The Friday Family Great Adventures Series is all about Discovery and Entertainment at the Virginia Beach oceanfront!  On select nights during the summer, families can take part in an interactive adventure that leads them to various sites along the boardwalk and Atlantic Avenue to unravel a mystery.  During each adventure, participants can dress up as characters, use “brain and brawn” to win the contest at hand, and settle into the sand for a family-friendly movie shown on a giant inflatable screen on the beach!  

Friday, July 16 – Magical Mystical Journey

Meet on the beach at 27th Street at 6:00pm
6:00pm-8:00pm, Triwizard Tournament
8:00pm-10:00pm, movie

Dress up like your favorite “Harry Potter” character and join in the magical journey to locate the missing “Sorcerer’s Stone.”  Enjoy a showing of “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone” on the beach under the stars!

Movie: “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone”
Rated PG

You’ve read the book… now see it on the big screen. Based on the J.K. Rowling books that have started a phenomenon, this film adaptation follows the adventures of the book’s young hero - Harry Potter. Harry learns upon his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and has some interesting powers of his own. He leaves a life of disenchantment and despair for an exciting trek to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Losing his parents at a young age, Harry makes a family of the close circle of friends at school. This magical and fantastical group of friends joins Harry to unravel the mystery of his parents’ death and confront the forces intent on destroying him.

Magical Mystical Journey is free and open to the public.