{"id":159565,"date":"2025-11-06T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/11\/06\/photos-inside-the-new-harry-potter-experience-in-vancouver\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T07:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:44:12","slug":"photos-inside-the-new-harry-potter-experience-in-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/11\/06\/photos-inside-the-new-harry-potter-experience-in-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Inside the new &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; experience in Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interactive, immersive, well-illuminated and installed in Canada for the first time, the new &ldquo;Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience&rdquo; opens Friday (Nov. 7) in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday night at Stanley Park, media were given a preview of the slightly constroversial attraction, which has replaced the popular Bright Nights light display (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northdeltareporter.com\/home\/bright-nights-come-home-to-surrey-after-exit-from-stanley-park-8255360\" target=\"_blank\">now in Surrey<\/a>) for a fall\/winter run.<\/p>\n<p>Builders either ripped out the train tracks or covered them in gravel to create a walking trail through the forest, for what&rsquo;s advertised as a &ldquo;spellbinding experience&rdquo; presented by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences, Fever and Rifflandia Entertainment Company.<\/p>\n<p>Motion-activated spellcasting will thrill <em>Harry Potter <\/em>fans as they walk through the &ldquo;Forbidden Forest,&rdquo; filled with magical creatures and scenes from the movies, thundering audio and miles of cable for the thousands of lights.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">^^ More scenes from the new &quot;Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience,&quot; which opens Friday at Stanley Park in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vancouver?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vancouver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ijo5a5IM7F\">https:\/\/t.co\/ijo5a5IM7F<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AudY1tcAgj\">pic.twitter.com\/AudY1tcAgj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Zillich (@TomZillich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomZillich\/status\/1986683466776481806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It takes around an hour, maybe 90 minutes, to walk through the nighttime attraction, at 690 Pipeline Road in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>This area of Stanley Park is barely recognizable with all the added structures including food, beverage and merch huts (bring a card; cash isn&rsquo;t accepted).<\/p>\n<p>Get out your card for tickets, too, on <a href=\"https:\/\/hpforbiddenforestexperience.com\/vancouver\/\" target=\"_blank\">hpforbiddenforestexperience.com\/vancouver<\/a>. Single passes start at $43 (for the worst time slots), and most are in the $70 to $85 range &mdash; much more for &ldquo;deluxe bundle&rdquo; packages. Kids under the age of three are free.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">^^ More scenes from the new &quot;Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience,&quot; which opens Friday at Stanley Park in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vancouver?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vancouver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ijo5a5IM7F\">https:\/\/t.co\/ijo5a5IM7F<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1rtOD2jVNN\">pic.twitter.com\/1rtOD2jVNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Zillich (@TomZillich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomZillich\/status\/1986684131166879928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jan. 11 is the last date on the calendar for bookings (so far), with time slots from 4:45 to 10:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Be warned, some elements might be a little scary for some Forest-goers. &ldquo;If you have arachnophobia,&rdquo; 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