Most of the major activities were held at Universal on all 3 days last January. Not much going on at IoA except for early morning Q&A at the big theater near Toon Lagoon. Crowds should be pretty easy to deal with except for the HP lands being extra crowded. It wasn't a madhouse by any means.
Not much chance of getting too close to them anyway. They kept them up on the stage. You had to pay big bucks for a meet and greet. You can see them and listen to them tell stories though, and that is pretty cool. Learned the hard way that you didn't have to pay for the package to be able to see the stars and enjoy all of the goings on.I'd love to go, especially as we're flying on on the 28th, but my partner just wouldn't put up with the mad crowds just for the chance to meet a celeb...
Ok, tell me more about this not needing the package... We just got Seasonal APs in October and DS8 and I were considering taking a weekend trip for the Celebration weekend. (He really wants to do the sorting hat part. He might be ok with some of the Q&A things, but unless things are really interactive i'm sure he'd rather ride rides.) Anyway the AP packages are sold out and I'd hate to pay for tickets. What could we do that is unique to the Celebration without buying the package?Not much chance of getting too close to them anyway. They kept them up on the stage. You had to pay big bucks for a meet and greet. You can see them and listen to them tell stories though, and that is pretty cool. Learned the hard way that you didn't have to pay for the package to be able to see the stars and enjoy all of the goings on.
I'd love to go, especially as we're flying on on the 28th, but my partner just wouldn't put up with the mad crowds just for the chance to meet a celeb...
You can get sorted without the package I believe, but you have to wait in the long line. With the package you go to the short line. You can go into the expo and see props and such. If you're at Universal on Friday night, the cast will come out on the stage and they will kick off the weekend with a fireworks show. There was nothing there that you needed the actual package for except the private party where you got free food and both of the HP lands stayed open til midnight just for package holders, and the "private Q & A session which was exactly like the other sessions only it was held in the stadium. He can go to the little classes where they teach the kids how to do spells with their wands. Things like that. It all happened right out in the open at the stage by Rip Ride Rock it.
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) explain exactly where/what this is? I'm thinking a walk-thru of some sort.
You have to buy the "Celebration of Harry Potter" package to attend this. Kind of like MVMCP...the parks close and only the people with proof of package are let into the area. Last year it was all of the free Butterbeer and Pumpkin juice you could drink, along with free snack kiosks with chips and dips and desserts etc. It was nice. That is the only event that you can not attend without a package though, so not really worth the price. We figured that out last year too. This year we are paying ala cart and just spending those 2 days at the parks. The expo was NOT worth visiting.
