Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion - Part 2

[Disneyhead]

I haven't seen this discussed on this site yet, but Screamscape posted it a few days ago. I just noticed it.

Patent for transparent flame barrier: https://www.google.com/patents/US8523692

Very exciting. Could make for an AMAZING dragon encounter in Gringotts! I'm glad to see hints that the "no more real fire" rumor may have been false.

Link to Screamscape post: http://www.screamscape.com/html/universal_studios_florida.htm#General

Or possibly an encounter with Smaug.

 

[DragonSlayer]

Gotta hope the electrical cleaning method mentioned in the patent is up to scratch! This sounds very exciting (although I am perhaps tempted to ask why a barrier is now necessary at all?)

 

[JungleSkip]

Gotta hope the electrical cleaning method mentioned in the patent is up to scratch! This sounds very exciting (although I am perhaps tempted to ask why a barrier is now necessary at all?)

So they can shoot real fire directly at you.

My only problem with this is it makes the Dragon in FJ completely redundant.

 

[jubs]

anybody know of an approximate timeline for opening? "Summer" is always a tad vague.

 

[AK-Jake]

Last I had heard posted on here was that they were shooting for a timeframe right around the 4-year anniversary of the opening of Phase 1...mid-June. You'll probably see softs happening in late-May and early-June. It sounds like ride testing should be starting in the not-too-distant future as well.

Again, all RUMORS that were posted by the insiders on here.

 

[NJBrandon]

anybody know of an approximate timeline for opening? "Summer" is always a tad vague.

I think LeakyCon is July 30-August 3th, so before then.

 

[jubs]

Is anyone else concerned that this will impact overall theme park ticket prices in the area? What if the next bump is more than $100 for a day?

 

[shiekra38]

Is anyone else concerned that this will impact overall theme park ticket prices in the area? What if the next bump is more than $100 for a day?

I think it is assumed...unfortunately

 

[UNIrd]

The price increase is inevitable but at least where the extra cash is going to is completely evident.

 

[Enbee]

anybody know of an approximate timeline for opening? "Summer" is always a tad vague.

Blackout dates are usually a good clue. Mid June seems the most logical.

 

[Hatetofly]

Ohhh I know, I know!!!

 

[reme]

0_0
I plan on visiting the end of July but I'm not sure when I should book my trip

 

[bobwadd]

For those of you that might be interested our heli photo charter POV video has received over 2350 hits! :thumbs:

 

[brianlo]

Going to cross post this, found by Yeti over on WDW Magic. Colour me excited!

[video=youtube;r56nK9PwtEo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56nK9PwtEo[/video]

 

[badlactose]

Going to cross post this, found by Yeti over on WDW Magic. Colour me excited!

[video=youtube;r56nK9PwtEo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56nK9PwtEo[/video]

Those track switches look amazing. I know this is just a pitch video by this company and not meant to depict 'Gringotts', but I'm very excited to experience that teeter tooter effect.

Also, while doing a google search, I noticed someone had posted this video on some sort of 'mommy blogger site', and one of the commenters thought it was a depiction of the upcoming Dwarfs Mine Train. I thought that was quite funny

 

[jubs]

Ohhh I know, I know!!!

of course you do!

 

[GGGhost]

Going to cross post this, found by Yeti over on WDW Magic. Colour me excited!

[video=youtube;r56nK9PwtEo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56nK9PwtEo[/video]

:stunned: Whoa. That looks incredible. Ingenious track switches. But it seems that the configuration depicted in the video would have a terrible capacity with only one RV in the dome at a time.

 

[yeti]

Hello all! New here, just posted on WDWmagic about this and thought I'd duplicate-- I came across this while sniffing around on the Dynamic Attractions Youtube page:

EDIT: Whoops, looks like you're all one step ahead of me on this one!

 

[bobwadd]

Welcome to the forums, yeti. :wave:

:welcome:

Please check the most recent posts before posting. Your duplicate post is a full seven hours later. :wave: Have fun.

 

[JungleSkip]

Going to cross post this, found by Yeti over on WDW Magic. Colour me excited!

[video=youtube;r56nK9PwtEo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56nK9PwtEo[/video]

Looks like a tech demo for the various track switches we could see in Gringotts, but is not the layout for the ride.