Anyone solve the mystery of the castle spire(s) yet? Its been a few weeks since it first appeared, along with the rest of the exterior castle pieces waiting to be added. It's been bugging me every time I see the castle progress. So far the spires have remained the same as far as details go on the 'closer to finished' towers.
In Orlando, due to always going through the single-rider line to cut down the waittime, I've only been through the full queue once and that was 5 years ago. I've had to rely on pics/video of the queue. While Dumbledore's office & dark arts room are heavily themed, nothing pointed to requiring a large spire. Despite having been on Forbidden Journey 40+ times over the past 5 years, I don't remember any castle-top spires in the physical set that match it (on-ride videos are usually too crappy, so I didn't check).
So yea.. even though the new spire matched the rest of the castle accents, what else could it be for? My initial thought was maybe a production being filmed, but I don't remember seeing anything recently requiring castle spires. And as I said, the spire matched the rest of the "too be added" scenic detail. I can't see them having a random spire on the castle more detailed than the rest, but..... Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland does. However that gets a pass, unlike Hogwarts. so yea, thoughts?
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One other thing though, if you haven't guessed by now, Universal definitely reads these forums. Its obvious, everyone should know this. Orlando has its forums & Universal reads them, which results in some great conversations with members of "Art & Design". Anyway, Inside Universal was mentioned at the attractions meeting the other night. They basically said "The Inside Universal site sometimes hits the nail on the head and sometimes they don't. Not everything you read on there is true." They used the Waterworld/Diagon Alley rumor as an example of something that hasn't come true ........yet. But they never said "never".
Eitherway, Waterworld is not long for this world. Whether it be for Potter or not. Personally, with Cali's drought problems & UNI's close partnership with WB, the thought of it being replaced by a Mad Max stunt show crossed my mind & amused me greatly. But that is a discussion for another time, in another thread.
