Visitor Attractions Hogwarts Express comes to Harry Potter Tour
The Warner Brothers Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, has announced it will unveil a 20,000sq ft (1,858sqm) expansion to include the original Hogwarts Express steam engine along with a recreation of Platform 9 3
/4 .
Opening on 19 March, the new permanent addition to the studio tour will offer fans of the Harry Potter franchise a glimpse into how some of the films’ most iconic scenes were created. Visitors to the tour will be able to climb
aboard and explore the train’s carriage. The Hogwarts Express – formerly steam
train no. 5792 “Olton Hall” – was used in all of the Harry Potter films and was featured in the very final scene where Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione are grown up sending their children off to Hogwarts. The 78-year-old engine will
return to its production home in Leavesden, near London, where it will be displayed on a set of tracks with steam billowing out of its chimney as visitors step onto the fabled platform. The platform’s glass roof, yellow brick
walls and luggage racks have been designed by Oscar and BAFTA winning production
Platform 9 3/4 and the Hogwarts Express are two of the most iconic features of the Harry Potter franchise
designer Stuart Craig, with a team led by construction manager Paul Hayes to recreate the station as seen in the films. “We can’t wait to open our first expansion, Platform 9 3
/4, just before the Studio Tour’s third anniversary in
March,” said Sarah Roots, vice president of Warner Bros Studio Tour London. “The Hogwarts Express is the piece that visitors have most requested to see and we’re expecting a fantastic response.” Details:
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Iceland’s IceCave attraction nears debut The drones have been in development since 2013
Drones join flagship show at Puy du Fou
French historical recreation theme park Puy du Fou has introduced an “intelligent” drone fleet to enhance its attraction. The drone technology was specially created for the park’s flagship show Cinéscénie, which at more than 23 hectares (57 acres) is one of the largest night shows in the world. After two years, four patents, the work
of 50 engineers and a €2m ($2.2m, £1.5m) investment, the Neopter fleet is the first drone fleet capable of flying outdoors while synchronising with music, video and lights – alongside more than 3,400 actors. Details:
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A new visitor attraction is set to launch later this year in Iceland in the shape of IceCave – a network of manmade tunnels and glaciers running inside the Langjökull Glacier. Stretching back as far as 300 metres (984 feet) into the solid ice glacier – the second-largest in Iceland – and a further 30 metres (98 feet) below the surface, the ice cave will be an enormous structure once complete. In the works since 2010, the $2.5m (£1.6m, €2.1m) development will allow visitors to see “blue ice”. Each year the ice cap is covered in 6 metres (20 feet) of fresh snow, which on one side is compacted by the weight, and on the other is melted by the warmth from the sun. The compacted snow turns to ice, which over time
The IceCave attraction is currently being built inside the Langjökull Glacier
becomes denser until it eventually becomes the blue ice formed only under these specific conditions. Backed by leading pension fund investors and the Icelandair Group, the project has an impressive raft of expertise, including
one of Iceland’s leading geophysicists and glacial experts, Ari Trausti, plus a team of specialist construction workers. Icelandic engineering firm EFLA is digging the man- made tunnels in the glacier. Details:
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