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Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion (Opens 2014)

  • Thread starter Thread starter floridianer
  • Start date Start date Sep 25, 2010

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    Votes: 154 88.0%
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    Votes: 21 12.0%
  • Maybe

    Votes: 0 0.0%

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DK745 said:
So now that they got this out of the way, how long do we have to wait to get more details on the rides and everything else that is coming along with this? How long did it take in Phase I (if it happened at all)?
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I don't think you can base it off the Phase I timeline, things are different this time around.
 
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I may have inadvertently wet myself when I saw this on FB.....I kinda hope they have a dragon but at the same time I agree with Teebs. But holy crap it would be cool!
 
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natespf said:
I don't think you can base it off the Phase I timeline, things are different this time around.
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Why they had the same announcement format?
 
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I'm totally baffled by the news that the dragon is really gonna be there :jaw:


bobwadd said:
It was nice of OUR to announce this on my birthday. :thumbs: Too bad I may never get to go. :down:
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Happy Birthday, Bob!! :cheers:
Hope things change and you will be able to go!! Fingers crossed, man!!
 
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In reference to the mystery glass roof building on the right, maybe it's like the Owl Post in Hogsmeade and will be more of a rest area.
 
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From the stash:
hatetofly said:
The dragon is the equivalent of the owl from phase 1 artwork
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We trust him with everything else so why not this? Im gonna pretend I never even saw the dragon...
 
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According to UO's official facebook and one of the very many pages for Harry Potter we have...

27336 shares of the official announcement

129, 129 likes

and 4, 394 comments.

I would say the effectiveness of the announcement served it's purposes, no matter how "Small" some may feel it was
 
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USO92 said:
According to UO's official facebook and one of the very many pages for Harry Potter we have...

27336 shares of the official announcement

129, 129 likes

and 4, 394 comments.

I would say the effectiveness of the announcement served it's purposes, no matter how "Small" some may feel it was
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Agreed, I think the number to really look at will be 30,000 shares in a 24 hour period.

Every single share could equal dozens of people seeing this on their timeline that have not "liked" UOR or be on their mailing list.

The people will come in droves again, oh lord will they come again.
 
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General Specific said:
Agreed, I think the number to really look at will be 30,000 shares in a 24 hour period.

Every single share could equal dozens of people seeing this on their timeline that have not "liked" UOR or be on their mailing list.

The people will come in droves again, oh lord will they come again.
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Not to mention the fact that there are TONS of Harry Potter fan sites out there...That 30,000 could be well over 40,00 now if not by the morning.
 
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And not to forget our own OU:
"Most users ever online was 1,437, 04-08-2013 at 01:18 PM."
 
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I seriously hope the dragon on top of the bank wont be there. No matter what AA they use, it's gonna have problems and look tacky. I think it was drawn on the concept art to give an idea of what will be awaiting inside. Universal placing a dragon on the bank is just creating more problems for them in the future. It's better to invest that money towards the inside.
 
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insanepizzaguy said:
I have a feeling that someone somewhere is saying "Wow, I can't believe this! I never thought Universal would open a second Harry Potter land! It must have been a total surprise to everyone!":lol:
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I think you'd be surprised by just how many would react this way.
Particularly non ap holders people out of state and country.... My own family even kept asking me what was going there on our recent visit and without me telling them wouldn't have had a clue.... I've been the first to tell many friends (and not even all that long ago) that HP phase 2 was going here.

The British press also LOVE writing about the parks (although I think a lot of that might be paid for) and I still haven't seen anything in the papers over here about it.
 
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I'm still at work but will somebody tell me who says the dragon is actually coming? I knew there were some serious changes but I know absolutely nothing about this...
 
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Ricky Brigante said he heard it straight from Thierry Coup himself (as per JungleSkip's post a few pages back).
 
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hatetofly said:
I'm still at work but will somebody tell me who says the dragon is actually coming? I knew there were some serious changes but I know absolutely nothing about this...
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floridakid said:
Ricky Brigante said he heard it straight from Thierry Coup himself (as per JungleSkip's post a few pages back).
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I think the beat writer from the Sentinel reported it before Brigante. So, that's two people.
 
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- - - Updated - - -

the last chronicler said:
Things I guessed correctly:

-Announcement before summer-check
-Knight Bus marking entrance-check
-covered area--wrong location and purpose, sort-of check
-Location of WWW down from Gringotts--Check (Film Location, also used by Voilarum in his artwork)

That's a Bingo!


EDIT:Looking at some of the doorways, structures, and such this artwork probably takes some liberties and depth-based alterations. It probably only looks like the Pottermore version is because it's artwork and therefore looks more colourful then the street in the films, and is wider because of people traffic.
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I predicted that Phase 2 would be ready by summer of 2014 when everybody was saying 2015 for sure. Just saying lol
 
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I'm just as excited as everybody else is with this expansion. But does anybody else think that there's TOO MUCH dragon involved in the Wizarding World? I mean we got DRAGON CHALLENGE, a Dragon in FJ, and now a Dragon in Gringotts? I'm usually a positive person about these things but that's way too much damn Dragon when there's a million things in the Harry Potter world. And I know they all pertain to something and that the Dragon was a huge part of the Gringotts scene. But we don't need a Dragon in Gringotts just because it's in the book and the movie. How about some VOLDY instead! This is the only time I would say to Universal chill out with that stuff! lol
 
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Accio Butterbeer said:
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I predicted that Phase 2 would be ready by summer of 2014 when everybody was saying 2015 for sure. Just saying lol
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I did as well but that was wishful thinking and hoping more then a prediction :lol:

I agree about dragons there's a lot at Universal Shrek, Dueling Dragons, FJ, Gringrotts. Hopefully it won't play a massive role and we get some deatheaters with a bit of luck,
 
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CF News 13 posted a 10 minute helicopter view video of Potter construction......

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Screencaps.....

Gringotts:

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Covered Diagon Alley area:

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Hogwarts Express Track Bypass:

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Hogsmeade Station:

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YES! different death eaters from the movies! Including Voldy!
 
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