After being crowned with success in the United Kingdom, where it is installed for the second consecutive year, and after a promising launch in the United States, Harry Potter : A Forbidden Forest Experience (translate:Harry Potter: The Forbidden Forest Experience, created by Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment is coming to us. As of November 5, fans of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts will be able to go to Groenenberg Castle, 30 minutes from Brussels, for a dive into the universe imagined by JK Rowling. Light effects, spectacular scenery and magical creatures such as centaurs or hippogriffs, everything has been recreated so that the immersion is total.
If fans of the fantastic saga are delighted with the arrival of this experience located not far from the capital, the price of this walk in the woods is a little ticking. Open since early September, the ticket office offers tickets at prices that have discouraged some. Count, in fact, 55 euros per adult, 40 euros per child and 45 euros per person for a family of minimum three people and maximum two adults. In short, if mum and dad want to discover the world of famous young wizard to their offspring, they quickly approach 150 euros… A substantial budget for a walk of one hour to one hour and thirty minutes in the forest. Add to that a drink, a snack and the purchase of a small official stamped souvenir Harry Potteror Fantastic Beasts. The price goes up again.
On social networks, the public does not hide its dissatisfaction. “Very moved as price“, “too expensive“, “exaggerated price“, “you add a few euros and you go to Disney“, “I love the world of Harry Potter but paying 50 euros per adult to walk in a park in Brussels is expensive“, “impayable“, are among the comments that can be read since the opening of the online ticket office.
By way of comparison, the price of a ticket for Magic Lanternwhich will take place from October 21 to December 11 at the Château de La Hulpe, is close to 20 euros per adult, less than half the price of Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience. The one to attend warm and seated a representation of Disney on Ice varies from 39 to 47 euros.