Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion (Opens 2014)

[IzzyB]

Well, how did they announce Phase 1?

I don't think this matters. New owners, new management, new style of doing things now. A lot has changed since Phase 1 was announced and they learned a lot of lessons from phase 1 that you already see them doing things differently for phase 2.

 

[Sideshow Mike]

Well, how did they announce Phase 1?

-Andy

It was through a webcast.

[video=youtube;ogAeQ1DbX6U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogAeQ1DbX6U[/video]

When they finally revealed what was going to be in phase 1, there was also a webcast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-XiM8H7BoI

 

[Teebin]

they learned a lot of lessons from phase 1 that you already see them doing things differently for phase 2.

Yeah, like don't announce it so early in the game! (Although, they probably didn't have much choice back then... times are different as you said.)

 

[Kevin38]

Yeah when they did phase 1 It was a big deal because everyone (myself included)thought the only one with room to do this was Disney.I am glad Universal got it.But at the time if you had asked most would have thought it would go to Disney.
Also it was a big gamble to expand during a economic downturn/recession they needed some buzz
to make sure the people who's jobs were on the line(for deciding to do this) had some cover.

 

[Brandon]

I havent even been to the original WWOHP and im pumped about this new one!!

 

[Shadow Carelli]

I havent even been to the original WWOHP and im pumped about this new one!!

The first time, if not every time you walk in, the massive scale everything is and the detail, it will all take your breath away.

 

[Felipe]

The Pottermore look and the movies' look differs, but still cool to see this, and get even more pumped for Phase II:

[video=youtube;Wbr97SVUPGI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Wbr97SVUPGI[/video]

(More on this can be found on the Pottermore thread)

 

[novawildcat18]

The Pottermore look and the movies' look differs, but still cool to see this, and get even more pumped for Phase II:

[video=youtube;Wbr97SVUPGI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Wbr97SVUPGI[/video]

(More on this can be found on the Pottermore thread)

I saw this earlier and thought it was very interesting. I can't wait to play through it! I think it's safe to assume that we'll be getting something more based off of the movies rather than this/the books though.

 

[Felipe]

I saw this earlier and thought it was very interesting. I can't wait to play through it! I think it's safe to assume that we'll be getting something more based off of the movies rather than this/the books though.

Oh definitely, the design and style is gonna be the well-known look from the movies. This is just fun to look at, as we will be in those locations in a few months' time :smiley:

 

[Accio Butterbeer]

I saw this earlier and thought it was very interesting. I can't wait to play through it! I think it's safe to assume that we'll be getting something more based off of the movies rather than this/the books though.

WHAAAT?! as a HUGE Potter Fan I really want to play that! is it only on Playstation???

 

[Sideshow Mike]

WHAAAT?! as a HUGE Potter Fan I really want to play that! is it only on Playstation???

It's Playstation Home. It's basically a social network for Playstation users.

 

[Accio Butterbeer]

It's Playstation Home. It's basically a social network for Playstation users.

I might have to get a Playstation just because of that..

 

[Sideshow Mike]

I might have to get a Playstation just because of that..

Home should not be the only reason you should get a PS3. As an avid PS3 gamer, I never use it. If you want to continue this discussion, do it in the Pottermore thread.

http://www.orlandounited.com/forums/showthread.php?6105-Pottermore&p=294498#post294498

 

[BamaToTheBone]

I've never actually thought about this, and I'm sure the answer will be ridiculously obvious, but since they pretty much gutted Lost Continent to build the Wizarding World, why didn't they just use all of Lost Continent to make Hogsmeade and Hogwarts? Seems like it would have been a lot easier on crowd flow and the massive crowding issues we see there, and more space to do much more attractions and take what is already an outstanding addition to the park and make it even better? Now with it already built, it's highly unlikely they could use the remainder of Lost Continent to add to Hogsmeade, so they pretty much have to either keep it as is or do some other kind of expansion for it.

 

[Hockeyman55]

For starters im sure they wanted to spread some of the Potter crowds and money coming in over on the Studios side. Not sure what their game plan was all along but this may have been their "Blue Sky" idea from the get go.

 

[Nico]

I've never actually thought about this, and I'm sure the answer will be ridiculously obvious, but since they pretty much gutted Lost Continent to build the Wizarding World, why didn't they just use all of Lost Continent to make Hogsmeade and Hogwarts? Seems like it would have been a lot easier on crowd flow and the massive crowding issues we see there, and more space to do much more attractions and take what is already an outstanding addition to the park and make it even better? Now with it already built, it's highly unlikely they could use the remainder of Lost Continent to add to Hogsmeade, so they pretty much have to either keep it as is or do some other kind of expansion for it.

I'm not sure if you mean originally why didnt they make hogsmeade bigger, but Ill give it a shot. Its been mentioned above a bit, but the original wwohp was an extreme gamble for Uni. The original plan had some other features, but they were scaled back to keep the cost and subsequently the risk, low. LC is a huge area, so doubling the size would have been crazy expensive.

If you meant, why didnt they just convert whats left of LC into more hogsmeade, Hockeyman is correct, it was a way to bring HP's popularity to the Uni park.

 

[usfgeek]

So this was just posted to Reddit under the title "Hey Harry Potter fans! Here are the plans for your amusement park."

Although as i type this, I read further into his comments and it turns out this is actually for the USH expansion.

Still cool though, that's a **** load of plans.

 

[drumset333]

So this was just posted to Reddit under the title "Hey Harry Potter fans! Here are the plans for your amusement park."

Although as i type this, I read further into his comments and it turns out this is actually for the USH expansion.


Still cool though, that's a **** load of plans.

Almost had a heart attack, then i saw they were for universal Hollywood.

 

[Licciardi]

It is possible that was just said to prevent a loss of employment... The wide track right through the middle of the plan looks quite similar to the walled walkway guests use to walk through the London area, wouldn't you say? The right side looks like the open area of San Francisco just in front of Disaster. If you zoom in you can see it much clearer... By the way, that binder is a maintenance manual for the IOA wizarding world... Not sure whether that proves more to the side of it being Hollywood or it being Orlando... You decide

Just a thought, of course...

EDIT: Also if you look very closely on the far middle(ish) of the plans, you can see what looks almost exactly like the London waterfront...

 

[novawildcat18]

So this was just posted to Reddit under the title "Hey Harry Potter fans! Here are the plans for your amusement park."

Although as i type this, I read further into his comments and it turns out this is actually for the USH expansion.

Still cool though, that's a **** load of plans.

Can you post a link to this reddit thread? I've been looking for it and can't find it.