Queue
The exterior queue remains the same as Dragon Challenge, with the exception of the removal of the pennants in support of the Triwizard Tournament champions, and the broken-down Ford Anglia, which was incorporated to the ride. Muggles enter the queue by passing under the archway entrance, where they encounter signs along the way. A ring shaped path leads to a bridge over the exit pathway. Heading towards Flight of the Hippogriff, there is a flying horse made out of wood. Approaching a long switchback section, Muggles see huts, pumpkin patches and farming equipment. After passing a rose garden, Muggles cross the bridge and access a castle. Straight ahead, there is a vertical sculpture with a mermaid from the Black Lake surrounded by a couple of Grindylows. To the left of the sculpture is the castle entrance. Muggles enter a room with cages and several murals, such as Buckbeak and Ravenclaw. While walking down the hallway, there is a Dueling Club mural with ice and fire dragons, which pays tribute to Dragon Challenge. After this, Muggles head into a switchback room with a fireplace, pieces of wood, kitchenware and salamander footprints. This is followed by another storage room containing dragon eggs and more murals. After exiting the pre-show, Muggles pass along a study area with hourglasses, books, scales and other items. They can find several cards with creatures, including unicorns, cornish pixies, manticores and nifflers, as well as the Book of Monsters.[28] Then, Muggles follow some dark hallways. Getting closer, they spot a test seat and a screen that shows safety instructions. After another switchback area, Muggles enter the station, where they stand on a moving conveyor belt and climb into the ride vehicles.[29]
Pre-show
Rubeus Hagrid (portrayed by Robbie Coltrane) will take Muggles on a very special Care of Magical Creatures class and has acquired the help of Arthur Weasley (portrayed by Mark Williams) to tinker with Hagrid's motorbike, whose original owner is mentioned to be Sirius Black, in an attempt to duplicate it in order to take Muggles to the edge of the Forbidden Forest. After Arthur successfully duplicates the motorbike, Fang, Hagrid's pet boarhound, releases Cornish Pixies that were covered in their cage and start to wreak havoc by taking Arthur's wand, burning the duplicate motorbike and then blowing it up. Arthur then casts Aguamenti to put down the flames and sprays Muggles with water before Hagrid departs to wait for them. Arthur then tells Muggles that he will try to duplicate the motorbike again at the stables, where there is plenty of space to do so and departs with the original motorbike following him before casting Reparo on it.
The pre-show is sometimes preempted during longer-than-usual wait times and, instead, Fang is seen walking around.
Layout
The track winds right out of the loading station, where each train reaches the first LSM launch, sending riders through an s-curve slope and into a second launch. Riders then pass by a semi-indoor scene featuring Hagrid, who says he will meet up with the Muggles at an abandoned hut at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Once the bikes reach Hagrid's hut, a Blast-Ended Skrewt sprays smoke at the riders. The vehicles exit the hut by turning right, which leads into the third launch and then an airtime hill. Riders pass by an abandoned castle and make a left-handed dive into a tunnel. Following a series of turns, the vehicles approach the fourth launch, initiating a double-right turn as Hagrid warns that the bikes are outside of his control. The vehicles then make a right turn and slow down on the mid-course brake run.
Fluffy, the three-headed dog from the film franchise, is seen on the left as riders pass by and make a turn to the left. After passing over a switchtrack, a fifth launch sends riders speeding into a tunnel with a group of Cornish Pixies that have taken over Arthur Weasley's broken-down flying Ford Anglia. The train exits the tunnel and rises up a 65 ft vertical spike before losing power and dropping backward through a sixth launch, taking riders through a tunnel and helix, then slowing down at the darkest part of the Forbidden Forest as the Muggles pass a centaur. The train eventually stops in the tentacles of Devil's Snare. Hagrid encourages Muggles to chant the incantation "Lumos Solem", which is immediately followed by a 17 ft free-fall into a cave below filled with glowing Blast-Ended Skrewts that surround riders.
Hagrid offers congratulations for finding them, and the train exits the building into the final launch, accelerating to the ride's maximum speed of 50 mph. Fog effects engage near the tracks, as the train hits a left banked turn and passes the on-ride camera. After this, the vehicles make a right turn before stopping at the abandoned castle, where a unicorn and her foal are spotted. Riders return to the loading station as Hagrid thanks everyone, though he asks them not to tell anyone at Hogwarts about the experience.
