Universal Orlando's Wizarding World Of Harry Potter

[jarmortoken black guy]

The only thing I wanna know if they will incoporate this in HHN!!!

[GnomeBonafide Donkey Expert]

From what it sounds like, and some of the outlines the members have drawn (and based off of the concept art of the land over view) it looks like we won't be losing much of Lost Continent save Posidon. So I don't think we have to worry.

[AT0527I know quite a lot about Donkeys!]

What if there was a Gringott's Bank dark ride where it was being robbed by dark wizards and you were in those little wagons, so you went out and stopped them?

That would be awesome! Those little wagon things look fun.

[Zen CoasterBonafide Donkey Expert]

The experimental shops sound interesting too. I'm sure they could pull off a lot of illusions in them too.

Maybe take a leaf out of the Quidditch World Cup sequence of Goblet of Fire & have tents/buildings that use forced perspective on the INSIDE to seem much bigger.

Maybe we'll get to have butter beer

[swampfoxI'm a know-it-all about donkeys!]

Now if only someone could secure the rights to a Lord of The ringy dingy ding-a-ling dings themed park and a Skull Island park (King Kong's island), I'd have it all pretty much.

[sixflagsguy5“Fear can make a donkey attack a lion”]

I think that this addition is the type that isn't necessarily too exciting for "coaster only" people, but will benefit the park a lot (kind of like wiggles world). I'm sure that it will turn out great with IOA's awesome designing crew.

[King_K.“Fear can make a donkey attack a lion”]

King_K. You forgot Hogsmeade in the concept art they have Hogsmeade the one with all the snow on it?

It's there, under replacement for the Enchanted Oak.

[sfot94]

I Guess it might be alright... Kind of Reminds me of the Nl Track Harry Potter Ride... still i hope they dont retheme dragons but yea b&m flyer would be coolio. good buisness for IOA all the nerds will come to see queer on a cape the ride

[rosscoeYummy! I just ate donkey!]

that should upset all the Disneyworld fans!

Why?

I'm reserving judgement until I see and hear more, but as a Disney fan, why would I be upset over this?

This was taken from WDWMagic Forums:

"Yes, but will Potter alone be enough to save Universal? Doubtful.

Especially since they are going to take the cheap route like usual and do rethemes and things of that sort. I guess it was one way of getting around Rowling wanting multiple attractions and an entire land. Is Potter the type of product that can support an entire land? Disney didn't think so, and I agree with them. I guess we'll find out. It will probably be popular for a while, and through the release of the rest of the movies, but after that?

I'd check it out if its impressive on my first trip after it opens, but I doubt it will be any more than that. For one, the terrible condition of Dueling Dragons gives me immense headaches after riding. "

love this one as well

"Believe what you want, but its about the money. If it was about doing it correctly and doing the best possible attraction for Potter fans, where the most Potter fans would see it and enjoy it, she would have taken Disney's offer."


There are so many more, the Disney Fan boys are are always trying to under sell Universal, but from what i have seen IOA looks way more themed than what Disney does.

But this one will all ways be my Favorite

"This whole thing is just an excuse for Universal to have their own castle so they can rip off Disney!!!"

[DarkMeasuresDoes Jeff Johnson count this donkey as a credit?]

First of all, thank God Universal got it and not Disney. I really want to see Disney working on original ideas instead of the existing franchises mostly seen in the past decade. And I think most Disney fans will actually be happy because they certainly didn't want Harry Potter in the 5 years of rumors that have existed.

Now Harry Potter is an interesting franchise. Forget about the movies, they are just generic movies based on books.

But here is why Potter is here to stay.

*spoilers for everything after this post. But you shouldn't care.*

The first three books were more of an entrance to the wizarding world. In each one, new characters are introduced and Harry is met with much acclaim to the world. He wins in all of them and is thusly dubbed the "Good Guy".

The fourth book, the mid-book marks the turning point in the series, and my point, that the series finally becomes good. Voldemort is revived finally and Harry actually loses at the end. And not only does he lose, but a friend dies. Not very close, but still important.

So the Fifth book comes. Voldemort missing. And the wizard world attacks Harry and Dumbledore for making up lies. Those who listen train to get ready, but it seems corruption is basically stopping all action, students, and adults from doing anything about Voldemort. The final conflict at the ministry of magic reveals the prophecy, and another close person to Harry dies. But the prophecy is what is important. Voldemort will either die from or kill his closest rival and that rival is the son of someone he killed. Only 2 people fit into those rules. Potter and Longbottom.

Sixth book things really bad start to happen. And in the end, Harry decides to no longer go to Hogwarts and instead spend his seventh year trying to kill Voldemort.

*end spoilers*


So my point is that, not only is Harry Potter a super coming of age story (thousands of pages of text), but the series gets darker as it progresses allowing many readers of all ages to enjoy the books.

The franchise will do wonders even decades from now. Harry Potter really is a literary work.

Posidon and the other show I would be happy to see removed as I don't like them. But I would like to see the Dueling Dragons section keep its theme.