YES you can walk thru. They have a “chicken exit” at the end where you can take leave the scene. And YES the que is very nice and quite enjoyable. Try to get there as early as possible because the line gets long quick.

SHELBY: Soaring is not the same seat at Forbidden Journey. There is actually a shoulder harness that comes down over you AND the booty part of the seat is molded. I counted at least 4 times when I was upside down……….that does not happen on Soaring.

They should have taken other dimensions into acct when designing as not everyone is AVERAGE. Disney does accomadate 99% of its guests whereas Universal doesnt. In my expirience, it solidified my dieting goals to get healthier. I am foturnate enought to not have any medical conditions that “make me” over weight. I do hope thought that these “modifications” are able to keep me safe when I ride.

Hoping for a Green or a Yellow light!!

Good luck to all you finger pointing Muggles and Mudbloods… Us Wizards will only take the experience, learn from it and make it happen <3

I’m glad Universal “Modified” this ride. It was bottom line TOO restrictive. Granted and I do understand they can’t make ALL the rides friendly to EVERY body type. Honestly I really don’t think this ride needs the type of restraint it has…but I’m not an engineer. I guess the restraints are there to protect smaller children that have height but are really thin from sliding around too much.

But in all fairness some modification was due.

Hopefully one of the friendly people here can offer some info that will calm me down and let me focus on how amazing my vacation later this week will be rather than getting sick to my stomach with worry about fitting on a ride.

I’m plus sized. I am 5’3″. I have a 48″ chest and 53″ hips. I carry my weight in hips and thighs. Will I get on?

And now please forgive me but I feel the need to stand on a soap box and rant for a moment…

I have to say that as I am reading this I have wanted to cry, throw up, punch some people, and applaud some people.
I am over weight. I love dessert. I love salad. I don’t eat fried, greasy food. I work out 6 days a week. I jog 3 miles a day. I am a Broadway actress. I am in perfect health, I just have some curves and extra meat on me. To tell an overweight person to “just lose weight” is disgusting. If only I could tell ignorant people to “just get educated” or perhaps “stop being so stupid”. I am a very intelligent and successful, and a happy person, and I LIKE myself. No I LOVE who I am. Not many people can say that with confidence, plus sized or not.

I understand that not everyone can be accommodated or get what they want in life. But there are people who love Harry Potter, and are thrilled at the chance to experience a thrill ride like this. If they are willing to pay the money why don’t they get the experience they paid for. I’m not blaming Universal, but aren’t kids offered a lower priced admission because they can’t ride some of the rides due to a physical trait, their height. People who can’t ride rides because of another physical trait, their girth, should be offered a lower price too then no? Do “skinny” people not like that? Well then, how about you “just get over it and not go”.

The only reason I am going to Universal is to see Harry Potter World, and this ride is the main feature I want to see. If the actual seat dimensions were disclosed BY UNIVERSAL, perhaps I wouldn’t be sitting here crying because I may have wasted $1000 on a vacation in which I won’t get to see what I most want to.

For me this is what it boils down to….

You pay your cable bill to watch the shows YOU want to see.
I pay for theme park admission to ride the rides I want to ride.
If I know my cable company stops carrying my favorite station, I will not buy cable from that company.
If I know I won’t be able to see the ride I want to see, I won’t buy a ticket to that park.

I work with some disabled groups, and so I understand that its just the plain truth that not everyone can be accommodated in certain aspects of life in our world. Still, people and COMPANIES WHO ARE TAKING PEOPLE”S MONEY need to try as hard as they can to accommodate all people.

If they post height minimums how about posting width maximums for their customers knowledge? At least it would save us from trolling the internet asking strangers what they know. Customers deserve to know details about the product they are buying BEFORE they pay for it right?

If Universal made it clear, who can and can’t fit in this ride, and they don’t lose any customers well then, sucks for us whinny fat people. If attendance slows, well then a smart business move would be to make accommodations for their customers.
Either way, Universal gets less complaints and I spend my money somewhere where I will get the product I paid for.
That’s all I think any of us are asking for here…getting the product we paid for by riding this ride.

Will there be people who even in the most ideal construction of a ride not be able to ride…yes. There will be people who are too short, tall, light, heavy. But please, let us know that BEFORE we buy your product and find it doesn’t “fit” us. And please, make your product as universal and accommodating as possible.

And for the record, turning away hundreds of people a day is not “limitations of the ride”, that’s poor planning and constructing.
When something is bad, fix it. I’m happy Universal made a quick effort to fix that, but I hope they make a better effort to fix it. So people aren’t in suspense wondering how to avoid personal embarrassment or disappointment on their very expensive vacations.

Wow that was long winded. Sorry for that self indulgent rant, but I really had to share my thoughts after reading all of this but now I feel better, and I hope someone can offer me a word of advice and sooth my nerves so I can enjoy my days of packing and get back my pre-vacation buzz!

by the way – this was the best ride in the world.

The seats are now modified. You can give it a shot.

I’m 6 foot 6, 270 and was able to get on with the help of a great guy, Ryan, who works at the ride. That was before the seats were modified too. I have very broad shoulders and a long torso.