Harry Potter Crowd Report Thread...

[amez]

Can't help you with this, but I do hope you come back here and post your experiences. It does help others to plan their attack!

I will-- I think we've decided to go in the morning and see how the day goes. This will be our first visit to Universal so I'm sure our plan of attack won't be well executed

Amy

 

[black562]

Cant remember the name of the shop, so I hope this pic will help.

This is where I always dropped off my or my friends guitars that were won at the ring toss game.

Just take the paper slip that you were given and show it to the ppl at the exit of the park (shop/service desk- to the right of the exit).



Dont know if this has been answered: But has the HP bypass bridge been taken down or no?

So you can walk in with things from other shops and just tell them you want it sent to the front...they give you a slip and good to go?

 

[Nimrod.sixty9]

I will-- I think we've decided to go in the morning and see how the day goes. This will be our first visit to Universal so I'm sure our plan of attack won't be well executed

Amy

See you after I get off work LOL

Im not even going to shoot for HP tomorrow since its the 4th and all. Ill be there the 5th and 6th and hopefully we can get a clear shot then.

So you can walk in with things from other shops and just tell them you want it sent to the front...they give you a slip and good to go?

I cant confirm that HP shops wont, and that others will. But it has always worked for me, just my experience. They told me as long as it isnt food its good to go. Let me see if I can get some more info on it...

 

[black562]

I cant confirm that HP shops wont, and that others will. But it has always worked for me, just my experience. They told me as long as it isnt food its good to go. Let me see if I can get some more info on it...

Thanks, I just want to have all my ducks in a row by the time I go down.

 

[EEyorelover22]

arrived today and hit the park around 5 pm...wait time was posted at 75 minutes...we did get in line...took 55 minutes. It rained so I'm sure people left. Ollivander's was insane. Line for Butterbeer was about 10 minutes...kids rode dragon ride and we waited in line for that.

we are going to try the morning and see if we have more room to move around. Will try to post. Kids want to get into the toy store...we are all fried...started out today at 4am. We want to walk thru Hogwarts to take pics again.

Lockers are packed.

Great ride.

Thanks to everyone who has posted before.
I was totally lost...didn't know where anything was, but DS remembered pretty well.

 

[black562]

Yep, this happened to us on Tuesday, got our wands at Olivander's and then headed to FJ only to discover that the wands wouldn't fit in the lockers....major flaw?!

OK, I'm reading in another thread of several people who not only got a wand, but multiple wands into the locker at FJ. I've also heard conflicting reports of package delivery from the shops inside Wizarding World...some saying they will deliver and some say not.

Kinda doesn't make sense, I remember lockers being quite deep the last time I was on other rides in the park.

 

[EEyorelover22]

We arrived to the park about 6:45 and they let us in around 7:00 give or take a bit. The line when we stopped was back a few shops into Seuss and we were in HP about 7:30...we decided to try Ollivander's and DD was picked for the showit was awesome having her picked. DS said it made the whole experience but at nearly 19 he was glad she was picked and not him We rode FJ afterwards and walked on. The other rides were walk on all morning. We left about 9:15 and is was very busy.

We returned around about 8 pm tonight and it was a 45 min wait for FJ...Ollivander's had a long wait.

We talked with someone while waiting and they said mid week was bad...it was wall to wall people by 8:30.

TM confirmed that Sundays are not as busy.

 

[amez]

We got into HP about 915am and it was getting pretty packed. Long lines for Olivanders, FJ, the butterbeer cart etc. We walked up to another counter and got some butterbeer--wow very sweet stuff. We didn't stay to long-it was just to crowded-we went into the joke shop and it was just to crowded. The rest of the park wasn't bad. And we walked on to most of the kiddie rides. After noon it started to get busier inside the park and as we were leaving tons of people were still pouring in-can't imagine how busy it was that night!


edited to add-this was our first visit to the parks-but my husband and I were both turned off by all the staff members at the bag check area who were trying to convince you to get a Universal Credit Card-a couple of them approached us and one guy didn't want to take no as an answer. Just sortof bugged us that we were paying to ride some rides, see some shows, paid for parking etc. and then they want to waste our time with that.

 

[Metro West]

edited to add-this was our first visit to the parks-but my husband and I were both turned off by all the staff members at the bag check area who were trying to convince you to get a Universal Credit Card-a couple of them approached us and one guy didn't want to take no as an answer. Just sortof bugged us that we were paying to ride some rides, see some shows, paid for parking etc. and then they want to waste our time with that.

Yeah...those guys can be a real pain but they are just trying to make a living.

I hope you had a good time despite the credit card guys.

 

[amez]

Yeah...those guys can be a real pain but they are just trying to make a living.

I hope you had a good time despite the credit card guys.

We did have a good time-and we were still polite to the cc guys we actually just mentioned it to each other as we were leaving the park. Just felt odd.

 

[damo]

We did have a good time-and we were still polite to the cc guys we actually just mentioned it to each other as we were leaving the park. Just felt odd.

I think that if you found that they were intrusive, you should let customer service know. I don't think that Universal wants visitors to be started off on the wrong foot.

 

[justprettynpink]

Here now Boats start at 7. Walked from pbh in
15 Min .

Arrived at wwoph at 745. In and out of olivanders by 8. Done with fj at 840. Left around 945.

Room was ready at 1030.

 

[Nimrod.sixty9]

OK, I'm reading in another thread of several people who not only got a wand, but multiple wands into the locker at FJ. I've also heard conflicting reports of package delivery from the shops inside Wizarding World...some saying they will deliver and some say not.

Kinda doesn't make sense, I remember lockers being quite deep the last time I was on other rides in the park.

VERIFIED by guest services

They said that any store that accepts a drop-off will take an item from any other store. From what I gather about the issue in HP is that, according to what they think, could have been a confused or new employee or it just wasnt accepted at that specific shop...

They also mentioned that it may take up to two hours for the item(s) to reach the front of the park (they will always tell you this). Ive gotten things in less than 45 minutes...

You can also drop off items at the front of the park, say if you brought an item from another park because of park hopping and you dont want to carry it around. I forgot to verify they still do this, but I have done it a few times, and I'd imagine they still do...

 

[roselindsey]

We got in wwhop line at 10am to get green tix. Arrived at fj ride at 11 n was done ride at 12:30. Long line at wand shop n butterbeer cart. Also at 3 broomsticks. Tip! There is a butterbeer stand at end of shops go around corner no wait! If you are heading to castle it's on ur left

 

[Tinkerbellie16]

Thanks to everyone who is posting live or recent updates on the Harry Potter portion of the park! It really helps those of us who are debating on going

 

[scanne]

This time next week we will be at Universal! Our game plan is to hit IOA at 7am on July 15th (we get in to Orlando around 4:45pm on the 14th) and we will hopefully get everything done in WWoHP by 9:30am because that's when we have our breakfast booked at the Three Broomsticks.

I'm starting to get super excited! This thread has been especially helpful with our planning. I will be sure to post how we make out as well - I'll try to post from my iPhone while in the park, too!

Cannot wait!

 

[sayanything11]

Hey guys! I was there July 1st. We were staying at Disney and were online by 8:30. We got to the line when it was in Jurassic Park but got in pretty fast. We went straight to Forbidden Journey (which was, by the way, AMAZING!!) and hit a 50 minute wait that went by very quickly. Afterwards, we went to the Three Broomsticks. The line was long, but by taking outdoor seating, we went through it in about ten minutes. After we went to Ollivanders--we didn't realize how long the line was, which was good, because we ended up on the line for 90 minutes! It was miserable, but made worth it because the youngest in our party was chosen for the demonstration. The Owl Post and Dervish and Bangs afterwards were insanely packed. Next we did the hippogriff ride. The wait was 35 minutes, but again, we cut some time when they needed two riders and my sister and I went up. Honeydukes and Zonkos were practically walk-ins through. By this time, FJ was up to about 75 minutes, thought while we did some of the other Universal rides, we heard it had peaked at 120. However, it started POURING around four, so we raced aross the park and saw the line was down to 60 minutes, so we did it again. It actually broke down right at the beginning section, but it was fixed within three or so minutes. An amazing day!

 

[mboekhoff]

What is PBH ?

 

[justprettynpink]

Pbh Is portofino bay hotel.

The kitchen at hard rock is having a buffet from 6 to 7 for $12

 

[mboekhoff]

Pbh Is portofino bay hotel.

The kitchen at hard rock is having a buffet from 6 to 7 for $12

Thanks