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Hogwarts Express Arrives at the Wizarding World Theme Park

Posted By gnzlsgrl5 on 11-08-09 @ 12:08 PM - 0 comments - Link
Harry Potter fans now have to chance to see the famous scarlet train known as the Hogwarts Express when they visit the Wizarding World Theme Park. The train just recently arrived in Orlando and put into the theme park. The train is going to be one of many items from the Harry Potter world to appear at the park. Check out a picture of the train here.
 

Auditions being held for Wizarding World

Posted By PeerlessKid on 10-28-09 @ 3:24 PM - 3 comments - Link
Universal Studios are holding auditions on the 14th and 15th of November for the Wizarding World Theme Park.
Male Actors Able to portray age range of mid-thirties to mid-forties and speak with a British dialect.Strong improv and interaction skills required. Male and Female Actors Youthful in appearance, able to speak with a British dialect. Please prepare a one minute monologue for audition using a British dialect. Callbacks will be held for select candidates Monday, November 16th at 6pm. All candidates must be available for rehearsals in January.

For more information make sure to check out this Universal Studios Auditions site
Good luck to all those that are going to try and practice those British accetnts ;)
 

New Interview With Tom Felton

Posted By gnzlsgrl5 on 09-17-09 @ 10:30 PM - 0 comments - Link
Tom Felton was at Universal Studios checking out the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and participating in the live webcast that took place on Tuesday. We saw that Tom announced the opening of the theme park, and now we have a 5 minute long interview that took place after her made the anouncement.

The video of the interview can be seen here
 

Official Wizarding World of Harry Potter website

Posted By gnzlsgrl5 on 09-15-09 @ 11:56 PM - 0 comments - Link
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter has an official website. Click here to check it out.

The site has a gallery of pictures, the entire webcast from earlier today, and a map of the park. Check out the site and see all the goodies for yourself.
 

Videos and Pictures from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Posted By gnzlsgrl5 on 09-15-09 @ 7:57 PM - 3 comments - Link
As promised, here are the videos and pictures from todays press release from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter:

Dan, Emma, and Rupert introduce the park
virtual map of park
live webcast featuring Tom Felton
park map
Zonko's joke shop
owlery
Ollivanders
Honeydukes
Flight of the Hippogriff
Dragon Challenge
Filch's emporium
Hogwarts Castle
 

Rides, Shops and more about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Posted By gnzlsgrl5 on 09-15-09 @ 1:22 PM - 1 comments - Link
We don't have a set date for when the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will open, but today from Orlando, Florida, Universal Studios confirmed that the park would be opening in Spring of 2010. The three main rides that will be found there are Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, Flight of the Hippogriff and Dragon Challenge. On Flight of the Hippogriff you can interact with Hagrid as you learn to fly a Hippogriff. Dragon Challenge will recreate the first task of the Triwizard tournament and you can fly either a Hungarian Horntail or a Chinese Fireball Dragon.

Some other places that will be found at the park are: Ollivander's Wand Shop, Owl Post, Dervish and Banges, Three Broomsticks, Honeydukes, Zonko's and Filch Emporium.

Click here to see the full article that Universal released.

New video and pictures to come later today.
 

Video Clips and Pictures of Wizarding World Theme Park

Posted By gnzlsgrl5 on 09-14-09 @ 11:24 AM - 0 comments - Link
For those of you anxiously waiting for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park to open, here are some short video clips and pictures of construction that are going on down there.
Construction Video 1
Construction Video 2
Construction Picture 1
Construction Picture 2
Construction Picture 3

Thanks to Mugglenet's twitter account and the leaky twitter account for the pictures and video clips.
 

Authentic Hogwarts Lamps To Be Used for Rides

Posted By gnzlsgrl5 on 09-12-09 @ 4:24 PM - 4 comments - Link
The County Times recently reported that The Limehouse Lamp Company is making lights for one of the Harry Potter rides that will be at The Wizarding World at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida (due to open next year).

The managing director at The Limehouse Lamp Company, Elliott Maurice, has said that the lamps are similar to those seen in and around Hogwarts Castle. Universal wanted the rides and the park to be as authentic as possible, as the look and feel of these rides, and the whole park itself, is important to creating the ultimate Potter experience.
 

News report on Harry Potter Theme Park

Posted By Rodrigo on 08-02-09 @ 8:35 PM - 9 comments - Link
Central Florida News 13 aired a report on the HP theme park, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The video shows some previews on the HP themed area currently under construction at the Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.

Check out the video: Part 1, Part 2

Thanks to Mugglenet for the tip!
 

Snow effects for HP theme park

Posted By Elaine on 04-08-09 @ 7:25 AM - 8 comments - Link
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Universal have hired a special effects company to help bring the snow covered Hogsmeade to life.

The compnay offer everything from blowing snow to ground blankets to faux icicles.
 

Wizarding World: New Poll!

Posted By Tom on 01-10-09 @ 9:44 AM - 11 comments - Link
A new poll has been posted on the official website for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Orland Resort asking: "Which would be your favorite place to shop in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter?"

You have one of three choices including Honeydukes, Ollivanders and Zonko's Joke Shop.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter it set to open in 2010.

Click here to see the site and take the poll.
 

HP theme park to open in 2010

Posted By Ana on 08-02-08 @ 1:55 PM - 33 comments - Link
Orlando has recently updated its official website to announce that the Harry Potter theme park's opening was postponed from late 2009 to 2010.

Also, a recent poll about Hogsmeade's main attraction was finished off, and it was announced that the winner, Three Broomsticks, will be recriated in the park. You can see how it'll look like here.

From now on, you can vote in the new poll, which asks what kind of drink you would lke to order. The poll is available here.
 

Universal refurbishing rides for HP park

Posted By Matthew on 07-14-08 @ 2:35 PM - 11 comments - Link
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting today that Universal Orlando has closed down an existing ride, shop, and restaurants, including the Flying Unicorn children's roller coaster, the Enchanted Oak Tavern restaurant, the Dragon's Keep store, and the Alchemy Bar, in order to refurbish them for the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. When the park pieces reopen, they will have a Harry Potter twist.

The newspaper writes:

The Enchanted Oak building, which already looked like a magical, mystical place, is now being rebuilt, presumably to resemble a Hogsmeade establishment such as The Three Broomsticks. A seven-story structure of steel girders rising behind a Jurassic Park fence appears to be framework for the castle. Universal officials won't comment, however.

"It's too soon to talk about specifics," spokesman Tom Schroder said.
 

HP theme park construction underway

Posted By Matthew on 12-02-07 @ 10:01 PM - 21 comments - Link
Jim Hill Media reports today that construction on the upcoming Harry Potter theme park Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida is now underway. The website has also posted a batch of pictures of the construction site along with some new information about the project. Here's a snippet:
The construction team that Universal has hired are currently in the site prep portion of this project. Meaning that -- now that they've cleared all of the brush in this previously undeveloped part of that theme park -- the workmen are hauling in truckload after truckload of fill. Which is then spread out all over the Hogwarts Castle construction site.

"And why are they doing that?," you ask. Well, once it's been determined that the Universal Orlando Resort has a level working surface which will actually be to support the weight of this several-hundred-ton structure (which is quite a concern in sinkhole-prone Central Florida), then construction can then begin in earnest on Hogwarts Castle. With first the footings & foundation work getting underway in January, which will then be followed by vertical construction on this enormous show building in the late winter/early spring of next year.

According to folks familiar with the various construction phases of this ambitious IOA addition, Universal hopes to have Hogwarts Castle "topped off" by this time next year. Which will be quite a feat. Given that this show building is expected to dwarf the Jurassic Park River Adventure structure with its 85-foot drop that's located to the northeast of this construction site.
The park, called The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, is slated to open in late 2009 or early 2010.
 

Theme park opening time frame announced

Posted By Matthew on 08-13-07 @ 12:57 PM - 14 comments - Link
According to a new SEC filing, Universal Studio's upcoming Harry Potter theme park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, will open in Florida between December 15, 2009 and June 30, 2010. Previously, project officials had said that the park would either open in late 2009 or early 2010, but in time for the Deathly Hallows movie, which will hit theatres in the summer of 2010.

The WB/Universal licensing agreement, which is available to the public, reads, "Grand opening means the date on which the themed area is fully operational and open to the public, which is targeted to occur in or about December 15, 2009 but may occur as late as June 30, 2010."

Visit our Harry Potter theme park section for more information on this exciting venture.
 

Theme park may cost up to $265 million

Posted By Matthew on 06-02-07 @ 2:19 PM - 20 comments - Link
The International Business Times reports today that Universal Orlando Resort will spend up to $265 million on their recently announced Harry Potter theme park, slated to open in late 2009 or early 2010. This figure was cited in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

By comparison, Universal plans to spend $230 million on a Simpsons theme park, which was announced in April.
 

Promotional artwork released for HP theme park

Posted By Matthew on 05-31-07 @ 3:24 AM - 27 comments - Link
If you weren't excited before, you will be now: check out this conceptual design for Universal Studio's upcoming Harry Potter theme park, set to open in late 2009 or early 2010. Two more amazing pictures are up in our galleries.

Since tonight's big announcement, JK Rowling has released a statement on the theme park, saying, "The plans I've seen look incredibly exciting, and I don't think fans of the books or films will be disappointed....I don't think fans of the books or films will be disappointed."

Tom Williams, chairman and CEO of Universal Parks and Resorts, also commented: "We are going to devote more time, more money, more expertise and more executive talent from throughout our entire organization and creative team – as well as from Warner Bros., our partners – to ensure that this entire environment is second-to-none."
 

Universal, WB announce Harry Potter theme park

Posted By Matthew on 05-30-07 @ 11:47 PM - 19 comments - Link
In a special live webcast from Leavesden Studios tonight, a Universal Studios director and Harry Potter production designer Stuart Craig announced that a Harry Potter theme park will be built in Orlando, Florida in early 2010, just before the release of the seventh movie.

The theme park, called "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter," has been in the works for more than two years. Rumors about a possible Disney theme park have been floating around for even longer than that, but that deal clearly fell through at some point.

JK Rowling has been very involved in this process from the start, according to the Universal Studios director. Stuart Craig, who has worked on all of the Harry Potter movies, then became involved in the design process last November in an effort to add more authenticity to the park. The park will offer "immersive, engaging rides that are filled with story and fantasy," and it will "represent the entire saga, from book one to book seven."
 

Rumor: Disney still considering HP theme park

Posted By Matthew on 10-16-06 @ 5:01 PM - 56 comments - Link
The rumor that the Walt Disney Company is hoping to construct a Harry Potter theme park has been bandied about for two years now and has been denied by Warner Bros. numerous times. However, Jim Hill Media is reporting today that Disney is still considering the idea and that JK Rowling has signed a letter of intent, which, the site says, gives Disney "the right to begin preliminary development of a theme park-related project featuring the Harry Potter characters."

According to Investor Words, a letter of intent is "a letter from one company to another acknowledging a willingness and ability to do business...a letter of intent is not a contract and cannot be enforced, it is just a document stating serious intent to carry out certain business activities."

Jim Hill Media acknowledges that "negotiations" could easily fall apart at this stage, but considering the inaccuracy of other parts of their report (such as the widely-rumored but not at all official July 7, 2007 release date for book seven) and Warner Bros.'s previous stance on the theme park rumor, it would be wise to take today's report with a grain of salt.
 

HP theme park rumor: recycled rubbish

Posted By Matthew on 12-21-05 @ 4:51 PM - 0 comments - Link
This report on JimHillMedia.com, in which a friend of the author's quotes an anonymous WB rep who allegedly hinted that Disney had plans to construct a 7-story Harry Potter theme park in the near future, took the media by storm yesterday. A similar rumor surfaced last year, but no new information was released until yesterday.

However, Warner Bros. has informed us that the theme park rumor is rubbish, and said that they have no plans to license the rights for something that massive at this time.
 

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