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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hogsmeade (Orlando): Part 2

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daniellelorean said:
I actually bought that Gryffindor Potter shirt. It's 07 because that's Harry Quidditch payer number. And I payed $27.74 with a 10% discount from my AP. I didn't see any other House jersey shirts.
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I never knew that Quidditch numbers...there is never a reference to it in any of the books?
 
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soyouthinkyouknow said:
Actually, if anyone cares about everything WWoHP, it's Alan Gilmore. Alan cares more than any #1 fan out there. For you to say that he doesn't care is completely misrepresenting him and I kindly ask you take back that statement out of respect for him. If Alan says he doesn't know, he doesn't know.
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I simply meant not caring about going to the parties & events that wasn't a general statement relax
 
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Thanks, I was wondering if there was a Ravenclaw one. It's cheaper than I thought. I expected $40. I'll probably buy it even though they don't have Ravenclaw. Have you worn it yet? I'm curious how it fits compared to standard t-shirts.
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I tried it on and it's really big one me. I bought a medium. I knew I needed a small when I bought it, but when I went and asked they said they were all out of smalls. I also bought an XL kids shirt, and that fits me a lot better than the Medium I bought.


ductapemyheartt said:
I never knew that Quidditch numbers...there is never a reference to it in any of the books?
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I don't remember any references in the book, but while riding FJ he has the number 7 on his robes, so I'm assuming.

EDIT: I also think in HBP movie (not 100%) that they have numbers on their quidditch robes.
 
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I tried it on and it's really big one me. I bought a medium. I knew I needed a small when I bought it, but when I went and asked they said they were all out of smalls. I also bought an XL kids shirt, and that fits me a lot better than the Medium I bought.




I don't remember any references in the book, but while riding FJ he has the number 7 on his robes, so I'm assuming.
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Interesting...those shirts are really cool though...I never thought I would want to buy anything Quidditch related, but I may have to now!
 
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I never knew that Quidditch numbers...there is never a reference to it in any of the books?
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I think there was...albeit, very briefly. I'm trying to find it now, out of curiosity's sake.
 
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ductapemyheartt said:
I never knew that Quidditch numbers...there is never a reference to it in any of the books?
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Gryffindor_quidditch.jpg


turns out that's also his number indeed

800px-Ron_in_Quidditch.jpg


i know that picture is weird cause it shows multiple people wearing the same numbers, but apparently the jerseys are number 1-7 for the different positions

harry wore 7 although not seen in that pic
 
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Bryan said:
turns out that's also his number indeed

800px-Ron_in_Quidditch.jpg
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Those were the tryouts though, so not necessarily his official number.
 
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I tried it on and it's really big one me. I bought a medium. I knew I needed a small when I bought it, but when I went and asked they said they were all out of smalls. I also bought an XL kids shirt, and that fits me a lot better than the Medium I bought.
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Thanks. I normally wear a medium in junior's fitted t-shirts, and a small in women's or unisex shirts. I'll probably get a medium, in case it shrinks.
 
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I think there was...albeit, very briefly. I'm trying to find it now, out of curiosity's sake.
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Yeah, please post if you find it. I am rereading the series [for the upteenth time] before I go to WWOHP this month and am now on Half-Blood Prince and do not think I have come across any numbers...
 
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daniellelorean said:
Those were the tryouts though, so not necessarily his official number.
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i read about the numbers here

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Gryffindor_Quidditch_team#Behind_the_scenes
 
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daniellelorean said:
I tried it on and it's really big one me. I bought a medium. I knew I needed a small when I bought it, but when I went and asked they said they were all out of smalls. I also bought an XL kids shirt, and that fits me a lot better than the Medium I bought.


I don't remember any references in the book, but while riding FJ he has the number 7 on his robes, so I'm assuming.

EDIT: I also think in HBP movie (not 100%) that they have numbers on their quidditch robes.
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I saw his number was 7 in one of the movies and I think Jinny was 5? I believe the movie was the one where everyone had to try out even those already on the team. Ron was nervous and Hermione helped him a little by casting a spell on the "competition". My kids are the real fans and know EVERYTHING in the Books and the Movies.
 
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I found this on the Harry Potter wikia...
"The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the first to introduce jersey numbers, showing Harry wearing number seven. The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was, however the first to introduce the whole team's jersey numbers."
Don't know if it was in the books as well, or only the movies.
 
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rinacee said:
Thanks, I was wondering if there was a Ravenclaw one. It's cheaper than I thought. I expected $40. I'll probably buy it even though they don't have Ravenclaw. Have you worn it yet? I'm curious how it fits compared to standard t-shirts.
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I thought I would show a picture of it on, since it's hard to judge by words: http://twitpic.com/1t4mnd

It's really long on me (I'm short) and quite baggy. But it's SUPER comfortable.
 
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Does anyone know if you have to have identification to use the AAA discount? My grandma, who has it, is taking my sister and me to Orlando, but she will not be inside of the parks with us. Can she just give us her card?
 
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hi mammals,

This saturday i plan on visiting WWOHP. What time should i get to the gates to be among the first in line (im staying on-site)?

I was thinking 7:00
 
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I thought I would show a picture of it on, since it's hard to judge by words: http://twitpic.com/1t4mnd

It's really long on me (I'm short) and quite baggy. But it's SUPER comfortable.
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I'm VERY short too...4'10"...so I'm sure it'd be long on me too. But I'd rather it be too long than too short, for sure. I'll pick up a medium. Thanks for all the info :) It helped a lot. Now I don't have to stand there and ponder what size I need.
 
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Does anyone know if you have to have identification to use the AAA discount? My grandma, who has it, is taking my sister and me to Orlando, but she will not be inside of the parks with us. Can she just give us her card?
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They never asked me for ID this morning, so I would assume no. But there is always the slight chance they could.
 
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hi mammals,

This saturday i plan on visiting WWOHP. What time should i get to the gates to be among the first in line (im staying on-site)?

I was thinking 7:00
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I was thinking that too. Though I've never been to UO before.

Here's my plan for WWoHP at my blog:

http://calebbehrens.blogspot.com/2010/05/wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-trip.html

~JW
 
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They never asked me for ID this morning, so I would assume no. But there is always the slight chance they could.
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Awesome! Thanks! It will not hurt to try then...I am sure they will be so busy with it being officially open, they will not be worrying about that.
 
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Alright, here I will give you my Harry Potter trip report. I was wearing a white and orange Clemson shirt if anyone remembers seeing me. I arrived at the park a bit after 9am expecting to just be waiting with the other Potter watch folks in hopes of an opening. On my way through Suess I saw families with butterbeer and WWoHP bags leaving. They probably thought I was a creeper because of how much I stared at them. On approaching the gates my hopes and feelings soared because I saw people being let in! I sort of half "joined" a family to walk through the polo gaurd groups, but I realized quickly that was unneccessary when one of the people said, "we have a special suprise for you today." I almost died...

but instead I hustled straight for the Forbidden Journey. Walking through that line took longer than actually waiting in the later part. I am happy to say that waiting in line didn't actually feel like waiting in line and I didn't even have time for my mind to wander because there was so much to take in. I loaded on the ride with no problem, and after the extremely long loading station, off we went! I won't spoil anything here, but I will say a few general things. The transitions from projection to live scene were spot on! Most of the time, the last thing you saw in the projection was then part of the transition scene made as a real life set. Something I really enjoyed was how the scenes had length and continuity to them. You didn't just spend time at one set to tell that part of the ride. For example, Thing X would be menacing above you, move, Thing X does another action closer, move, different part of set but where is Thing X?, move, HOLY CRAP THERE"S THING X!!!! move onto next part of story. Like many have said before, you are EXTREMELY close to the sets and plot points which really draws you in and involves you in the tale.

That's not to say this crowning achievement is not without its set of problems. The seat back storage really got annoying as it dug into my spine thus ruining a perfectly napable chair. Make no mistake, this ride is scary as all get out, but some of the scarier scenes were lacking the requisite lighting to make them even visible. (I'm withholding judgement on that until opening day, there's time to add show lighting) I also can see where they possibly cut corners on a few animatronics which is something that almost no one would notice. My last gripe is that I occasionally wondered how we got from point A to B? At one point I thought we might have crashed through the ground? Dunno. Let me be perfectly clear about this though, these minor problems could not prevent me from walking away with a smile on my face each of the two times I rode FJ. Is it groundbreaking, heck yes! Is it my favorite ride of all time, probably heck yes! I want to see how my feelings hold up after multiple ride throughs, but as of now I have never felt so good coming off a new attraction.

Now the less interesting stuff. Flight of the Hippogriff was very fun even though Buckbeak was a tad stiff, huge improvement. Dragon Challenge was a literal walk on. By this point in the day people weren't being allowed to enter so the crowds were steadily dwindling. The line was very cool except for the whole blank stretch between the candle room and choose thy dragon. The TMs at this ride and all the rides really helped sell the story with the comments they were making to everyone (welcome champions, your classroom is this way, enjoy the match) so you got some of the story from them if you missed it in the queue. Alas, the goblet was not working for me.

Hogsmeade was where I got to spend the least amount of my time. I had both signature drinks (butterbeer and pumkinjuice) and they were quite good with butterbeer being my favorite. I can see how pumkinjuice would easily make you sick if you drink too much. Myrtle heckled me, but Universal installed these new style dryers that you lift your hands through to pull off water which are very loud and did a perfect job of making Myrtle's comments unintelligible. Good move guys. The windows moved and were very entertaining, my favorite being the eyeball gumball dispenser. One interesting thing I caught was that the magic neep is actually food storage like Teebin said. Around noon when all the rides were shut down and shopping was still being allowed I caught the last sparse show at the rock with the beatboxing kids, the TMs were packing up and I happened to see inside the neep where there were some refridgerators.

That's the extent of my trip today, I was there a long time and didn't even realize how long I had spent and still hadn't seen everything on a calm day. If you have any questions, please let me know! I hope you enjoyed my report!
 
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