Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion (Opens 2014)

[Teebin]

Thanks HTF. That sounds precisely correct.

BTW everyone... those photos did not come from inside Nassal's workshops. Believe me, I checked. :wave:

 

[Hatetofly]

Thanks Teebs!

 

[ThemeSnob]

Hello everybody! I'm brand new to OU - and just wanted to say thank you for the amazing HP info. You are all awesome! Can't wait to be part of the conversation.

 

[Hatetofly]

Welcome and you are now part of the conversation!

 

[knokout1]

So I know there are rumors of the elevator, but what else can we expect? Dueling Dragon style caverns? Unexplained noises all around us? This could put the classic Dueling Dragon queue to shame.

 

[Hatetofly]

The Hall scene within Gringotts alone will be possibly the greatest single room in a queue ever created. More on other "rooms" at a later date :thumbs:

 

[Vyrus]

The Hall scene within Gringotts alone will be possibly the greatest single room in a queue ever created. More on other "rooms" at a later date :thumbs:

Hmm, even rivaling Dumbledores or the classroom within Hogwarts? Wow, there must be a mini show or something that these's AA's will be doing and not just there grumbling and counting money.

 

[Teebin]

I hope the AAs are far better than those silly plastic owls in Hogsmeade.

 

[Civic Minded]

Fellas, I've been trying to puzzle out what AA is short for and I can't figure it out. I assume "animated" or "animatronic", but not sure. Clue a newbie in? :hat:

 

[Sideshow Mike]

Audio Animatronic

 

[Civic Minded]

Audio Animatronic

Many thanks! I had half of it right anyway.

 

[ReelJustice]

Hmm, even rivaling Dumbledores or the classroom within Hogwarts? Wow, there must be a mini show or something that these's AA's will be doing and not just there grumbling and counting money.

Musion holograms of Ron & Bellatrix walking in perhaps?

 

[ThemeSnob]

Musion holograms of Ron & Bellatrix walking in perhaps?

Maybe that is what they were filming in London? Would be awesome!

 

[rhino4evr]

I hope a larger portion of the queue is better themed this time around. The indoor scenes on the current Potter ride go by far too quickly. You are basically in the green house the entire line.

 

[Cruiseshipfan]

Something else I noticed about those desks. In the movie each side has a long row of desks with a break in the middle. But in the construction pictures the desks are individual, as in they can't be connected together as in the movies. This plus the square design on the front leads me to believe these might be for something else in Gingotts.

They have to be made individual, as transportation of a huge line of desks across the US would be a major pain, plus trying to get something that long into a building. They will just be joined onsite.

 

[ReelJustice]

They have to be made individual, as transportation of a huge line of desks across the US would be a major pain, plus trying to get something that long into a building. They will just be joined onsite.

I think the point was that the desks pictured had detailing on the side facing the camera. I suspect that these are 2 ends. One when you walk in, and the other at the gap halfway down the hall.

 

[Teebin]

Those pictures may have come from Celtic Engineering workshops. I have no confirmation of this, however, they are located in Windermere and have done a lot of work for Universal in the past. Hmmm... I feel like I have recently typed 'Windermere' somewhere...

http://www.celticengineering.com/

 

[Felipe]

Hello everybody! I'm brand new to OU - and just wanted to say thank you for the amazing HP info. You are all awesome! Can't wait to be part of the conversation.

:welcome: ThemeSnob! :wave:

Those pictures may have come from Celtic Engineering workshops. I have no confirmation of this, however, they are located in Windermere and have done a lot of work for Universal in the past. Hmmm... I feel like I have recently typed 'Windermere' somewhere...

Interesting... Indeed, you did!

Where did STW post that... I cannot find it on the site.

and who is Jeremy Morrison of Windermere?

and it seems from the site that it probably is nassal as that is who they reference. sawry

:look:

 

[Felipe]

PS: The article on Mugglenet no longer has the pics, and they mention that the "Images have been removed at the request of the owner."

 

[Teebin]

Have they been removed from spinstheworld.com too? If so... oops! :look:. I never did see them on there even though it was where they seemed to first appear.

To clarify... it is unclear to me who is the contractor and who are their subcontractors. It would make more sense that most of this remains in contractor land, however, a lead contractor can be confusing and seemingly incongruous. EXAMPLE: The contractor for all of the AA's might also have had to included in the bid the furniture that they sit at. The furniture they would bid out to a sub.