistic H. Potter ride though 🏰🚂🚆🚅🚇
( * Yes I am aware of the elevator and other short-cuts some ride lines have - think about being exhausted at the end of the day and having to go through all that - even with the realistic immersion. Hopefully, riders are somehow forewarned)