Harry Potter: A Hogwarts Express Adventure to open at SoCal museum

Don’t fear in case your Hogwarts acceptance letter bought misplaced within the mail — a brand new “Harry Potter” expertise will quickly allow you to hop aboard the Hogwarts Express anyway.

Harry Potter: A Hogwarts Express Adventure will open on the Southern California Railway Museum this summer time for friends to expertise the Wizarding World ceremony of passage aboard an actual shifting practice within the Inland Empire. The expertise will run from July 24 by means of Sept. 27. Yes, that features Back to Hogwarts Day on Sept. 1.

A Hogwarts Express Adventure will embrace a Platform 9¾-themed preboarding expertise in addition to House competitions and chants, spell-casting challenges and different interactive actions aboard the practice. Guests will even be capable to seize some themed treats from the trolley. The practice trip will finish at a Hogsmeade-inspired village the place extra meals, drinks and merchandise will likely be out there.

The Rail Events Inc. press launch additionally teases a attainable encounter with “a dark and mysterious force.” The firm, additionally recognized for the Polar Express Train Ride, developed A Hogwarts Express Adventure together with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences.

This is an enormous yr for “Harry Potter” followers. “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” a brand new tv collection primarily based on creator J.Ok. Rowling’s standard guide collection, is about to debut on HBO Max on Christmas Day. The present will introduce audiences to a brand new Golden Trio, portrayed by Dominic McLaughlin (Harry Potter), Alastair Stout (Ron Weasley) and Arabella Stanton (Hermione Granger), as they embark on their Hogwarts journey. (Rowling stays controversial for her views on trans ladies.)

Ticket gross sales for A Hogwarts Express Adventure will start April 28, with costs beginning at $77 for adults and $67 for youngsters ages 2 to 11, relying on departure time.