Soooo upsetting. WE really appreciate all you do, Bob. As requested, back on topic; So we all know that for fire hazard reasons and what not there has to be more than one exit/entrance to this new land. I'm pretty sure we know that Kings Cross will be a separate exit/entrance and of course we have the main entrance (which do we know yet if this will look like that Leaky secret street entrance or will we be walking into that red building? Will this entrance be big enough?) and then what, will we have another exit over in the "goblin" area leading off towards Fear Factor?
First, I want to mirror everyone's sentiments for Bob and his situation. Broke my heart and frustrated me, and I hope it gets resolved soon. All that these FAN updates bring is excitement and positive buzz about the projects.
As for the entrance / exit situation, I think I posted this in the Stash and not on this thread, but anyways, from the earlier SFWM plans, we could spot this (disregard arrow directionality, though the bigger one definitely is the entrance as seen in concept art. The other two could be interchangeable entrances / exits):
As we've heard and seen, these older plans don't represent the final design, but I would think these are the bare bones of the design, and those entrance/exits would be the same even with some differences in the final overall design of some buildings. So, putting this together with aerial shots and concept art, we will be entering through the red Leicester Square Station facade, and this one looks pretty big and wide. Then the other exits would through doors on the ornate white building, the Wyndham's Theater facade. It's unknown if Leaky will have any magical entrances of its own, but it would definitely be cool!
BTW, I had to dig back to find this, but I think I'm gonna change my mind about it. I previously thought this would be backstage, and now I think I will agree that this could definitely be related Knockturn Alley. Maybe not in that specific shape, but if they're gonna make part of KA indoors, this makes sense.
From Studio Tour:
Knockturn Alley is covered!?! That's surprising! Explains Why it's not on the mapped plans.
Some great aerial pictures on Theme Park Insider today.
Oh, cool! Thanks for the heads-up! :thumbs: I wish we could see these in Higher Res or enlarge them somehow.
Quick question - I was at IOA on Saturday and while on DC, I noticed that it seems that the coaster will "fly" over the Hogsmead station. Is that by design you think? or was my persception altered by being on the coaster? It just seemed that opening up the "courtyard" where the LC games are now will also "open up" the view to the coaster :shrug:
I would guess by design. The almost-crash is another thrill element, and probably why they chose to position the station in that spot. Otherwise, they could have placed the station right on the left side of Sinbad and out of the coasters' paths.