{"id":18902,"date":"2024-01-18T10:50:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/universal-orlandos-dark-arts-at-hogwarts-castle-returns-ahead-of-halloween\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:50:27","slug":"universal-orlandos-dark-arts-at-hogwarts-castle-returns-ahead-of-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/universal-orlandos-dark-arts-at-hogwarts-castle-returns-ahead-of-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Orlando&#8217;s &#8216;Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle&#8217; returns ahead of Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\/vacation-destinations\/universal-orlando\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal Orlando<\/a> in Florida is celebrating fall by bringing back its &#8220;Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle&#8221; event.<\/p>\n<p>The annual event \u2013 held in The Wizarding World of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Potter<\/a> &#8211; Hogsmeade area of the theme park \u2013 will run on select nights starting Sept. 16 through Oct. 31, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Dark Arts&#8221; experience \u2013 which will begin at dusk \u2013 includes a light show with special effects and projection mapping on the Hogwarts castle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/universal-orlando-announces-new-harry-potter-roller-coaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UNIVERSAL ORLANDO ANNOUNCES NEW HARRY POTTER ROLLER COASTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guests will be able to see images of &#8220;unspeakable creatures and sinister villains&#8221; \u2013 such as dementors, mountain trolls and even Lord Voldemort \u2013 appear on the castle, the press release said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Death Eaters \u2013 the name of Lord Voldemort\u2019s followers \u2013 will appear in Hogsmeade and walk among guests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/dolly-partons-dollywood-wins-3-golden-ticket-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DOLLY PARTON\u2019S DOLLYWOOD WINS 3 GOLDEN TICKET AWARDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\/vacation-destinations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The spectacle will end<\/a> when a Patronus, &#8220;a powerful defense charm of concentrated happiness and hope&#8221; appears on the castle, the press release said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fans can also buy Dark Arts-themed merchandise \u2013 including a Death Eater mask \u2013 when they visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\/general\/theme-parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wizarding World<\/a> of Harry Potter, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Orlando in Florida is celebrating fall by bringing back its &#8220;Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle&#8221; event. The annual event \u2013 held in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter &#8211; Hogsmeade area of the theme park \u2013 will run on select nights starting Sept. 16 through Oct. 31, according to a press release. The &#8220;Dark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}