Universal Orlando Reveals Exclusive Details About The Hogwarts Express Opening This Summer #WizardingWorld @UniversalORL

All aboard the Hogwarts Express!  Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting Oliver Phelps that’s Weasley to you Harry Potter fans as they revealed what will be one the most anticipated openings for Universal Orlando Resort. This summer, every detail has been replicated and carefully done as  the Harry Potter series will again come to life. My daughter and I were at the 2010 The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opening and listening to the big reveal, I can not wait to go again.

Universal Creating First-Ever Experience that Will Allow Guests to Actually Ride the Iconic Train Between London and Hogsmeade – Just Like in the Books and Film

• Visitors will be transported from the Muggle world to the wizarding world as you pass through the brick wall at King’s Cross Station to arrive at Platform 9 3⁄4

• Watch in amazement as the Hogwarts Express pulls into the station – its billowing steam and authentic whistle beckoning you to hop aboard
• Actually  sitting in one of the train’s cabins with your family and friends and actually riding the Hogwarts Express – just as your favorite characters did in the Harry Potter films
• Be able to look outside your cabin window and enjoying a scenic, breathtaking journey through the British countryside as you encounter magical creatures. You will be able to see Hagrid come alongside the train on his flying motorbike, Buckbeak the Hippogriff swoop gracefully over the black lake, the Weasley twins on brooms and up to their usual antics, the Knight Bus swerving through London traffic – and other special moments and surprises.

Not only will you be able to ride the Hogwarts Express, you will be able to walk through Diagon Alley. Listening to Oliver Phelps talk about the differences of filming on the London sound stage for the movie and his visit to the park, you know that the Creative team has gone to great lengths to ensure the experience is true to the books and films.

At the event yesterday, the Universal  Creative team discussed how closely they worked with Stuart Craig and the production team from the Harry Potter films to create a sensational Hogwarts Express experience and ensured that  everything about the train is authentic – from the paint and the materials used to build it….all the way down to the whistle.

I do no think for one moment the folks at Universal will get this wrong.

For more information about the Hogwarts Express – including a new video that features a first-look at the ride experience – and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, visit www.universalorlando.com/harrypotter.

Disclosure: NYC Single Mom was not compensated for this post. And I can not wait to visit Universal Orlando this summer to check out Diagon Alley, Hogwarts Express at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter