The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hogsmeade (Orlando): Part 2

[OLSinFLA]

We always wondered why Hermoine sounded like she was 80 years old LOL

 

[Mike S]

And in Gringotts…? I haven’t been in a while but I’m sure it used the same voice actress as the Express.

 

[TheGentTrent]

With the current debate over using AI to replicate actors, I'm almost afraid to ask how this was done.

 

[Tbad556]

 

[Imperius]

It’s better that’s for sure. Not perfect but better

 

[Mike S]

It’s better that’s for sure. Not perfect but better

Yeah idk what they were smoking when they approved the original. Now it’s on par with Harry: obviously not the original, but close enough.

 

[saint.piss]

 

[Nico]

 

[Jerroddragon]

Dam, so we weeks away from new Wands?

 

[HHN Maddux]

Maybe I'm just crazy, but it feels like the dementor scene got new/improved lighting. It feels darker in there now, and the dementors in the first room feel a bit more well-lit.

Hopefully a sign that FJ (as much as I adore it) is finally getting some much-needed love?

 

[Wesker69]

Maybe I'm just crazy

Oh definitely. It's why we're all here. Welcome to group therapy....

 

[Mad Dog]

Maybe I'm just crazy, but it feels like the dementor scene got new/improved lighting. It feels darker in there now, and the dementors in the first room feel a bit more well-lit.

Hopefully a sign that FJ (as much as I adore it) is finally getting some much-needed love?

I felt the same when riding it last week. But it was two years since my last trip so I couldn't tell for sure. Effects were definitely overall better than my last trip. Willow didn't work then and the Dragon smoke was minimal, now it's heavy smoke and weeping willow was fine.

 

[Wesker69]

weeping willow

"Whomping"

.....you caused a bunch of Potter nerds to start weeping. Clearly a fellow Slytherin! I approve!

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Not sure where to put this... Butterbeer price has increased to $8.99. It was $8.49 a few weeks ago.

 

[LieutLaww]

Got to pay for Universal Great Britain somehow

 

[Mike S]

Got to pay for Universal Great Britain somehow

Is “Thanks Britain” going to be the new “Thanks Shanghai?”

 

[GA-MBIT]

These are the kinds of little incremental pre-Epic price creeps we were talking about in the Kong thread. They need to tighten the budget this year, and that means little tweaks to keep as much money circulating back to them as they can.

It's certainly not fun to see these kinds of things, but I'll be completely honest that I get Butterbeer so infrequently that an extra .50 cents for a cup is not something I or many, many other people will even blink twice at. On the scale of Rollercoaster Tycoon-style MinMaxxing, this is incredibly tame.

Now if they pull a harsher move and bump it up to $10, or god forbid $15 for the same cup, then that's something to really cause a stir about. Simply no good reason for that big of a bump at all.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

These are the kinds of little incremental pre-Epic price creeps we were talking about in the Kong thread. They need to tighten the budget this year, and that means little tweaks to keep as much money circulating back to them as they can.

It's certainly not fun to see these kinds of things, but I'll be completely honest that I get Butterbeer so infrequently that an extra .50 cents for a cup is not something I or many, many other people will even blink twice at. On the scale of Rollercoaster Tycoon-style MinMaxxing, this is incredibly tame.

Now if they pull a harsher move and bump it up to $10, or god forbid $15 for the same cup, then that's something to really cause a stir about. Simply no good reason for that big of a bump at all.

Well, these increments are usually paired with other price increases elsewhere in the parks (soda, water, food, merchandise, etc.)... so I'll be on the lookout.

I mean, with taxes it's pretty much a $10 cup now lol

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I haven't had a Butterbeer since it crept above $5 or so. FYI, the 2010 price adjusted for inflation is $4.30.

 

[Jake S]

Yeah, if I'm gonna spend more than $10 on a beverage, it is going to be alcoholic.