Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic - General Discussion Thread

[Brian G.]

I knew there had to be at least one of them in the park somewhere!

I hope the rumored "multiple" large sets provide some differentiation.

Oh, it's definitely different from Spider-Man. Just trying to present a more apt comparison. It truly is Spidey meets Rise.

 

[FBarnhill]

Oh, it's definitely different from Spider-Man. Just trying to present a more apt comparison. It truly is Spidey meets Rise.

Spoiler

Umbridge literally moves like Kylo Ren at one point.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

FYI - It took me about 48 minutes to have UOR move tickets to a different account.

Took about 25 minutes to get to the agent, the remainder of the call was them actually manually moving the ticket to a different account. I feel awful for the TMs having to work through this.

Definitely do this in advance of your visit, it'll get busier as capacity increases!

 

[Rhian]

For people who've gotten in line, how long is your wait?

Currently stuck right before unload on MoM and no announcements but the wall pops up to stop people from climbing out I guess. Weird.

Wall? Like on the RV or at the load station?

 

[saint.piss]

For people who've gotten in line, how long is your wait?

50+ minutes my first time 40 my 2nd ride.

 

[sjago13]

For people who've gotten in line, how long is your wait?


Wall? Like on the RV or at the load station?

The wall of the RV pops up to like double it's height on some piston. Prolly as a means to stop people from climbing over during an e stop. We got evaced right before the load station. Cool seeing the bottom of the ride vehicle with lights on.

 

[Rhian]

50+ minutes my first time 40 my 2nd ride.

That's pretty good! When you got into line was it constantly moving or a lot of stopping? When I did it on Wednesday the line was backed up to where the floor cleaning machine was and inched along from there for about 90 minutes.

The wall of the RV pops up to like double it's height on some piston. Prolly as a means to stop people from climbing over during an e stop. We got evaced right before the load station. Cool seeing the bottom of the ride vehicle with lights on.

Cool! Sounds like a solid wall? Would've been cool if it was themed fencing that matched what the elevator doors look like.

 

[saint.piss]

That's pretty good! When you got into line was it constantly moving or a lot of stopping? When I did it on Wednesday the line was backed up to where the floor cleaning machine was and inched along from there for about 90 minutes.

It was slow lol. I wish it was constantly moving

 

[HHN Maddux]

Oh, it's definitely different from Spider-Man. Just trying to present a more apt comparison. It truly is Spidey meets Rise.

So really, the same way Unchained took Forbidden Journey's system and not only improved on the vehicle itself, but the entire ride experience is an evolution, Ministry is that but for the SCOOP?

 

[sjago13]

That's pretty good! When you got into line was it constantly moving or a lot of stopping? When I did it on Wednesday the line was backed up to where the floor cleaning machine was and inched along from there for about 90 minutes.


Cool! Sounds like a solid wall? Would've been cool if it was themed fencing that matched what the elevator doors look like.

No. It's basically the front themes plastic part on a liner actuator. You can see the actuator and the wiring inside the wall of the vehicle. Ugly but I assume for safety purposes.

 

[saint.piss]

So really, the same way Unchained took Forbidden Journey's system and not only improved on the vehicle itself, but the entire ride experience is an evolution, Ministry is that but for the SCOOP?

Essentially yes. It's the next generation of SCOOP. I'm very curious how they'll use this ride system in the future at the other parks... It would be really awesome to see it in Hollywood with a different IP.

 

[Ryuniversal]

absolutely insane even with vq

 

[saint.piss]

absolutely insane even with vq

 

[Lightningbolt]

Ministry is Transformers the ride running at its fullest potential lol

Ik you really liked Monsters but this is pretty harsh ngl. Absolutely wild statement.

 

[HHN Maddux]

Ik you really liked Monsters but this is pretty harsh ngl. Absolutely wild statement.

I don't really understand how she's being harsh? The Ministry ride system, as stated multiple times now, is an upgraded version/evolution of the SCOOP. Calling it Transformers at full potential wouldn't be inaccurate.

 

[DarkMetroid567]

I don't really understand how she's being harsh? The Ministry ride system, as stated multiple times now, is an upgraded version/evolution of the SCOOP. Calling it Transformers at full potential wouldn't be inaccurate.

I won’t put words in anyone’s mouth but the comparisons I’ve seen to Transformers on Twitter/Reddit seem to allude to Ministry being a very impressive but not necessarily the greatest or most-fun ride. (And some people might take offense to that.) I think there’s a chance this ends up as Epic’s most polarizing attraction.

 

[Rhian]

I won’t put words in anyone’s mouth but the comparisons I’ve seen to Transformers on Twitter/Reddit seem to allude to Ministry being a very impressive but not necessarily the greatest or most-fun ride. (And some people might take offense to that.) I think there’s a chance this ends up as Epic’s most polarizing attraction.

I am holding off on judging the ride this early because it's barely functional right now. Like Monsters it could be a few weeks before everything that's supposed to be happen on the ride is operational; that's how I'm interpreting Brian's post earlier too.

 

[fryoj]

At the end of the day, SM, TF, and BatM are all rides where you are seated in a car moving on a track with some sort of turning and vertical motion that goes through scenes. There is quite a bit of difference of how they go about it, but they aren't that vastly different systems.

 

[DarkMetroid567]

I am holding off on judging the ride this early because it's barely functional right now. Like Monsters it could be a few weeks before everything that's supposed to be happen on the ride is operational; that's how I'm interpreting Brian's post earlier too.

Are there parts of the attraction that are clearly broken or that you missed on your ride-through? I was under the impression that on-ride effects (mostly) work and that the primary issue is the RVs.

 

[Brian G.]

Are there parts of the attraction that are clearly broken or that you missed on your ride-through? I was under the impression that on-ride effects (mostly) work and that the primary issue is the RVs.

There are a lot of missing show elements. The meat and potatoes are there, though.