So I take it that this image release is officially sanctioned?
Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure Construction Discussion
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I'd guess not officially sanctioned, but 'unofficially sanctioned to create a buzz ' on social media, thereby avoiding jeopardizing vacation reservations that an official announcement might do if they don't have a firm opening date yet. There's no cease and desist letters coming from Universal legal, as they've been wont to do in the past.
The more I look at it, the more I don't know what to make of it.
It's dead balls accurate to what we're seeing but I've never really seen concept art that has show buildings so prominent and this looks like it's been cropped out of a bigger image.
I'm sure it's legit but whether it's what Universal would want to use to portray what they're building is something else.
I trust Alicia, but when I saw it the first thing that came to my mind was that it's fan art.
It seems like an internal image not specifically meant for marketing purposes, rather than an image in the style of previous Wizarding World concept art that was officially sanctioned for public consumption.
Unfortunately, I can’t take the risk of whether the image is real or not. Please do not link to, or share the image on the forum.
I have the feeling this is digitally painted over an aerial photo.
The art is too perfect from that location. Attractions never look best from above (look at google maps).
The overall look from above doesn't represent an artists impression of the rides and how it's perceived.
Take the concept for Hogswarts, it never showed the show building but expanded beyond the park to give the viewer a feeling of how it would look and feel, not how it is.
Still it looks fun...
The art is too perfect from that location. Attractions never look best from above (look at google maps).
The overall look from above doesn't represent an artists impression of the rides and how it's perceived.
Take the concept for Hogswarts, it never showed the show building but expanded beyond the park to give the viewer a feeling of how it would look and feel, not how it is.
Still it looks fun...
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Looks like fan art to me too. Seems too “blurry”? And the art direction doesn’t match the original promo image.
I mean I guess it’s possible it’s an internal image.
I mean I guess it’s possible it’s an internal image.
Same, I have total faith in Alicia and at this point, she’s been so spot on with pretty much everything that you can’t not.
To me it looks like somebody has taken a bio aerial and sketched over the top of it.
It's funny. I think back to when we had no news due to no Internet. At best, you had a hype poster that the park put out on the advertisement. In Ohio, we barely knew anything of the Disney or Universal parks. Now, the Net has spoiled us to where we see the building of the rides and inside information on rides that is highly accurate.
Makes me really appreciate this site. Thank you, @Brian G.
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You'd be surprised to know how often this is what concept art actually is: painting over actual photos to show an idea in a more realistic way.
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The concept art looks like they painted over a 3D model which is common practice in concept art. So I highly doubt this is fake.
The art looks fantastic and so does the ride. I love the river, especially.
As for the name: obviously "Hagrid's Magical Creatures" is a bizarre ride name, I assume @Alicia it'll have a tag of "Adventure" or something?
As for the name: obviously "Hagrid's Magical Creatures" is a bizarre ride name, I assume @Alicia it'll have a tag of "Adventure" or something?
Personally I still don’t see how “Coaster” isn’t in the name somewhere
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