Is Hogwarts train ride scary?


Is Hogwarts train ride scary? How scary is the Hogwarts Express? We rate the Hogwarts Express one out of five Dementors in terms of fear factor. With a smooth ride and a mostly passive experience, the attraction really is designed for the whole family.


Do the Harry Potter rides have drops?

The ride drops, spins around, twists and turns, but does not turn upside down, though passengers sometimes lie flat on their backs.


Does the Hogwarts ride go upside down?

The experience includes a flight around Hogwarts castle, an encounter with the Whomping Willow and a horde of Dementors, and a Quidditch match. The ride drops, spins around, twists and turns, but does not turn upside down, though passengers sometimes lie flat on their backs.


Is Harry Potter 4 ok for 8 year old?

Parents need to know that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the first PG-13 movie in the Harry Potter series (all based on the books by J.K. Rowling), and not for nothing. The fourth installment has two deaths (including a really sad one), scary creatures, some romantic yearnings, and edge-of-the-seat scenes.


How many seats are on the Hogwarts Express?

The Hogwarts Express uses two trains that can transport 168 passengers each, giving a total of 336 passengers per cycle. Each train is an articulated cable car formed of five sections: a replica of a steam locomotive and its tender plus a set of three passenger coaches each with seven passenger compartments.


What age is appropriate for Harry Potter rides?

Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts has a height requirement of 42 inches, meaning children ages seven to nine are typically tall enough to ride this attraction.


Can you eat on the Hogwarts Express at Universal?

Unlike most attractions, Hogwarts Express encourages guests to carry food and drink onto the ride. In fact, the King's Cross station even includes a snack stand in the queue featuring crisps, candies, fruit, drinks, and even beer!


Is there a toilet on the Hogwarts Express?

Yes, there are. Some people are comfortable changing in their cabins, but others change in the bathrooms. It is a long journey, so there are toilets, definitely.


What happens on the Hogwarts Express at Universal?

The Hogwarts Express is a first-of-its-kind ride that links multiple geographical locations in one themed experience. The train not only provides transportation from park to park but also presents two different “stories” for passengers to enjoy on their routes.


Is the Hogwarts Express faster than walking?

Definitely beats walking if there is little to no wait for the train, but the lines can get long, so it's actually faster to walk from park to park than to wait in this line if it's long. I'm not a die hard Harry Potter fan.


Is the Hogwarts ride a roller coaster?

However, the ride is not a roller coaster but a scenic dark ride. The experience includes a flight around Hogwarts castle, an encounter with the Whomping Willow and a horde of Dementors, and a Quidditch match.


Is the Hogwarts Express at Universal Scary?

How scary is the Hogwarts Express? We rate the Hogwarts Express one out of five Dementors in terms of fear factor. With a smooth ride and a mostly passive experience, the attraction really is designed for the whole family.


Is it worth it to ride the Hogwarts Express?

The main reason is this is the only way to make sure you see absolutely everything that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter has to offer. The other main reason we think the Hogwarts Express is worth it is that it's a convenient way to travel between the two parks and you can enjoy a different experience both ways.


Is it faster to take Hogwarts Express or walk?

We learned from a Universal employee that it takes 35 minutes to leave Diagon Alley, exit the park, enter Islands of Adventure and walk to Hogwarts. So if the wait is 40 minutes for the Hogwarts Express (and your kids can handle the hike) don't take the train. You'll save time just walking around.


Is Simpsons ride scary?

How scary is The Simpsons Ride? We rate this ride two out of five Duff beers on our fear factor scale – it's a pretty straightforward simulator ride with a few moments of motion intensity.