WESTCHESTER! WE ARE COMING BACK!
✨And this time, the forest is bigger, brighter, and with more magical spells than ever 🪄
Join the waitlist now! Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience will make its triumphant return to Westchester packed with all-new characters, fantastic creatures, and magical moments that will leave you spellbound.
Step into the depths of a dark woodland illuminated like never before. Follow the mist, brave the shadows, and revisit the iconic scenes from the Harry Potter Films that defined a generation. Are you ready to step into the dark?
The Experience
🎫 Waitlist for Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience
✔ Join the waitlist and get exclusive access to pre-sale tickets before they are released to the public
🚨 Tickets go on public sale on Thursday, September 17, at 10 a.m.! 🚨
Experience the Magic by the Numbers:
- 💡Over 4,000 individual lights transform the trail into a glowing wonderland
- 🐾 Over 20 life-sized magical creatures lurking within the trees
- 🪄 6 interactive spell moments to test your wandwork
- 🎬 Over 15 iconic film recreations brought vividly to life
- 🦌 A breathtaking Patronus moment
- 🍺 Over 50 F&B options (including themed treats & drinks!)
- 🛍 Over 100 exclusive merch items to take the magic home
Highlights
🏞 Follow a woodland trail through a spellbinding forest full of interactive moments and spectacular light and sound effects
🐴 Venture further along the illuminated trail and uncover magical creatures from the Harry Potter™and the Fantastic Beasts™ films, such as a Hippogriff, unicorns, Nifflers, and more
✨ Ready your wand as you cast spells and even conjure a Patronus
🍽 Enjoy a selection of delicious food and drink inspired by the world of Harry Potter™
📸 Take plenty of fun photos to capture enchanting memories from the evening's adventure
General Info
📅 Date: from October 16, 2026
🕒 Time: Wednesday–Sundays from 5:30 p.m
⏳ Duration: approx. 60–90 minutes (the walking trail will take approx. 45–75 minutes)
📍 Location: FDR State Park, 2957 Crompond Rd, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
👤 Age requirement: all ages are welcome!
♿ Accessibility: please be aware that this is a woodland walk. The pathway is not a hard surface in the majority of areas. There will be motorized scooters for adults that can be utilized and hired. Please see the FAQs below for more information
💰 Price: ticket prices will start at 35.90 for adults and 28.90 for children
❓ Please consult the FAQs of this experience here
Description
Ready your wand and cast spells, come face-to-face with magical creatures and scenes from the movies, and enjoy a spellbinding Forbidden Forest experience based on the Harry Potter™ and Fantastic Beasts™ films. Celebrate the wizarding world and explore breathtaking moments in an unforgettable experience. With 2 million visitors across 16 cities worldwide, don't miss this opportunity and join the waitlist now for Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience in Westchester!
All characters and elements are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. Anglia is a trademark owned and licensed by Ford Motor Company.
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Check out what others have said about this experience in other cities around the world!
- ✨️ We literally had a Magical Evening 🪄 The experience was even more enjoyable than we had imagined! Definitely recommend the experience to any true HP fan! Thanks for coming to the States! ✨️💕
- This was an amazing experience! Took my boyfriend for a surprise and it was a beautiful and wonderful experience!! Highly recommend!
- Amazing immersive experience. My entire family had a blast, I 100% recommend.
- So magical and felt as if I was whisked into the movies! Worth the trip and immensely enjoyable :)
- My wife and her two friends had an awesome time. Lots of people to help park. One been to the biggest events . And this was one of the smoothest fastest moving crowds I’ve seen. Everyone who work there was knowledgeable and very polite. People attending had a great attitude facilities were clean and plentiful all around awesome experience much better than I had anticipated. Would highly recommend. Thank you
- My husband and I went for our 10 year wedding anniversary and it was so amazing! Can’t wait to go back again next year!
- Beautiful and so we’ll done. We had a great evening and felt like it was magical to be in the experience
- The kids loved it so much that they wanted to tour one more time. We will probably go again next year if possible. Thank you.
- Amazing experience! Very magical
- Really amazing! I was so pleasantly surprised
- Phenomenal, my wife is a huge Harry Potter fan and it is a fantastic experience.
- A wonderful experience! The forest looked magical.
- Very fun, interactives were great, no waiting, sound and lights all great. More interactives and animated creatures would be great. Gift shop needed more variety and clothing sizes.
- Very fun! They did a great job making it interactive and independent at the same time.
- Great ambiance and fun trail. I like how everything glows at night. ^_^
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