--- description: Universal Studios Hollywood announced that its "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" will open to the general public on April 7, 2016. title: Universal Studios Hollywood Reveals Opening Date for 'Wizarding World of Harry Potter' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Luna Lovegood Light Up California’s New Harry Potter Park  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 8, 2015 9:57 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 8, 2015 9:57 PM CUT You won’t need an acceptance letter to get into this Hogwarts. Universal Studios Hollywood announced on Tuesday that its “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” will open to the general public on April 7, 2016\. The theme park, based on J.K. Rowling’s magical series, released the information in a video starring Evanna Lynch, the actress who played Luna Lovegood in the _Harry Potter_ movies. Along with its own Hogwarts castle and Hogsmeade village, the west coast location will feature Universal’s first outdoor rollercoaster, “Flight of the Hippogriff,” and a [“hyper-realistic 3D-HD”](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hogwarts-is-coming-to-hollywood-300092335.html "undefined") ride called “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey,” on which passengers will wear Quidditch-inspired goggles. Watch the full reveal video below: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4141257/universal-studios-hollywood-grand-opening-date-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4141257/universal-studios-hollywood-grand-opening-date-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter/"},"headline":"Watch Luna Lovegood Light Up California’s New Harry Potter Park","datePublished":"2015-12-08T21:57:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:30.157Z","description":"Accio April 7th","url":"https://time.com/4141257/universal-studios-hollywood-grand-opening-date-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Books","Hollywood","Harry Potter","Universal Studios","J.K. Rowling","Theme Parks"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4141257/universal-studios-hollywood-grand-opening-date-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter/","name":"Watch Luna Lovegood Light Up California’s New Harry Potter Park"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"J.K. Rowling Reveals A 'Harry Potter' Play Is In The Works","description":"Author J.K. Rowling tweeted she's been working on a new play called","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/DGvt7frX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-26T17:02:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/DGvt7frX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4141257/universal-studios-hollywood-grand-opening-date-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter/","duration":"PT1M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4141257/universal-studios-hollywood-grand-opening-date-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```