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Harry Potter: Visions Of Magic immersive experience
The Straits Times
|November 14, 2024
Spacious rooms filled with art and technology await fans
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At the centre of The Chamber Of Secrets is a sculpture of Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts and the wizard who built the chamber.
Several snake statues flank Salazar, and with the use of digital effects, the darkened room will be filled with basilisks, which may get scary for some younger visitors.
"We are aware that some guests may be frightened, so we created a bypass to the next room," says Ms Dai.
Stepping out of The Chamber Of Secrets, fans will enter the Fantastic Beasts realm in Newt's Menagerie.
"While we may be out of Harry's world, the Fantastic Beasts films are also within the Wizarding World. So, here, we created original artworks of what we imagined would come out of Newt's suitcase," says Mr Altidor.
In the Fantastic Beasts films, heroic magizoologist Newt Scamander (played by British actor Eddie Redmayne) is rarely seen without his magical suitcase, which houses different habitats for his many creatures.
This story is from the November 14, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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