It is believed that it was Universal's execution of Seuss that led to JK's confidence in giving them the Wizarding World.
I've heard the version of the story that Universal recruited Seuss' widow (who was quite enthusiastic) to personally deliver a sell and reassurance to Rowling. I don't know if that's true, but it's a nice story. As they say in THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
So if it does change to Potter should we still expect the same number of attractions? as long as that’s so i’m elated
Yeah, as long as we get two major rides out of it, I'd be all in favor of switching locales.
Not gonna lie, i do prefer potter majorly (though i think they should sell some fb wands in all potter lands, i think newt in particular would do really well and i would genuinely buy theseus’ on looks alone)
My one reservation about doing another London-centric area is that I'd be slightly concerned that food and merchandise variety wouldn't be as great as it would be if the locale was Paris. Paris gives you more of an opportunity to craft new items (or re-pack existing items in fancy French packaging) than another U.K.-centric land does. A minor concern in the grand scheme, but as a person who loves unique area/attraction-specific merch, it is something I think about.
In a perfect world:
-Main ride becomes a trip through the Ministry of Magic/Department of Mysteries
-Secondary ride becomes a trip through Newt's suitcase, maybe it's been kept up as a sort of Magical Zoo by the Ministry
-Show could be maybe a small battle between Death Eaters/Order of the Phoenix
I've wanted a Department of Mysteries ride even before Potter had come to the parks -- reading the climax ORDER OF THE PHOENIX really painted a vivid picture of a strange and dangerous place that I've always felt could make for a fantastic attraction.
And your secondary ride pitch is a great one; doing a more FB-centric ride could still easily be justified in a Ministry area, and they could tie it in as closely (or not) to the FB movies as they want.
For all we know, bringing in Kloves as the screenwriter wasn’t the perfect fix they wanted. Maybe WB isnt as convinced of a 5 movie series as they were before. Especially if this land was going to be based on the second film, which was not as well received.
In hindsight, once the FB movies have fully run their course in the next half-decade, I think the decision to commit to five films will be seen as an overreach that crippled early storytelling choices.
