I've been trying, but the new permit site is all kinds of awful. You can't just search for construction permits anymore, and your search results are a big blob on random permits dating back through the decade.
Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion (Opens 2014)
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I've been trying, but the new permit site is all kinds of awful. You can't just search for construction permits anymore, and your search results are a big blob on random permits dating back through the decade.
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I am a die hard fan of Harry potter and I know that it will be an amazing park no matter if it is a little inaccurate.
I was more just wondering about Orange county comptroller, Notice of Commencement. That is still the same. I agree that the Orlando site is dated non-functioning junk.
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The monorail type ride system they will be using for Hogwarts Express is a cable system similar to two way trams at air ports, they essentially run using the same cable so they both have to depart and arrive at the exact same time.
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If by great you mean impressivly small then you are correct sir.
I've been doing the NoC stuff. Haven't seen any change on how they operate there.
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Anyone have any guesses about what music/songs from the movies they will be pumping into DA/KA/Gringott's? I'm guessing they will select slightly different music from Hogsmeade so it feels different.
Born This Way - Lady Gaga is what has been speculated for months
or this from SS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIp84jdRL7c
or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZudVDL3ZG30 for KA
So does anyone know if entering Diagon coming from IOA via the Hogwarts Express will have a different entrance or different line than people who are coming into Diagon from within the USF side?
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Aren't they dumping everyone back out in London once off HE so you have no choice but to enter from the USF side?
Thats what I was trying to figure out/confirm. But the train itself is going to run INSIDE the expansion, behind the london facades that are visible from within
USF, no? In other words, the train isnt going to wind up OUT IN FRONT of the London facades visible to all in USF, where people from USF are goint to enter the new land from, right?
Or does this mean you get let off inside the new land, but to get into Diagon, youll have to leave the land, just to get back in the land? Perhaps maybe someone can make a mock up of a bird's eye view of where the trains will board/let off people, lines to get into all the areas, etc so we can better understand just how this is all going to work & what to expect, because Im obviously cluless, hence why pretty much all I that I DO know is thanks to you guys.
I don't believe you will be able to see any part of the station (apparent) from within Diagon etc. It is a London dump or bust.
HTF said softs for HE would start in October right? We could certainly than have a chance to see 1st hand how it will all work, not to mention have yet another new attraction to experience just 3 short months after Transformers opens!
From my understanding, people will enter and leave HE from King's Cross which is on the London side. When you are boarding the train, you are in a building and will not see what is outside of the building (meaning you will have no clue you have crossed into the Diagon side of HP), the only thing that matters is where you enter and exit.
HTF said that the train will start to cycle in October, softs are far from when it will cycle. I think TF has been cycling for three months now, but no softs if that gives you any idea of what could happen with HE in the way of softs. I don't see any softs occurring until 2014.
HTF said that the train will start to cycle in October, softs are far from when it will cycle. I think TF has been cycling for three months now, but no softs if that gives you any idea of what could happen with HE in the way of softs. I don't see any softs occurring until 2014.
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I love the potter movie scores, I know them well. The question you raise is one of thought of a lot lately. The music played in Hogsmead currently is pretty much the "best of" playlist from potter moivies 1-6. So there isn't much left that would fit well into Diagon that they haven't already used. I have a feeling we're going to hear all the same music, because that is what the general Potter fan is going to recognize.
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Only because I really like this song. It makes no sense in using it thematically.
[video=youtube_share;5NV6Rdv1a3I]http://youtu.be/5NV6Rdv1a3I[/video]
They switched to an even more convoluted site in December where you actually needed to know your permit number or check every new permit every day. It was about that time that I needed to focus more on school/my career, so I gave up.
JungleSkip still checks the comptroller.
ParkRumors seems to be on the inside in some capacity unless they do what I had been doing (check every single permit)
Even if I were still checking, I would have quit when I learned of recent developments. It's not worth getting banned from the parks. I'm fortunate in that I could fight it (my profession) but its not worth the ill will. I wish Bob the best though.
Writing was on the wall early on with this policy of theirs...
It was about this time last year that the first Hogwarts Express permits were filed. Look how far we've come!
As for a prop I would like to see, anything from Fortescues.
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They may add stuff from DH 1 & 2...especially inside Gringotts.
Also, in the London area, I could see them having a British rock/music bgm like the other city areas in the park.
Is it possible they would have separate soundtracks for Diagon alley than they would have for London? London would be less "magical" i suppose. I dont know just a thought
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