Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion - Part 2

[WolfmanJ]

Updated my post with a pic of the bottom half of the bus :thumbs:

 

[novawildcat18]

I'm (pleasantly) shocked that they didn't cover up the bus at all for its transportation. I guess it's free advertising?

 

[violarum]

That pic from violarum is so yesterday. I'll just say the berm has grown since.

The pic was from today! And it's been growing all day. The walls just don't allow you to see clearly. I'll post more pics later probably.

 

[Felipe]

Images From @EpcotServo on Twitter

Awesomesauce!

The pic was from today! And it's been growing all day. The walls just don't allow you to see clearly. I'll post more pics later probably.

Looking forward to them! :thumbs: Thanks!!

 

[WolfmanJ]

Getting really excited seeing all this progress and knowing that all this is gonna be open in a couple of months.

 

[Dan_Mol]

Yes yes yes!

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

:happy: [HASHTAG]#HYPE[/HASHTAG]

 

[WolfmanJ]

AmusementBuzz.com just posted some pics of the trucks carrying the pieces of the Knight Bus pulling into the backstage area of Diagon Alley.

 

[Teebin]

^ Excellent pics. Great to see Wyndham fully painted. Berm appears 10-12 feet tall now. I called the retaining wall long before it was known what purpose it would serve, I called the embankment long before they started construction. There is something to be said for being in the dark. I am King of the World! *gosh, I am feeling a bit cold*

Later, I shall tell you a mini story about Phase 1 and Phase 2. I and others in the biz were shocked to hear this. Ooooooh....

 

[AndyP]

Thanks for alerting us to the pics Ghost. Those new sidewalk lampposts are hackneyed and totally inappropriate to the reality of London.

See any Ben Franklin lampposts in this photo?:

I'd love to see them put an actual Angus Steak House in there:drool:. Not very Harry Potter though, I suppose.

 

[Disneyhead]

The pic was from today! And it's been growing all day. The walls just don't allow you to see clearly. I'll post more pics later probably.

My comment was sort of tongue in cheek. But yes, the berm is growing.

 

[Disneyhead]

The pic was from today! And it's been growing all day. The walls just don't allow you to see clearly. I'll post more pics later probably.

My comment was sort of tongue in cheek. And thanks for your contributions. But yes, the berm is growing.

 

[Teebin]

^ That is getting close to the AK parking lot berms... those suckers are nasty tall and steep like that. If that backhoe can sit up there, so can a major tree. This will be interesting.

 

[WolfmanJ]

I don't know if this has been discussed before but will people actually be able to step onto the Knight Bus or not?

 

[floridakid]

I don't know if this has been discussed before but will people actually be able to step onto the Knight Bus or not?

Nope. Can't go in.

 

[WolfmanJ]

Nope. Can't go in. People will greet you outside (NOT Shunpike), and the shrunken heads will be there.

Oh ok. Thanks for the info!

 

[Teebin]

So, some of you will not be moved, some of you will be.

Back in 2010 many were screaming Great Job Universal Creative! We were all impressed by the town, the castle, the interiors, the queue.

Little did we know that UC was banished from designing much of anything. Sure, they advised on the nature of a major theme park and how it is run. But when it came to designing stuff and UC had a ton of talent lined up to interpret the designs of others, Warner Brothers said NO. What was WB's answer to this? The scenic designers for the films... they were flown in... given drafting boards backstage to design both the known and many things that had never been designed before. Both phase 1 and phase 2.

So, film's set designers have been on site multiple times doing both exterior and interior elevations... including details, many brand new concepts.

This is not horrible... but it flies in the face of what most of us believed. That is the point of this, my mini documentary.

 

[badlactose]

So, some of you will not be moved, some of you will be.

Back in 2010 many were screaming Great Job Universal Creative! We were all impressed by the town, the castle, the interiors, the queue.

Little did we know that UC was banished from designing much of anything. Sure, they advised on the nature of a major theme park and how it is run. But when it came to designing stuff and UC had a ton of talent lined up to interpret the designs of others, Warner Brothers said NO. What was WB's answer to this? The scenic designers for the films... they were flown in... given drafting boards backstage to design both the known and many things that had never been designed before. Both phase 1 and phase 2.

So, film's set designers have been on site multiple times doing both exterior and interior elevations... including details, many brand new concepts.

This is not horrible... but it flies in the face of what most of us believed. That is the point of this, my mini documentary.

It obviously worked out for the best, but that really does shock me. So all the nitty gritty design work was done by movie people and not theme park designers? (Which is how Disneyland was designed, so I guess it's not without precedent)

 

[Mad Dog]

So, some of you will not be moved, some of you will be.

Back in 2010 many were screaming Great Job Universal Creative! We were all impressed by the town, the castle, the interiors, the queue.

Little did we know that UC was banished from designing much of anything. Sure, they advised on the nature of a major theme park and how it is run. But when it came to designing stuff and UC had a ton of talent lined up to interpret the designs of others, Warner Brothers said NO. What was WB's answer to this? The scenic designers for the films... they were flown in... given drafting boards backstage to design both the known and many things that had never been designed before. Both phase 1 and phase 2.

So, film's set designers have been on site multiple times doing both exterior and interior elevations... including details, many brand new concepts.

This is not horrible... but it flies in the face of what most of us believed. That is the point of this, my mini documentary.

When you think about it, it makes a lot of good sense. Bottom line, it worked.

 

[Sideshow Mike]

Question: anyone have a guess on how tall the highest point of the facade is? Just curious.