Maybe they could cover the show building with an inclined wall with trees getting smaller with the height (forced perspective). Tell me what ou think...
this what I was makinig my rant about the extra 40 million (hehe)
make a new rock mountain.
and of course, not just this side, the greenhouse side too.
Just another 40 million!!! (is just a joke) oh, and a full Great HALL too (for food)
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re: Universal vs. Disney
I just hope Universal Creative can eventually rise to the level of artistic sophistocation that WDI achieved in the pic below:
haha, blame this on Eisner man.
You know for a fact is not WDI
considering the new California Adventure.
Disneyhead you seen DisneySea right?
that 3 billion dollar park is just sick. (I go there every week, but of course not lucky like you, every week for Potter-land soon)
Just on DisneySea, I forgive WDI and blame all old DCA crap to Eisner only.
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But there are many people who can't afford to go, no matter how much of a reason they have
e.g. we were hoping to bring some of our friends some back from our trip. I wouldn't have minded it not having much of a head in the bottle-version.
Sorry, but I am going to run a business, buying the drink from the park, bottle it later, then sell it to the international fans over the internet.
Waha
(dudes, is just a joke, or have I waking the beast of business idea to everyone here!! haha)
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According to a series of Jim Hill Media articles 3-7 years ago, Universal originally was going to (or did) approach JKR to bring the HP world to life in a stunt show, only to learn apparantly Disney had "wrapped up" the rights to the characters. That was apparantly in 2003 (when I was still an employee at IOA), and the Universal rights were awarded in 2007. The way the articles reflect the timeline, JKR was working with WDI quietly, but for quite a while and extensively. I honestly don't think she would have been working with Disney if all they were planning was a single ride, nor do I think Disney would have seriously considered locking up the licensing rights at the kind of $ it would have taken if they only planned a single ride out of it.
In the end, I believe Disney was planning either a "land" for HP, or a seperate theme park. According to Jim Hill, who has very reliable sources inside Disney and WDI in particular, the JKR/Disney deal died because of JKR's insistance on complete creative control, "particular ideas of what the experience would entail" (including entering through Diagon Alley and a train ride to Hogwarts) and the concern her "requests" would not yield a desirable ROI.
Universal ended up winning the rights, I believe, because they swooped in with a proposal where they might have been less grandiose in scope (because face it, while what they have done looks amazing, all we're talking about here is a few shops, a restaurants, facades and a new dark ride), but dedicated to faithfully recreating her world from the books and movies and ultimately giving her the final say over the entire project.
See these links for more info
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2003/08/14/328.aspx
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2006/10/16/6221.aspx
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/02/02/a-special-which-wizard-is-going-where-edition-of-why-for.aspx
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/02/05/monday-mousewatch-you-ll-believe-a-car-can-fly.aspx
Disney was never going to give a crap about Potter anyways,
It is not their own Content.
JK was only smart enough knowing that Potter will never be bigger than the Mouse, at the mouse park. That was why Uni was the right choice.
But let say in a perfect world, where WDI dont work for the mouse, and they have unlimited budget (like DisneySea had)
Then I bet that Dream Potter-land will be the most awesome thing you ever see.