Wait wait wait.!!! Felipe and Reel! You are right and you are wrong at the same time... Those aren't the stoops... they are the skylight basement holes BETWEEN the stoops. That is why they have a wrought iron fences in front of them. Woo hoo!
^Mystery solved! :thumbs:
Some amazing and "interactive" window displays coming to Phase 2. I'm most looking forward to Borgan and Bourkes. :thumbs:
Also, has it been confirmed that Borgin's and Knockturn Alley is on the right? If so, what is the left side road, a Diagon Alley exit from the train? Leaky Cauldron outdoor seating maybe?
You won't see Diagon Alley from the rest of the park -- it'll be hidden behind the facades of Grimmauld Place, Wyndham's Theatre and other west end London landmarks. Only when you go through the adjacent Leicester Square station will you happen upon the "secret" entrance to the land, next to the Leaky Cauldron.
Leicester Square station is ugly as hell and has nothing to do with Harry Potter at all, so it seems a very odd choice for what is essentially the 'gateway' into this new land.
Yeah, and the theater... what does that have to do with anything? And Grimmauld Place within spitting distance of Leaky Cauldron? It is all a far bigger stretch than a branch of Ollivanders in Hogsmeade.
The theater and station are on Charing Cross...along with Leaky.
For curious folks:
Wyhndam Theatre and Leicester Station (Charing Cross)
Leicester Square station is ugly as hell
I'll believe July 2014 when I see it. No way they're in a rush to get this thing open. It's going to be running like clockwork before they even soft it, and with the leaps and bounds we expect this to be making, I don't see that being the case by next summer. Throwing these buildings up will be different then testing the HE, cycling Gringotts, and working out all the bugs from the effects they'll be hiding everywhere. Holiday 2014 would be lucky.
I'll believe July 2014 when I see it. No way they're in a rush to get this thing open. It's going to be running like clockwork before they even soft it, and with the leaps and bounds we expect this to be making, I don't see that being the case by next summer. Throwing these buildings up will be different then testing the HE, cycling Gringotts, and working out all the bugs from the effects they'll be hiding everywhere. Holiday 2014 would be lucky.
I'll believe July 2014 when I see it. No way they're in a rush to get this thing open. It's going to be running like clockwork before they even soft it, and with the leaps and bounds we expect this to be making, I don't see that being the case by next summer. Throwing these buildings up will be different then testing the HE, cycling Gringotts, and working out all the bugs from the effects they'll be hiding everywhere. Holiday 2014 would be lucky.
Well, it's not yet April. HE has tracks supposedly. Gringotts has track installed. After seeing TF do what it did, I'm not so sure about timelines anymore.
One thing to remember is that the cycling will start at Gringotts well before the show is ready. And since they put the station in the major wiring job has probably already started.
Another thing to remember is just because there isn't testing in the building doesn't mean there is not testing going on right now. Remember FJ tested in a tent before the building was ready. Transformers Hollywood in a soundstage.
They aren't in a rush to get it opened? Maybe they aren't necessarily in a rush like they were to get Transformers, but surely they are not taking their time! Look at all the steel that has suddenly gone up, work is going to progress faster now that the bulk of Transformers is done.