damo
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Amazing pics! It is taking me a while to get through all of them. It looks like the back side of Hogsmeade still has a ways to go.
I think those are just facade buildings so should go up quickly.
Amazing pics! It is taking me a while to get through all of them. It looks like the back side of Hogsmeade still has a ways to go.
Incredible new pictures here!!!!!
http://www.orlandounited.com/forums/showthread.php?9-The-Wizarding-World-Of-Harry-Potter/page308
The pictures look fabulous. What do you suppose the opening in the courtyard is for? I can't figure that one out.
I am a bit worried about the crowds though. It looks narrow. Can you exit back by Dragons you think?
Anybody see the Today show today (Friday)? After they announced their Harry Potter contest, they said that WWoHP was opening in APRIL. That would be great if true!
Wally said:
I don't remember who said it, but definitely the red structure is for the baths façade. I think they are even using the existing bathrooms.
Tim said:Yeah that would be very cool but if you look at the picture again, there is a construction worker on site that provides good scale to actually how tall the tunnel is:
I would say that tunnel is only about 5 feet tall, not big enough for a person to fit through, easily that is
HPotterWizard said:Briman and/or Disneyhead would you guys mind sending me some hi-res versions?
I'm pretty decent at photoshop and would like to see if I could find anything in that courtyard.
Interesting that the Great Hall isn't the only thing that's floating. And you can see Hagrid's hut in the background
Also, this opening definitely looks person-sized to me. I haven't made up my mind about the bridge yet. Both openings look feasible to me, but the bridge itself looks way too narrow. I also like how that one turret isn't finished all the way around.
Wally said:Good question!! It may be the building on the right of the bathrooms? as seen in this photo.
I know everyone is saying that maybe these are lockers, that those buildings are too small, but if you see this next image, Zonkos is even smaller!
Just a possibility, *** we dont know exactly where dervish and banges can be.
SL_ZER0 said:the jumbotron type thing might be for ride pictures. they always have these at the end of the ride, nice and big to tantalize. although its usually more than one screen. and the new site did confirm ride pics. or maybe its a video farewell? i think ride pics.
anyone think there will be anything more than the commercial during the superbowl tomorrow? i remember someone/some article mentioning "commercial and a sneak peek". i wonder if they still have something up their sleeve. the commercal leak couldnt have been an accident. maybe we will learn somthing more about the ride. oh i hope!!!
i know we wont be geting an opening date but i wish they would soon. people need time to plan for vacations and such. not everyone can fly over at the drop of a hat.
+100 disneyhead. if you get a nessie tattoo then they will have to let you take as many pics as you want next time. hehe.
im waffling on whether we will be up in the facade. initally i thought so but not anymore. its really a teeny little cake topper on a huge show building. anything we could see in the facade would be 500x better in the show building where every detail can be controlled. and people on the bridge would really screw up the perspective. a lot.
thanks descendo. i think that there was mention tha the three broomsticks will have outdoor eating and i think it will be back there, thus the theming of the backs of those shops. i'm going to go back and look at the willow area. i relly hope there's one, not even a moving one bt just a big willow (oh please please!!)
these aerial shots are so amazing - i have such a better understanding of the layout now - i didnt realize there was a turn after honeyduskes - which is HUGE btw.. i didnt realize also that there was such a large area between hogsmeade and hogwarts, bu then there needs to be plenty of milling-around space (the owlery wont be enough) and its convenient that it is right by ollivanders, which i predict will be seriously backed up if not done by a ticket/pass system.
--- Update ---
i went back and realized i got two different answers. so,
dervish and banges?
or dervish and banges?
and cameronw99 i think we can assume the forest will be there based on confirmations of aragog and dementors.
anyone got any ideas on the pumpkins? i couldnt tell if that was orange dirt or pumpkins but based on the concept art it seems like it might be after all. in the art it looks like people are walking close to the foh track. ive bever ridden unicorn so i have no idea about how the queue or paths work. i also wonder if there will be another buckbeak to bow to in the loading building. the kneeling one cant bow. it also cant have feathers, since its meant to be left out in the rain. i hpoe theres another insode that is as real as the trike was.
also- what is the little building by the train for? just deco?
WWOHP fan said:Before look the holes on the left in the structure (where now there is the courtyard)
Now : an big hole in the court yard
Could it be an elevator ??
I just heard from my travel agent that the grand opening will be on or near June 21 and there might be soft openings in April/May.
Just got off the phone with my travel agent who called the Universal travel agent line. This is what she was told - they will not be announcing the grand opening until 1 week before. Prior to the grand opening, they will be opening WWoHP an hour or two each day, adding an hour or so until its open all day, but they wont be advertising that its open .if people wander in and its open, its open.
Well be going this year, sort of a once in a lifetime trip for us, and I really want to make sure that HP is open when we go. It kinda sucks that they wont give out more specific dates.
Teebin said:Thanks for the extra closeups BriMan. That said, does anyone else think the honeydukes signwork is a tad too "PINK!" and new looking? I wonder if they will age it down a bit...