Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion (Opens 2014)

[Trumpet-man]

I agree Vyrus, FF:L is a huge waste of space. Personally I'd like to see a B&M flying coaster there, similar to Manta but themed as those flying creatures in Avatar. Of course that deffinately won't happen due to the inevitable Avatar 4D cinema that we'll probably get soon, but something BIG certainly needs to liven up that corner of the park. As for the Wizarding World, maybe they could expand into Jurassic Park. That whole side of JP is essentially dead space, I'd rather lose some paths and trees than whats left of Lost Continent.

 

[Vyrus]

True, but remember as well, the paths and trees, are essential to the themeing of JP. The show building does ruin the illusion in JP a little bit now because they had to demolish so many trees, but they do need to plans more and make the foliage thicker now that WW is built.

 

[Trumpet-man]

hmmmm yeah, I see what you mean. It's a tough one! How noticeable is the show building in JP? Living in England I haven't had a chance to check it out yet. They should at least theme the back of it to look like a Jurassic Park maintenance building, like the one that houses River Adventure.

 

[Frogki]

hmmmm yeah, I see what you mean. It's a tough one! How noticeable is the show building in JP? Living in England I haven't had a chance to check it out yet. They should at least theme the back of it to look like a Jurassic Park maintenance building, like the one that houses River Adventure.

Extremely. I've seen some pictures and it sticks out like a sore thumb. Trees don't block it, and it stands out, they need to cover it with something. IDK how, but it's needed. Perhaps a geyser that splashes a bit at you... That wouldn't work rotfl...

Anyway, getting back to topic, I knew it would happen. Just still a matter of when...

 

[damond.themeparks]

I think they should (if they do) expand hp into the Jurassic park area. There is only one pretty good ride there and they could could the are in half. I think they should turn the triceratops discovery area into hagrid's hut and then have different magical animals in cages all around the area like a zoo. So they could have a phoenix in a cage that birst into flames every like hour and goes into a trap door and is replaced by ashes and then it pops back out again. They could also have a huge caged field that a has a walking animatronic gryphon that is controlled in hagrids hut so someone can make it walk up close to the cages edge and people could look at it closely. Hagrid could also be hanging around which would be a awesome meet and greet. Now THAT would be a amazing area.

 

[mantaguy]

I think they should (if they do) expand hp into the Jurassic park area. There is only one pretty good ride there and they could could the are in half. I think they should turn the triceratops discovery area into hagrid's hut and then have different magical animals in cages all around the area like a zoo. So they could have a phoenix in a cage that birst into flames every like hour and goes into a trap door and is replaced by ashes and then it pops back out again. They could also have a huge caged field that a has a walking animatronic gryphon that is controlled in hagrids hut so someone can make it walk up close to the cages edge and people could look at it closely. Hagrid could also be hanging around which would be a awesome meet and greet. Now THAT would be a amazing area.

JKR said no meet n greets. Hagrid's hut is already in the WW by Hippogriff. And they better not touch JP. I'd rather have them take LC, not that I like that idea.

 

[Helena123]

I think they should (if they do) expand hp into the Jurassic park area. There is only one pretty good ride there and they could could the are in half. I think they should turn the triceratops discovery area into hagrid's hut and then have different magical animals in cages all around the area like a zoo. So they could have a phoenix in a cage that birst into flames every like hour and goes into a trap door and is replaced by ashes and then it pops back out again. They could also have a huge caged field that a has a walking animatronic gryphon that is controlled in hagrids hut so someone can make it walk up close to the cages edge and people could look at it closely. Hagrid could also be hanging around which would be a awesome meet and greet. Now THAT would be a amazing area.

Some good ideas :thumbs: but as mantaguy said JKR has said no character meet and great and I don't think they'd touch JP when they've already got half an island that they could use for an expansion. I like the idea of a Triceratops Encounter type attraction though, maybe with a unicorn? Or if there's room near FotH they could make a Hippogriff encounter?

 

[mantaguy]

Some good ideas :thumbs: but as mantaguy said JKR has said no character meet and great and I don't think they'd touch JP when they've already got half an island that they could use for an expansion. I like the idea of a Triceratops Encounter type attraction though, maybe with a unicorn? Or if there's room near FotH they could make a Hippogriff encounter?

There actually is a bit of room behind FotH. It right past the extended queue. It's probably too small for a full scale attraction like the Trikes though.

 

[Helena123]

There actually is a bit of room behind FotH. It right past the extended queue. It's probably too small for a full scale attraction like the Trikes though.

Well that's a shame, thanks for the info :thumbs:

 

[Vyrus]

Yea, the current WW is backed up right up against the service road that runs behind it and dragons, there is no space to expand that way. However there is space to expand TOWARDS the Studios right by Sinbad.

I still say if anything is getting taken over by WW it would be the small arabian section of LC and not the whole thing. Poseidon and Mythos, albeit, not extremely exciting attractions/restaurant to us, is exciting to new people coming to the park and to the bottom line of the food revenue since Mythos is a high end/ higher priced restaurant.

JP section will not be touched because similar to WW, it is under some contractual obligations to Steven Spielberg as well. They do need to add foliage and moss to the show building or at least add some permiter themed fences around the area that you see the FJ show building to hide it better from the JP side.

 

[Hatetofly]

I still say if anything is getting taken over by WW it would be the small arabian section of LC and not the whole thing. Poseidon and Mythos, albeit, not extremely exciting attractions/restaurant to us, is exciting to new people coming to the park and to the bottom line of the food revenue since Mythos is a high end/ higher priced restaurant.

Agreed, its the only area of the park that makes sense to level to up profit numbers.

 

[TSSD]

I still say if anything is getting taken over by WW it would be the small arabian section of LC and not the whole thing. Poseidon and Mythos, albeit, not extremely exciting attractions/restaurant to us, is exciting to new people coming to the park and to the bottom line of the food revenue since Mythos is a high end/ higher priced restaurant.

:iagree:

 

[Mitchiez]

Oh god, not the Lost Continent's fate discussion again. :doh:

 

[damond.themeparks]

Aw that's to bad that there's no character meet and greet. But whatever. I still think they should expand Harry potter into JP. There are only two rides and in my opinion only one of them is worth keeping which is why I said they should only expand it to the discovery cove thing. The river adventure and the other ride would still be there, but some more Harry potter junk could also be added.

But I do believe that lost continent will be made into lord of the rings and I hope it does. Lost continent is a lost cause... There's not much to do there, mainly a lot of shops.

 

[Kevin38]

PF could very easily be changed to the chamber of secrets all you need is some big snake heads change the film
"The headmaster of hogwarts has decreed that no entrance to The chamber can be opened from inside hogwarts
so we will take you under the lake" so you enter through vortex you enter in the main chamber at the end you are
teleported by magic out of chamber (drop the center section and you exit)

 

[grizzlybarely]

I just wrote an article about this. I figured I'd give my complete opinion in one big post.

http://hubpages.com/t/1ea37a

 

[mantaguy]

Nicely written jmercer.

 

[TSSD]

Beautifully written Jmercer!

 

[damond.themeparks]

Jmercer25, nice article! Definetly better than that "Harry Potter and the dastardly theme rip off" article...

 

[Tbad556]

Nothing big, but I figured some of you would be interested in this. From MTV:

With snow blanketing many parts of the country, I'm sure we all wish we could pack our bags and head somewhere warm. That's exactly what "Harry Potter" star Tom Felton decided to do after Christmas. In fact, not only did he fly to a sunshiny locale (Florida), he also revisited the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando.

We caught up with Tom in Los Angeles recently, and he told us a bit about his recent trip. "I drove up from Miami to Orlando with my misses just to sort of pop into Hogwarts, and I spoke to the people there," he explained. He said he was amazed by "all the youngsters waving wands about."

The Wizarding World recently celebrated its millionth butterbeer sold, and we doubt the deluge of visits to Hogsmeade and Hogwarts will slow down any time soon. But with the park still so popular and inundated by visitors, we asked Tom if he knew of any plans to expand it further.


"We were talking about that," Tom admitted. "I made them promise me that if they ever have plans of expansion they put a Malfoy manor in or maybe a Slytherin common room or something like that."

Word on the street is that Universal Orlando is planning on getting rid of The Lost Continent, the (unnecessarily large) part of Islands of Adventure next to Wizarding World, in order to expand the "Harry Potter" portion even further. While that's just the rumor we've heard circulating around the Potter fansites—and is in no way confirmed—we're sure that Universal is planning some sort of expansion in the near future.