Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic (Epic Universe)

[jseal777]

Magic Kingdom opened with 6 lands and about the same number of attractions on opening

No I am not lamenting the amount of rides. Just that one of the four lands is being taken up by something we already largely have.

 

[OLSinFLA]

No I am not lamenting the amount of rides. Just that one of the four lands is being taken up by something we already largely have.

I don't think MoM has any real similarities to other Potter areas other than they both take place in the same "world".

 

[jarmor]

Right. If you take the "Harry Potter" out of each area, you have 3 totally distinctive areas offering different environments and style of rides and attractions.

 

[belloq87]

I do think the Paris streets element of this land seems very inspired by Diagon Alley in layout and general approach.

The architecture will be different, bigger, etc.

 

[tielo]

Chatted with a few folks who aren't following the Epic news -- but they had questions when they saw the headlines about a new Wizarding World. Many still don't realize Diagon Alley exists (or that it's in a separate park). Some were concerned this meant they were getting rid of the original Wizarding World build. Upon explaining the breakdown, a frequent reaction I got was "when did we see Wizarding World Paris...?" followed by "I thought the Ministry of Magic was in London?"

At the end of the day, if the area looks great (and by all accounts it will), this won't necessarily matter... but good to remind ourselves of how the general public sees and reacts to this news, at least anecdotally.

Thankfully the portal is marked with a huge wand. That works as Disney popcorn buckets to scalpers.
Although I won't be surprised some guest will wonder where Ratatouille resides and when they think they enter that attraction they will have an amazing ride or a trauma to look back on.

 

[Disneyhead]

The workers are working on some words at the top of the arch.

 

[Tyc00n96]

The HP social media channels are mentioning there will be additional details revealed about the Ministry of Magic land on Sept 1st.