Harry Potter & The Battle at the Ministry - Reviews, Photos & Media

[AvoidTIMtation]

Did this for the first time on Friday. it's a fun ride but I'm my opinion a little overhyped. There were some small annoyances like the Floo effects not being on when we went through, but the one thing I didn't like were animatronics toward the end compared to the Death Eaters (which my friends thought were real people standing in there). The quality difference was so drastic it was distracting, almost like the budget got used up before they completed the ride so they had to pull old robots out of storage LOL

 

[simon]

As of today, I think erumpent animatronic motion profile has been updated to be more dynamic and fast.

 

[rabbitsmoon]

Did this for the first time on Friday. it's a fun ride but I'm my opinion a little overhyped. There were some small annoyances like the Floo effects not being on when we went through, but the one thing I didn't like were animatronics toward the end compared to the Death Eaters (which my friends thought were real people standing in there). The quality difference was so drastic it was distracting, almost like the budget got used up before they completed the ride so they had to pull old robots out of storage LOL

I think this is a matter of better staging/ a more elegant use of the tech. I doubt the Death Eaters are actually a higher class of animatronic-- they've just got masks on. They're not trying to convince you that you're looking at a human face, which is a huge leap across the uncanny valley.

Anybody else feel like you got transported into an episode of "Breaking the Magician's Code" in that first archive room with the death eater? Give me a masked magician in a warehouse and I'm back to primetime Fox in the 90s.

 

[AvoidTIMtation]

I think this is a matter of better staging/ a more elegant use of the tech. I doubt the Death Eaters are actually a higher class of animatronic-- they've just got masks on. They're not trying to convince you that you're looking at a human face, which is a huge leap across the uncanny valley.

Anybody else feel like you got transported into an episode of "Breaking the Magician's Code" in that first archive room with the death eater? Give me a masked magician in a warehouse and I'm back to primetime Fox in the 90s.

It wasn't the faces that bothered me, it was more about the way they were moving. It's weird to have animatronics that move convincing like a real human, and others that don't really move at all, in the same attraction LOL

 

[simon]

It wasn't the faces that bothered me, it was more about the way they were moving. It's weird to have animatronics that move convincing like a real human, and others that don't really move at all, in the same attraction LOL

Yeah specially that final shacklebolt animatronic. His movement is kinda odd. Sometimes I wish they would make several moving programs on animatronics and randomize on each ride so people can have a fresh impression everytime rather than seeing the same motions over and over.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I think this is a matter of better staging/ a more elegant use of the tech. I doubt the Death Eaters are actually a higher class of animatronic-- they've just got masks on. They're not trying to convince you that you're looking at a human face, which is a huge leap across the uncanny valley.

Anybody else feel like you got transported into an episode of "Breaking the Magician's Code" in that first archive room with the death eater? Give me a masked magician in a warehouse and I'm back to primetime Fox in the 90s.

Oh my gooooooood hahahahahaha

Yes I totally see it now!

 

[Mad Dog]

Good to see a few posts on the Potter ride the last couple of days. There's been so little forum comments on the Epic attractions these last few weeks that I was starting to think they closed Epic down or a hurricane wiped it out. C'mon, people braving the hot sun and hot concrete, lets hear from you.

 

[Jake S]

Good to see a few posts on the Potter ride the last couple of days. There's been so little forum comments on the Epic attractions these last few weeks that I was starting to think they closed Epic down or a hurricane wiped it out. C'mon, people braving the hot sun and hot concrete, lets hear from you.

just wait, myself and everyone else on this forum will be descending on it between Sept. 1 and Oct. 31.

 

[Mad Dog]

just wait, myself and everyone else on this forum will be descending on it between Sept. 1 and Oct. 31.

If only HHN doesn't blind them to Epic's existence.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Good to see a few posts on the Potter ride the last couple of days. There's been so little forum comments on the Epic attractions these last few weeks that I was starting to think they closed Epic down or a hurricane wiped it out. C'mon, people braving the hot sun and hot concrete, lets hear from you.

Side effects of no AP tickets

I think every hardcore local fan visited during previews and first few days (or like Jake mentioned, the "secondary" boost of HHN fans)... but there's very little desire to pay another $180 per person...

 

[Mad Dog]

Side effects of no AP tickets

I think every hardcore local fan visited during previews and first few days (or like Jake mentioned, the "secondary" boost of HHN fans)... but there's very little desire to pay another $180 per person...

and wait in those super long lines in the summer heat. The attendance is nowhere near total park guest capacity and there's just not enough ride and show capacity to handle what's there daily. Perhaps once the temp cools in mid Fall, guests will explore the lands more instead of running to the rides.....Myself, I'm questioning whether I will do more than one day at Epic on my Nov. vacation unless attraction lines get more reasonable. I still can't get all that excited about going there since line times are ridiculous, and I'd never pay that King's Ransom for Express. There's really only 3 attractions and the two shows that are must do's for me.