Reports: New Harry Potter ride making people sick

In the soon-to-open Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the only thing more valuable than a flying broom might be a damp mop.

Some riders reportedly are having trouble keeping their food down while testing the park’s signature attraction, opening April 7 at Universal Studios Hollywood.

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TMZ is reporting that some Universal employees can't stomach Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, which combines motion with video to convince riders they are soaring in and around the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The attraction is a near-replica of the one in Universal Orlando, save for one important feature: the Hollywood ride is in 3D.

Universal is not commenting on the reports.

Theme parks often use employees as guinea pigs to test new rides. Glitches are expected, and work can continue right up to opening day. The problem with Forbidden Journey, assuming there is one beyond weak-stomached riders, may well be corrected with a few adjustment thanks to the sophisticated software that operates the latest rides.

The 3D technology was first introduced to Forbidden Journey last year at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. There were no widespread reports of vomiting.

The last big attraction to make such a notorious splash was Mission: Space at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Soon after it opened in 2003, the main mission was cleaning the vehicles after guests discovered their space capsules weren’t the only things that would launch.

Disney eventually introduced a milder version of the ride, one that did not spin (centrifugal force was used to simulate a ride into space).