Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion - Part 2

[USO92]

Children with commenting power are why we can't have nice things....

 

[freediverdude]

Why do I get the feeling this is going to happen pretty much every day now until it's open....sigh.

 

[STL]

It's confirmed! Here's a leaked pic of the new ride

Hopefully it has a 54" height requirement to keep the kids out!

 

[MrRoamer]

It's confirmed! Here's a leaked pic of the new ride

You really need to double check your sources. Clearly that is the Living with the Land refurb. I swear some people post just to cause problems.

 

[OrlandoParks]

This will be the last you hear of me, i am truly sorry, but i wasnt the only one who had this, but alas i will tke it like a man, you were right :'( :shrug:

 

[Vyrus]

 

[USO92]

This...is...beautiful


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This will be the last you hear of me, i am truly sorry, but i wasnt the only one who had this, but alas i will tke it like a man, you were right :'( :shrug:

And its unbelievably ironic that you use Loki as an apology picture...seeing as he is the god of mischief...

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

This fits perfectly right now:

 

[theuoleaker]

kinda weird that they would have everyone there. would they soft open just the HE?

They are cycling the train also they ride the train over 2 team members per train car. Alot of training and hands on before they put them to the test.

 

[Teebin]

Incredible picture per @brandglover.

Knight's Bus driver:

 

[graspthesun]

Today they updated the July park hours for IoA. It seems IoA will never be opening an hour early like I has done in the past summers again. The park hours now match US opening at 9am and closing at 10pm. August hasn't been updated soon, but its safe to say it will change as well. This just eliminates the problems they would have if one park opened (or closed) an hour early. I think form here on out, both parks will share opening and closing times.

I think "never" is a strong word. Considering HHN will be forcing USF to shut down early in September and October and the ability to sell either park out for private events is tantalizing, I'd wager that this is a temporary correlation. They'll just have to shut HE down when one of the parks is close to closing. It's not unusual to have certain attractions be limited.

 

[USO92]

I think "never" is a strong word. Considering HHN will be forcing USF to shut down early in September and October and the ability to sell either park out for private events is tantalizing, I'd wager that this is a temporary correlation. They'll just have to shut HE down when one of the parks is close to closing. It's not unusual to have certain attractions be limited.

Exactly. Its not hard to simply keep a ride closed until a certain time. In fact the morning of the Transformers grand opening (730-8amish) they only had Despicable Me, RRR, and Mummy open. All other rides opened with the rest of the park at the normal time.

 

[Nico]

Incredible picture per @brandglover.

Knight's Bus driver:

That is a great ****ing Stan Shunpike. This sounds insanely stupid, but that just got me the most excited for this.

 

[badlactose]

Incredible picture per @brandglover.

Knight's Bus driver:

Actually, I believe that is supposed to be Stanley Shunpike, the ticket taker of the Knight Bus. And holy crap, they did a great job with the casting and costume. Looks just like the one from the movie (except the theme park actor looks a lot sexier than Lee Ingleby, the actor who portrayed him in the movie).

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[zeusnexus]

Question: Doesn't it appear there is still a considerable amount of construction left on the dragon (i.e. dome construction). Can this be finished in just six days? Jimmy Fallon is 6/16 and media previews 6/17+ so is the dome already pre-fabricated somewhere?

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Huge credit to @violarum for this picture! Wyndham's Theatre is beautiful! I. Just. died.

 

[USO92]

Wow....That picture...


And to answer your question, Im sure the dome will not be difficult to install otherwise they would have begun much sooner. Take no fear my friend, it is under control! :thumbs:

 

[UNIrd]

It's such a shame that we have to go through all of this non-sense with soft openings now. Before, we never really had to drive home the point of what a soft opening was.

This to me is the most exciting part of the whole thing. The anticipation of hearing the first reactions to the rides. Ugh, so close yet so far.

 

[Brian G.]

This to me is the most exciting part of the whole thing. The anticipation of hearing the first reactions to the rides. Ugh, so close yet so far.

I didn't mean that soft openings aren't fun. I mean that we had this troublemaker start a BS rumor and us bloggers and such have to go through the steps of saying "Its not soft opening", "this is what soft opening means", etc...

 

[as4panthers]

Huge credit to @violarum for this picture! Wyndham's Theatre is beautiful! I. Just. died.

[/QUOTE]

Absolutely gorgeous! I can't wait to just spend a whole day in this place. It would have been amazing if they made a couple hotel rooms in The Leaky Cauldron and picked out lucky people to be able to stay there for the night like, I believe, they used to do for the room inside Cinderella's castle. I can only imagine how amazing that would be.

 

[Teebin]

^ While Wyndhams does look lovely, like a flight from LA to Australia, it ought to be lovely after such a bitchin long flight...