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Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion (Opens 2014)

  • Thread starter Thread starter floridianer
  • Start date Start date Sep 25, 2010

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  • Yes

    Votes: 154 88.0%
  • No

    Votes: 21 12.0%
  • Maybe

    Votes: 0 0.0%

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  • Poll closed Jan 18, 2011.
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Felipe said:
I think we might see it pick up again after Springfield is complete :thumbs:
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Thad'a be'a nice'a!!! I'm feeling italian today.
 
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TheLastAshen said:
Thad'a be'a nice'a!!! I'm feeling italian today.
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Indeed!

Mi piace :cheers: ...Now I want pizza and gelato.... :P
 
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Teebin said:
Tell me someone, did they ever get the new waterfront wall completely repaired. Were they able to cover up the fixes in such a way that you cannot tell they are new fixes? i.e. the granite paint effect matches etc.
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I took this shot in June. Sadly the columns don't look so good.

 
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A couple of pics from ongoing Potter construction from today

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Thanks for the pics! :thumbs:
 
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I am assuming they are leaving the full repairs on the wall until just before it opens. As at the moment its not technically open.
 
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A question: back in May, rumors started surfacing that Universal was going to have interactive wands sold at Ollivander's that would trigger animation throughout Diagonal Alley. But there hasn't been anything about it since then. Do any of you have additional information on this topic? Seems like a no-brainier if they can pull it off, as it would bring in huge amounts of money.
 
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Rwberger said:
A question: back in May, rumors started surfacing that Universal was going to have interactive wands sold at Ollivander's that would trigger animation throughout Diagonal Alley. But there hasn't been anything about it since then. Do any of you have additional information on this topic? Seems like a no-brainier if they can pull it off, as it would bring in huge amounts of money.
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This, I believe, is still in speculation. Personally, as cool as I think it would be, I would also think that it would be a huge cluster-eff of a situation. Imagine Harry Potter size crowds of schoolkids and fanboys piling on top of each other to use any of the effects. The animations would pretty much run non-stop all day and with that kind of new(er) technology I can almost guarantee that the downtimes of the effects would be through the roof. I'm no mechanic, though, so I could be wrong. If they do decide to implement it, I would say it would be smart for them to wait until at least the summer opening crowds are over with, even though we all know from Phase 1 that the crowds never will be anything less than astronomical.
 
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I don't know if anybody has posted this, but there's information about the dragon...
http://entechcreative.com/our-work/harry-potters-dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIhdjILQEPk&feature=youtu.be
 
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CommanderCommons said:
This, I believe, is still in speculation. Personally, as cool as I think it would be, I would also think that it would be a huge cluster-eff of a situation. Imagine Harry Potter size crowds of schoolkids and fanboys piling on top of each other to use any of the effects. The animations would pretty much run non-stop all day and with that kind of new(er) technology I can almost guarantee that the downtimes of the effects would be through the roof. I'm no mechanic, though, so I could be wrong. If they do decide to implement it, I would say it would be smart for them to wait until at least the summer opening crowds are over with, even though we all know from Phase 1 that the crowds never will be anything less than astronomical.
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But special effects in rides are constantly running also. I don't think that would be an impediment to having interactive wands.
 
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Thanks for the great pics DH! Is that structure way back from the service road intended to shield views of the trains coming and going?
 
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Teebin said:
Thanks for the great pics DH! Is that structure way back from the service road intended to shield views of the trains coming and going?
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Don't know. But I thought it was curious so I took a pic of it.

And I think this pic solves the question of if you will see the Hogwarts Express through the Beetlejuice gate:

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And I think this pic solves the question of if you will see the Hogwarts Express through the Beetlejuice gate:
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Maybe they will build some kind of backdrop to shield the view :shrug:
 
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Hmm, I'm curious about the steps shown in the one picture. That looks like they will be guest accessible and lead to a platform going off to the left towards the Weezleys and the Leaky cauldron. I remember in some of the earlier aerial photos that it looked like a canopy would cover the first part of the alley, it looks like it could be this path. Are we going to have multiple stories of shops? Or at least are those two things going to be multi story and need 2nd floor exits?
 
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roodlesnouter said:
Maybe they will build some kind of backdrop to shield the view :shrug:
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One would hope. Not that Universal cares that much about sight lines anymore.
 
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Another amazing update! Thanks DH! :cheers: I see lots of new sheet rock, framing, new shapes... Loving it! :thumbs:


CommanderCommons said:
This, I believe, is still in speculation. Personally, as cool as I think it would be, I would also think that it would be a huge cluster-eff of a situation. Imagine Harry Potter size crowds of schoolkids and fanboys piling on top of each other to use any of the effects. The animations would pretty much run non-stop all day and with that kind of new(er) technology I can almost guarantee that the downtimes of the effects would be through the roof. I'm no mechanic, though, so I could be wrong. If they do decide to implement it, I would say it would be smart for them to wait until at least the summer opening crowds are over with, even though we all know from Phase 1 that the crowds never will be anything less than astronomical.
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I agree. Something like this would be too popular to be enjoyable. As much as I would love something like this, I don't think it will ever work well in the WWoHPs.


GadgetGuru said:
I don't know if anybody has posted this, but there's information about the dragon...
http://entechcreative.com/our-work/harry-potters-dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIhdjILQEPk&feature=youtu.be
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Nice find! :thumbs: I'd never seen that before!
(EDIT: BTW, do take note that this is the dragon from FJ, so I guess it should technically go in the WWoHP Part 2 Thread :thumbs:)
 
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GadgetGuru said:
I don't know if anybody has posted this, but there's information about the dragon...
http://entechcreative.com/our-work/harry-potters-dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIhdjILQEPk&feature=youtu.be
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definitely looked like a RV was going past the dragon..is gringotts further along than we (or at least i ) thought?
 
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twebber55 said:
definitely looked like a RV was going past the dragon..is gringotts further along than we (or at least i ) thought?
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No, that's Forbidden Journey's Hungarian Horntail dragon.
 
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Felipe said:
No, that's Forbidden Journey's Hungarian Horntail dragon.
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my bad..just a little eager i guess
 
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