Okay, I think the pile-on can stop, now, folks.
To be clear: I'm not asking for a "dark and depressing" land. I also don't want a "goofy" land, either. I don't know why that's somehow an unfair desire around here, and I think the implication that I must hate fun, or something, is a wildly inaccurate reading of my position.
I don't think we're talking enough about the potential creative food and beverage options in Monsters land, seriously
If SNW is any indication, then we're in for much much more than what has been offered before, particularly in Monsters Cafe
Would I be crazy to call the Paris section of this park Wizarding World Batuu? A killer E-Ticket based on a beloved property stuck in a land that no-one has any preexisting emotional connection to. Unlike Hogsmede, Diagon Alley, Pandora, or Radiator Springs, no fan of Star Wars has ever dreamed of actually being at Batuu (because it was created for the land) and I would argue that no Potter fan has ever dreamed of visiting Wizarding Paris (because the only time we have seen it is in a Fantastic Beasts movie that almost no one saw and basically no one who did liked) I am really curious how that will affect visitor behavior in the land compared to the other Potter sections. Will people be less interested in exploring every knook and cranny, shopping and dining, less willing to wait to take the perfect photo?
Would I be crazy to call the Paris section of this park Wizarding World Batuu? A killer E-Ticket based on a beloved property stuck in a land that no-one has any preexisting emotional connection to. Unlike Hogsmede, Diagon Alley, Pandora, or Radiator Springs, no fan of Star Wars has ever dreamed of actually being at Batuu (because it was created for the land) and I would argue that no Potter fan has ever dreamed of visiting Wizarding Paris (because the only time we have seen it is in a Fantastic Beasts movie that almost no one saw and basically no one who did liked) I am really curious how that will affect visitor behavior in the land compared to the other Potter sections. Will people be less interested in exploring every knook and cranny, shopping and dining, less willing to wait to take the perfect photo?
Maybe slow the roll on determining you won’t like something before any official information or art. Or even opening.
Would I be crazy to call the Paris section of this park Wizarding World Batuu? A killer E-Ticket based on a beloved property stuck in a land that no-one has any preexisting emotional connection to. Unlike Hogsmede, Diagon Alley, Pandora, or Radiator Springs, no fan of Star Wars has ever dreamed of actually being at Batuu (because it was created for the land) and I would argue that no Potter fan has ever dreamed of visiting Wizarding Paris (because the only time we have seen it is in a Fantastic Beasts movie that almost no one saw and basically no one who did liked) I am really curious how that will affect visitor behavior in the land compared to the other Potter sections. Will people be less interested in exploring every knook and cranny, shopping and dining, less willing to wait to take the perfect photo?
I wonder how much of the Ministry interior from the movies we will get to see? Department of Mysteries? Hall of Prophecy? Death Chamber?
I want the spinning blue room with the doors.I hope they go even beyond the movies into what was described in the novels.
I want the Brain Room.
Regardless of familiarity, I’d much rather walk through Paris (or a recreation of it) than a desert outpost.
And I am very excited to see it (as cautious as I am for how much of a stretch it will be for a Paris land's main and potentially only ride to be set in England) but is the UK Ministry part of the land or part of the ride? The most Star Wars-y part of Galaxy's Edge is the Star Destroyer parts of Rise but if you aren't or can't ride it you can't see it. Contrast that will a guests ability to see/take photos of Hogwarts, Gringotts, The Floating Mountains of Pandora, without entering the queue of a single ride.Maybe, but don’t forget a huge part of this land will be the UK Ministry of Magic.
And I am very excited to see it (as cautious as I am for how much of a stretch it will be for a Paris land's main and potentially only ride to be set in England) but is the UK Ministry part of the land or part of the ride? The most Star Wars-y part of Galaxy's Edge is the Star Destroyer parts of Rise but if you aren't or can't ride it you can't see it. Contrast that will a guests ability to see/take photos of Hogwarts, Gringotts, The Floating Mountains of Pandora, without entering the queue of a single ride.
Paris is clearly going to be significantly larger than the London facade though.It’s an interior land, think a much larger Knockturn. Paris acts as London in this Diagon Alley metaphor.
I’m still convinced they will call this
Paris is clearly going to be significantly larger than the London facade though.
There's no such thing as "too much" marketing.