A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017 ~ videos from the event!

[JJZMgailey]

Stopping by to share videos from A Celebration of Harry Potter for all who are interested. I'll add more as the guys publish them, so check back in.

Opening Ceremony Confetti Kickoff | A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017
To officially kick off the start of A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017, Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), and Warwick Davis (Filius Flitwick/Griphook) took to the stage to perform a magical spell at the end of the Opening Ceremony and blackout the entire crowd in a storm of confetti!

Frog Choir performs "The Hogwarts March" | A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017
To kick off the Opening Ceremony of A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017, the Frog Choir took to the Universal Music Plaza Stage to perform "The Hogwarts March"!

Warwick Davis conducts the Frog Choir | A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017
During the Opening Ceremony of A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017, Warwick Davis took to the stage to help conduct the Frog Choir in two songs. Of course, you'll remember Warwick Davis as Professor Flitwick (Charms Professor, Head of Ravenclaw, and Frog Choir Conductor) in the Harry Potter films!

Harry Potter Cast Media Q&A Session | A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017
Stars of the Harry Potter film franchise answer audience questions during a special Q and A media event for A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017. Watch and hear stories about time on set, character development, behind the scenes, and so much more from some of your favorite Harry Potter actors like Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Jason Isaacs (Lucious Malfoy), Warwick Davis (Flitwick, Griphook), and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom)!

 

[macraven]

Jackie !!


this is absolutely marvelous!!




now to wait for the potter fans to find this thread......

 

[JJZMgailey]

Secrets Behind Creature Effects with Nick Dudman & Warwick Davis | A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017
Watch and hear some amazing behind the scenes stories from Warwick Davis and Nick Dudman, the make-up effects and creature designer for all the Harry Potter films. You'll also learn how Nick and his team brought the wizarding world to life on screen.

 

[My2Qtz0205]

I so wish I was there! Dang on teaching career!

 

[schumigirl]

Really enjoyed that, especially the Q&A with the actors........love a little Jason Isaacs.......

Thanks for posting that Jackie........

 

[macraven]

I do enjoy behind the scenes info

 

[cyndik1111]

OP, thanks for posting this, since we missed it due to UO not being very clear on how things were gonna work.


Was anyone else disappointed by this celebration?
We spent over $1500 extra to go to this and I found it to be disorganized, and lacking in any detail or information.
I can honestly say I will never go to another one again.
Even with the "special package" we had to wait over an hour to see the warner brothers traveling thing and it wasn't't that great.
I did enjoy the Q&A session. The girls got bored because it was way over their heads.

We would have enjoyed the Friday night thing a lot more if we had know what to expect.
It wasn't crowded at all, which was nice. But we didn't know that, so the girls rode the HP stuff all day thinking they wouldn't get to at the party due to crowds. It was practically "walk on" for the rides
Then they said 1 butterbeer per person and a few light desserts. We ate dinner at 630pm.
We were full and showed up at the celebration stuffed and couldn't enjoy any of the TONS of food and unlimited Butterbeer they had.
Also, our paper work said the event started at 8:30pm. So when we showed up at 830 we found out it had been going on since 7pm and we didn't even need to leave the park at 7. Again- no one told us.

I was very frustrated. I felt like I wasted a ton of money
It may be that I am spoiled with WDW and DISboards for WDW are sooooooo informative. Where UO part of DIS isn't as heavily used. I just wish UO had given out more details.

Also the maps that they gave out did not show where the events were happening. Like toon amphitheater and studio 21/33. Neither were on the map and I had no idea which park they were in. And when I asked, even employees didn't know. I had to wait in very long guest services lines just to find out.