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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Entertainment

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  Wand Magic With the wands they've purchased from Ollivanders, guests can travel through Hogsmeade and Paris, casting spells, finding beasts on the loose, and making magical things happen in store windows. The Magic of the Wizarding World As night falls, Hogwarts lights up for an impressive projection show taking guests all around the Wizarding World, from Hogwarts houses to Quidditch games, dark arts and magical creatures, and even the inclusion of Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, and other things. Guests can also meet a Hogwarts Express Conductor in Hogsmeade and some International residents in Paris, including some French aurors.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Shopping

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  BS - Honeydukes In this Wizarding Candy shop, guests can buy sweets like Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Bean, and more. BT Dervish and Banges This is where Hogwarts House items are sold. Here, guests can show off their house pride in themed sections for Houses, Quidditch gear, and more. BU - Galdrag's Wizardwear Complete your Wizarding look in this shop, selling costumes, apparel, and more accessories themed to the Wizarding World. BV - Owl Post Aside from owls and letters, this shop also sells magical creatures. BW - Ollivanders Inside this store is where guests can buy Ollivander's prized wands. Also sold are wands from other wandmakers like Gregorovich, Cosme Ajacor, and others. Plus, they can even watch a wand choose a wizard in a ceremony. BX - Filch's Emporium of Confiscated Goods Filch has been selling some things he's taken from students, including film props, franchise apparel, and even the French additions of the Harry Potter books. BY - Le...

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Dining

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  BO - The Three Broomsticks Guests come into this inn and feast on a lavish British cuisine. This includes the Great Feast, which combines vegetables, corn, chicken, rips, and more. BP - The Hog's Head Inside this pub, guests can find many drinks from across Europe, as well as butterbeer. BQ - Butterbeer Carts In both Hogsmeade and Paris, guests can buy butterbeer (or Bierre au Beurre as the French call it). Guests can also try the six different types of butterbeer located in the land. BR - Cafe L'Air de la Sirene In this French Cafe, guests can feast on an authentic French cuisine, as well as famous pastries from this country.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Attractions

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  25 - Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure E-Ticket Must be 48 in. Guests join Rubeus Hagrid on a Care of Magical Creatures lesson, riding a bunch of enchanted motorbikes through the Forbidden Forest. QUEUE: Guests see a gate advertising the attraction in the center of Hogsmeade, located near Galdrag's Wizardwear. Here, they follow a passage through the forest, going behind Hagrid's Hut and up to some ruins. There, they go through Hagrid's workshop, where notes on several creatures are seen as well as large gloves. They then proceed into another area where Motorbike work is done, including some running over the top of the room. From there, guests enter the loading station and board either the bike or sidecar. RIDE EXPERIENCE: The ride starts by launching out of the ruins and through the forest. It starts off gently, but then it passes through a damaged cargo hut where Hagrid is fending off a Blast-Ended Skrewt. He dismisses the class, but then the bikes go ou...

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Overview

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  OVERVIEW: Guests travel through a portal with a hand holding a wand on top of it and go through a passage of purple light. When they come out on the other side, they appear in the Wizarding village of Hogsmeade, covered in snow and made of old buildings. Here, guests can see many great things from the Harry Potter stories. They can cast spells around the village, ride a hippogriff, journey through the Forbidden Forest, and soar over the grounds of Hogwarts castle. Plus, when night falls, the place comes alive with projections on Hogwarts castle. But near Hogwarts is a secret Floo network that transports guests to Paris. Bringing the French charm to the Wizarding World is Place-Cachee, a Parisian district where a circus is in town. Who knows? If guests cast spells here, they may even find some Fantastic Beasts on the loose.

Transformers Metrobase: Entertainment

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  Robots in Disguise The Decepticons have infiltrated the base and it's up to you to find them and expose them before they can do any damage. (Phone required.) Guests can also meet Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron near the exit of the ride.

Transformers Metrobase: Shopping

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  BM - N.E.S.T. Traders N.E.S.T. personnel can buy their things here. This includes clothing, toys, keepsakes, and more. BN - Supply Vault After saving the world, guests come into this gift shop where new recruits can pick up their things. This features Transformers merchandise, toys, and other things.

Transformers Metrobase: Dining

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  BJ - Energon Power Station In the dining hall for N.E.S.T. is where guests can find an all-American dining selection. This is a similar menu to the Captain America Diner. BK - Cafe Cybertron This Italian-style eatery is where guests can sit in a high-tech environment. It is similar to the Cafe 4 at Universal Islands of Adventure. BL - Decepticones This is an ice cream stand located near Megatron's Towers of Doom. It sells ice cream, milkshakes, and other frozen foods.

Transformers Metrobase: Attractions

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  (Every attraction here is similar to an attraction in Marvel Super Hero Island) 21 - Decepticoaster E-Ticket Must be 54 in. N.E.S.T. has been experimenting with a part taken from the Decepticon Devastator, but their experiments may have gotten out of hand. Now, we have a fast-paced flight around Metrobase. This is like the Incredible Hulk Coaster. QUEUE: Guests travel through a lab where Transformer technology is being experimented on. Here, guests can see other machines as well as videos of other experiments conducted on them (most of which have gone horribly wrong.) They then are ushered into a locker room, where guests put their belongings in a two-way locker (similar to the lockers used on the Velocicoaster.) They then proceed into the loading station, where they board their vehicle. RIDE EXPERIENCE: The coaster ascends the lift, where gears are turning. At first, things are fine. Then, the gears starting turning quickly and a blue light flashes (during which a photo is taken...

Transformers Metrobase: Overview

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  OVERVIEW: Guests see a futuristic-looking spire and pass through a tunnel of cyan light. When they exit, they are in a technologically advanced area with giant attractions. This area, inspired by an area found in Universal Studios Beijing, is Transformers Metrobase, similar to Marvel Super Hero Island at Universal Islands of Adventure. This is the new Parisian headquarters for N.E.S.T. (Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty.) Here, the Autobots are looking for allies to aid in their fight against Megatron and his Decepticons. This is where new recruits can train, encounter the robots, and even join the fight. But beware. The Decepticons are hiding in the shadows, and it's only a matter of time before they attack.