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West Coast Muggles will be able to experience the magic of Harry Potter firsthand when a new Wizarding World park opens Thursday at Universal Studios Hollywood. The fictional village will feel familiar to fans who have seen the movies based on J.K. Rowling’s bestselling book series about the boy wizard.
Similar attractions exist at Universal Studios Florida, which opened Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade in 2010, and Diagon Alley in 2014. The Hollywood version includes a snowcapped village, a stationary Hogwarts Express and even an Owlery—unique to this location.
There’s also the famous Three Broomsticks restaurant and Hog’s Head pub, where visitors can get their hands on Butterbeer or original draught beers and spirits created exclusively for the park. Throughout the village, park goers can enjoy various shops that Harry himself visited in the books and movies, like Honeydukes and Ollivander’s Wand Shop.
The rides are similar to what’s in Orlando, like the Flight of the Hippogriff roller coaster and a Harry Potter. There’s also a new Forbidden Journey 3D-HD ride that uses Quidditch-inspired 3D goggles to immerse riders in a story with Harry and his cohort.
Rumors are circulating that the new ride is making people sick, but perhaps it’s just the Weasley twins playing a signature joke on park goers.
![WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER Hogwarts Castle at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, Calif.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/harry-potter-12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![TOM FELTON AT THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy, inside the Portrait Gallery in Hogwarts Castle.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/harry-potter-9.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Photo by David Sprague Dumbledore's office in Hogwarts Castle.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/harry-potter-13.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Dragon skeleton in Hogwarts Castle.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/harry-potter-2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Items inside the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom within Hogwarts castle Dark Arts in Hogwarts Castle.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/harry-potter-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Madam Puddifoot's.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/harry-potter-8.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A view of the snow-capped Hogsmeade village Hogsmeade Village.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/harry-potter-5.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Hogsmeade Village.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/hogsmead-village.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![EVANNA LYNCH AT THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood, at Hogwarts Express.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/harry-potter-3.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Hogwarts Castle.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/harry-potter-10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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