Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts

[Mad Dog]

OI has had a lot of really inaccurate info lately. My money is on the insiders on this site. OI is too Chicken Little anymore and their info is so scatter shot that they change it from week to week. Jungle Skip, Reel Justice, Test Track & Teebin are good sources with a common sense approach.

 

[UNIrd]

And what on UO's official website are they saying backs up the claim that you'll only be able to do Hogwarts Express one way each day? The asterisk that says "Restrictions apply"?

 

[Hudson]

Could the dragon above gringotts breathe fire, then we here clackers, then it calms down, be a possible theme?

 

[ralphoutloud]

OI is a crock of you know what.

 

[Felipe]

Custom themed glasses have been tested on FJ (to see if they basically stay on) but I can't say if they decided to use them.

Interesting... It would be cool to have themed 3D glasses!

Could the dragon above gringotts breathe fire, then we here clackers, then it calms down, be a possible theme?

"That's barbaric!"

 

[freediverdude]

As an outsider to both sites, OI seems to be a lot more consumer and travel focused, and they tend to go with whatever the popular rumor is at the moment.

 

[Teebin]

"That's barbaric!"

JKR certainly didn't spare the cruelty... yeesh.

 

[DragonSlayer]

Interesting... It would be cool to have themed 3D glasses!

It's a shame HE is glasses-free, or we could have all had Spectrospecs!

 

[Hudson]

I don't know how to do all the repost stuff...but, I didn't think of the terrible cruelties to mythological creatures lol. Just figured they could fit in the fact that there's a dragon loose in diagon alley and somehow they're keeping it tame with cowbells and such. C'mon , they need more cowbell. Or dragon bells?

 

[Universal Bob]

I don't know how to do all the repost stuff...but, I didn't think of the terrible cruelties to mythological creatures lol. Just figured they could fit in the fact that there's a dragon loose in diagon alley and somehow they're keeping it tame with cowbells and such. C'mon , they need more cowbell. Or dragon bells?

 

[Felipe]

JKR certainly didn't spare the cruelty... yeesh.

Yeah, and I gotta admit, both movie and theme-park representations of the dragon, with all its injuries, make my stomach churn...

It's a shame HE is glasses-free, or we could have all had Spectrospecs!

Then we'd just see a bunch of Nargles and that wouldn't help matters, now, would it?

I don't know how to do all the repost stuff...but, I didn't think of the terrible cruelties to mythological creatures lol. Just figured they could fit in the fact that there's a dragon loose in diagon alley and somehow they're keeping it tame with cowbells and such. C'mon , they need more cowbell. Or dragon bells?

Indeed, more cowbell

In case someone didn't catch it, I was making reference to Hermione's line in DH Part 2

BTW, to repost (quote) other posts, click on "Reply With Quote" at the bottom-right of the post you want to quote :thumbs:

 

[illumination]

Guys... :focus:

How about that video released today?! Shows some new looks and scenes from Gringotts :happy:

[video=youtube;eEWmGL4txcI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEWmGL4txcI[/video]


It looks like there won't be themed 3D goggles, at least from what the video shows.


Screen caps:

What is the "Wizarding Wireless Network" in those blueprints? And it looks like we finally see what the entry hall looks like. Basically similar to the room with the AA goblins, but without the goblins.

 

[rhino4evr]

Either wifi, or something to do with the interactive wands

 

[Dancapt]

The Wizarding Wireless network is the radio service for the wizarding world. So prob a stage for Celestina Warbeck to perform from?

 

[Gambit]

Either wifi, or something to do with the interactive wands

The Wizarding Wireless network is the radio service for the wizarding world. So prob a stage for Celestina Warbeck to perform from?

Your both half right. It's a facade for The Wizarding Wireless Network offices that has a open window. In the window is a radio that is part of the interactive wand experience. :thumbs:

 

[Felipe]

Previously in Hogsmeade:

Blueprints as seen in the video:

From the interactive website:

 

[GGGhost]

Blueprints as seen in the video:

Still trying to figure out if those "stairs to nowhere" will be guest accessible. They looked completely open in the shot from the USA Today story.

 

[DragonSlayer]

Still trying to figure out if those "stairs to nowhere" will be guest accessible. They looked completely open in the shot from the USA Today story.

I'm sure they'll be blocked off with luggage or clutter of some sort.

 

[Felipe]

I would guess the lower part will be accessible, with a gate or clutter blocking the upper part.

 

[Universal Bob]

Your both half right. It's a facade for The Wizarding Wireless Network offices that has a open window. In the window is a radio that is part of the interactive wand experience. :thumbs:

That will be something I'll like.