Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion - Part 2

[tielo]

Actually I thought I was only kidding about it, but if they released a Harry Potter game for XBox 360 and One that gave you some extra capabilities with use of your special wand would be pretty goshdarn awesome. I'm hoping Disney does the reverse of this with their Infinity statues, making them work with all the RFID stuff they have similar to the pirates map stuff.

Something like what you want is on the PS3 with Move, camera and a magic book that comes alive.
The Move controller is used as the wand and all content of the 2 games are specially produced by JK.
http://us.playstation.com/games/wonderbook-book-of-spells-ps3.html

 

[Tbad556]

Really cool shot from @KatyChemical, taken this morning:

 

[mainejeff]

Because Avatar fits in Animal Kingdom.

What does this have to do with Potter, though?

I was 5 years younger when I posted this.:huh:

 

[AlexanderMBush]

As the 'State Of the Universe' Media event starts in a Half/Hour; We're going to most likely get the Potter opening but... What else do you

guys think will be announced before the thing goes off.. I'd like to know but I'm certain we're not just getting a Opening date...

 

[illumination]

My guess is that they'll sell a fair amount of stuff, but nothing insane, and at a lower volume than they would like. I would put money on that kind of stuff being the only merch JKR would allow them to sell there.

Even if they don't sell a TON of the London merch, I'm glad it's there. For all the dumb people who can't immediately recognize the London waterfront, at least they'll know where they are! :smiley:

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ERMAHGERD!! Awesome pictures of The Leaky Cauldron, Bourgin and Burkes, and Diagon Alley! Kudos to @InsideTheMagic.

AWESOME, t4p! Leaky looks incredible....

 

[Potterfreakbeisker]

This is it. Confirmed release of opening date on today show

 

[darkridelover]

They just said they have some big news coming up!!!

 

[G8tecrasher]

The opening day is July 8th!!! Just confirmed on The Today Show

 

[Frogki]

Yup, confirmed on the Today Show - grand opening is July 8... They really got behind on this one didn't they?

 

[novawildcat18]

The opening day is July 8th!!! Just confirmed on The Today Show

....Am I the only one who's NBC channel switched to Live with Kelly and Michael? I missed the announcement...

 

[EddieB]

The opening day is July 8th!!! Just confirmed on The Today Show

:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

 

[G8tecrasher]

http://www.stream2watch.me/live-tv/nbc-live-stream

Im in the UK but its working on here

 

[AlexanderMBush]

I'm not surprised.. Hope the finishing touches are worth it.

 

[5U1554]

July 8th is the opening. Does this mean no softs this weekend for sure? I'll be there, I was really hoping there would be. Also, I'm guessing they're going to do like what they did with phase 1 and have onsite hotel guests get early access since they were promised June 29th, right?

 

[Frogki]

Yeah, I have a feeling this means certain people are scrambling because certain things absolutely have to be a certain way, so followin the media stuff this week, TM preview will occur starting next week and then softs will probably go down, a week or two away from opening... Kinda disappointed, was really hoping we'd be there for opening... Plus I figured Universal would have been a little smart and learned from Disney's media problems - they won't have nearly as much coverage for the actual opening now...

 

[Shrunkenned]

Oh great, based on the timing, does that mean softs during July 4th weekend? That would be NUTS!

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Its after 4TH of July so yea... But even 4th of july will now just be a Little dead day due to a lot of people are going to just wait for Potter...

 

[Teebin]

I am shocked. I guess WB wouldn't clear things as soon as Uni would have liked over the past month.

 

[Chaz]

Diagon Alley will officially open July 8th.

 

[Frogki]

Yeah, after thinking about it a little more it seems like this would be an issue of WB standards. I was thinking Uni must have jumped the gun but remembering all those WB visits, it makes sense - it seems they have a lot more to nitpick at this time around... Understandably, with the money Uni has and the amount they're making, this should be held a little closer under the microscope. I'm sure their people are scrambling now...