Epic Universe's Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry’s Line Is Half a Mile Long

Universal Epic Universe’s immersive plan astir the parkland is impressive, but the queue enactment for the Harry Potter and the Battle astatine the Ministry thrust mightiness conscionable instrumentality the cake. It took maine astir 1,300 steps to get from thrust entrance, to thrust boarding area–which is astir fractional a mile–and the entirety of the on-foot travel surrounds you with intricate designs, thoughtful details, and monolithic acceptable pieces.

The entranceway to Harry Potter and the Battle astatine the Ministry is located wrong The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic successful Universal Epic Universe. Basically, it's meant to look similar 1920's wizarding Paris. After heading done the Métro-Floo (a monolithic transport web for wizards) and a passageway that lights up arsenic you measurement through, emulating a magical portal, you look into a replica of the British Ministry of Magic. I wouldn’t accidental I’ve ever dreamt of fictional authorities buildings, but the monolithic standard of conscionable this country and the unthinkable item successful everything is wild. The to-scale offices that enactment the walls adjacent person moving ceiling fans.

Walking done this immense country with impossibly gangly ceilings and statues leads you to more… and more, and more. Beautiful corridors, moving wanted posters, talking paintings, and adjacent an awesome animatronic of the house-elf, Higgledy, are each worthwhile capable conscionable to peek at, adjacent if determination were nary thrust astatine the extremity of the “tunnel.” Throughout, the queue introduces the “plot” of this ride: the proceedings of universally disliked Dolores Umbridge. Another taxable prime I would person ne'er imagined would beryllium utilized for a family-fun attraction: a trial.

It took my group, connected a backstage media tour, astir 20 minutes to precise leisurely trek done it all, but adjacent past we weren’t each wholly satisfied–there were a batch of details to instrumentality in, and apt plentifulness of nods I wholly missed. You tin spot way much pictures of the enactment below, immoderate provided by Universal and others taken by me.

To specify further, though we did upwind backmost and distant occasionally, we skipped a batch of the zig-zagging apt needed if the queue was full. Regardless, I conscionable couldn’t judge conscionable however agelong it went on—I accidental Universal anticipates this thrust having full, agelong lines, and astatine slightest they’ve provided the expected assemblage with spectacularly decorated, mercifully air-conditioned waiting rooms that adjacent person h2o fountains installed connected occasion.

As acold arsenic accumulation worth goes, the Harry Potter and the Battle astatine the Ministry thrust and enactment are up determination successful Epic Universe compared to different rides, but Dark Universe’s Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment makes for pugnacious contention arsenic acold arsenic presumption goes. Unfortunately, I wasn’t capable to spot astir of the enactment areas for Monster’s Unchained, but you'll get to spot everything you'd similar yourself erstwhile Universal Epic Universe opens afloat connected May 22 successful Orlando, Florida. For much connected Epic Universe, cheque backmost soon for a afloat database of the coolest things we saw astatine the park.

Casey DeFreitas is simply a lawman exertion of guides astatine IGN and is the team's nonmigratory Floridian. Catch her connected antithetic socials @ShinyCaseyD