Harry Potter- Wizarding World FAQ

[elovell]

hhn is at the studios, this does not effect ioa.

studios will close at 5:00 on the evenings hhn is happening.[/I]

It was wishful thinking that the IOA would empty for everyone to go to HHN. Probably not going to happen though

 

[ksromack]

Where does one find the pumpkin tart? Does it taste like pumpkin pie? Also, I know they can send your purchases to your on-site resort from IOA and I assume US too but does that hold true for purchases from Honeydukes? We'll be there in December so it's not like the chocolate would melt or anything I would like to not have to purchase a locker to store candy....

I was also wondering what time it got dark. I'm sure that seems like a silly question but IOA closes at 8pm but we'll be leaving close to 7:30. Will it be dark enough to see Hogwart's in all its lit up glory? Our flight arrives at 10:40 am so I'm not counting on arriving to RPR until closer to noon.....we have 1:15pm lunch reservations at Mythos then plan to do the tour line at FJ then the rest of IOA and possibly Universal before returning to WWoHP later in the early evening. Planning on seeing Blue Man Group at 9pm then getting a restful night's sleep so we will be ready for early entrance to WWoHP the next morning.......will do Ollivander's first thing followed by FJ.

We can't wait!

 

[macraven]

how did you get to have your pic taken by the trophy?
i was born a Cardinal fan.



in staying on topic, you should be able to see parry hotter ville lit up that evening if your vacation is in later october on.


yes, your packages from honey dukes can be sent up front to be held for you or you can have it delivered to your hotel room.
if you go the route of hotel room, it will be delivered the next day.

 

[ksromack]

how did you get to have your pic taken by the trophy?
i was born a Cardinal fan.

in staying on topic, you should be able to see parry hotter ville lit up that evening if your vacation is in later october on.

yes, your packages from honey dukes can be sent up front to be held for you or you can have it delivered to your hotel room.
if you go the route of hotel room, it will be delivered the next day.

Oh, me too! I went to my first Cardinal game in 1970....I collected baseball cards for many years They have the World Series trophy from 2011 on display at the stadium, at least they did when we went to this game in early June. You just have to wait in a line and they take your photo and will also take one with your camera! Obviously they want you to buy theirs I had to convert hubby......he's an Indian's fan (from NE Ohio).....

Will they deliver to your resort in the early morning? We'll have to check out at the normal time then will be on our way to WDW (after getting our fill of WWoHP at early entry).

 

[macraven]

Oh, me too! I went to my first Cardinal game in 1970....I collected baseball cards for many years They have the World Series trophy from 2011 on display at the stadium, at least they did when we went to this game in early June. You just have to wait in a line and they take your photo and will also take one with your camera! Obviously they want you to buy theirs I had to convert hubby......he's an Indian's fan (from NE Ohio).....

Will they deliver to your resort in the early morning? We'll have to check out at the normal time then will be on our way to WDW (after getting our fill of WWoHP at early entry).

if you are checking out the next day, don't use the hotel delivery system.
the merch you buy the night/day before isn't delivered until about noontime the next day.

do the merch hold for the front of the park.
your items will be sent to the front main store.
they do not do this service if the park closes within the hour.

you will be given a ticket stub to show in order to claim your purchases that are on hold.

two times i lost my ticket stub.
i had to talk to the TM, show her an id and describe what was in the bags before i could get them.

now i suggest everyone should take a picture of that ticket claim stub in case you use it.
show the pic to the TM .........that is in case you lost the stub.


i still am unhappy about Pujols.........

 

[Momw/aplan]

Where does one find the pumpkin tart? Does it taste like pumpkin pie? Also, I know they can send your purchases to your on-site resort from IOA and I assume US too but does that hold true for purchases from Honeydukes? We'll be there in December so it's not like the chocolate would melt or anything I would like to not have to purchase a locker to store candy....

I was also wondering what time it got dark. I'm sure that seems like a silly question but IOA closes at 8pm but we'll be leaving close to 7:30. Will it be dark enough to see Hogwart's in all its lit up glory? Our flight arrives at 10:40 am so I'm not counting on arriving to RPR until closer to noon.....we have 1:15pm lunch reservations at Mythos then plan to do the tour line at FJ then the rest of IOA and possibly Universal before returning to WWoHP later in the early evening. Planning on seeing Blue Man Group at 9pm then getting a restful night's sleep so we will be ready for early entrance to WWoHP the next morning.......will do Ollivander's first thing followed by FJ.

We can't wait!

The pumpkin tart is in Honeydukes, along with the chocolate cauldron cakes (tied with the tarts for my absolute favorite things to eat in Wizarding World). And yes, the tarts do taste a lot like pumpkin pie only better. I'm not sure what makes them better... maybe the pastry/whipped cream to filling ratio, or maybe it's just magic. Whatever it is, I can't get enough of them when I'm there.

 

[smull1982]

Thanks for all the wonderful information. I'm looking forward to the pumpkin tart! My question is about the entrance to WWOHP. Can you get there from JP or do you have to go through Seuss Landing? Thanks


Only 6 weeks left to go before our US/IOA vacation!

 

[mesaboy2]

Thanks for all the wonderful information. I'm looking forward to the pumpkin tart! My question is about the entrance to WWOHP. Can you get there from JP or do you have to go through Seuss Landing? Thanks


Only 6 weeks left to go before our US/IOA vacation!

The south entrance is from Lost Continent actually, between Seuss Landing and WWoHP. The more impressive entrance is from LC since it takes you through Hogsmeade first and then does the Hogwarts reveal, but JP works too.

 

[JessicaR]

I LOVE the pumpkin tart! Can not wait to have it again in Sept. for my birthday. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

That looks delicious!

 

[Kathymford]

I LOVE the pumpkin tart! Can not wait to have it again in Sept. for my birthday. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

How did I miss THAT tart on my first trip last October??? I came over to this thread to get more hyped for my 2nd visit!!! And I'm so glad I did! We pan to go to Potter a week from today!! I'm still a little worried about going on a weekend, but I think that's what people here recommended! Can anyone give me any reassurances? Or any other secrets I might have missed last time?

 

[ksromack]

How did I miss THAT tart on my first trip last October??? I came over to this thread to get more hyped for my 2nd visit!!! And I'm so glad I did! We pan to go to Potter a week from today!! I'm still a little worried about going on a weekend, but I think that's what people here recommended! Can anyone give me any reassurances? Or any other secrets I might have missed last time?

We'll be going on a weekend too....in December. From what I've read Sundays are THE day to visit WWoHP, esp if you are there for early entry (i.e. staying at an on-site hotel). We'll be getting in on a saturday at noonish so we plan to visit US first and make sure we migrate over to WWoHP when it get's dark to take in all its glory with lights Then we'll be back at RP the next morning.

 

[Kathymford]

We'll be going on a weekend too....in December. From what I've read Sundays are THE day to visit WWoHP, esp if you are there for early entry (i.e. staying at an on-site hotel). We'll be getting in on a saturday at noonish so we plan to visit US first and make sure we migrate over to WWoHP when it get's dark to take in all its glory with lights Then we'll be back at RP the next morning.

We are not staying on-site, but will get there early. This has been my plan for a while now, I'm just getting nervous about it since its so close now! HA

 

[turtlechick6]

Hi there! I was wondering if the lines have died down on this yet? We are going to Islands of Adventure the week after Thanksgiving. The guides say crowds are low at that time since everyone heads back to work or school after the Thanksgiving break. We are traveling with my 5 year old twin boys who are not tall enough for the Hidden Journey ride. The adults want to ride it. What is the child swap like as we will have 2 groups of 2 adults to switch out. I just don't want to make my boys stand in line for hours for a ride they cannot even ride.

My plan was maybe get there right at opening and run to the ride first? Is that a good strategy? Thanks!

Also our trip is from Nov 26th through the 30th. What day of the week is best to try IOA?

 

[mesaboy2]

Hi there! I was wondering if the lines have died down on this yet? We are going to Islands of Adventure the week after Thanksgiving. The guides say crowds are low at that time since everyone heads back to work or school after the Thanksgiving break. We are traveling with my 5 year old twin boys who are not tall enough for the Hidden Journey ride. The adults want to ride it. What is the child swap like as we will have 2 groups of 2 adults to switch out. I just don't want to make my boys stand in line for hours for a ride they cannot even ride.

My plan was maybe get there right at opening and run to the ride first? Is that a good strategy? Thanks!

Also our trip is from Nov 26th through the 30th. What day of the week is best to try IOA?

You won't need to run, lines should not be bad first thing in the morning, especially that week. Any day Tuesday to Thursday of your dates should be just fine.

 

[BluOrchid2]

Just returned from 4 days at Universal. Sunday morning it was raining, granted, but we went straight to Forbidden Journey and rode it three times in a row with NO waiting at all. The rest of our trip we always went straight there first, and walked right on.

The longest we waited for a ride was 45 minutes, one time, and that was for The Rip-Your-Guts-Out coaster at Studios. Most of the time for all four days the waits for all the rides were 10 min or less.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

We're hopefully heading to WDW for March 16-23 or so. Hopefully is the key word. It's my sister, her husband, her (then) 18 year old son, 5 year old and 2 year old daughters. My nephew and I read all the Harry Potter books (together, since he was 7!) and I want to spend a day at IoA, mainly WWoHP. I went in Aug 2010, when everything was brand new.

I was reading through this thread and someone mentioned the Castle Tour. I will ride FJ, but I want to take pictures (DLSR) of the line before I go on the ride. I will not be permitted to take my camera on the ride, but how will I take pictures of the queue? Do they still do the castle tour?

Any predictions for the crowds?

Because the girls have never been to Disney, we will want to do MK right away on Sunday the 17th, so we'll do WWoHP around Wednesday or Thursday maybe. I'm so excited! This is a trip for them, so making the kids happy is my first priority. And my sister! She's never been either. I took my nephew to WDW when he was 12, and he's a lot like me, so I'll be happy anyways!

Anyways, keep up the advice, I have to do some work for school and then I'll come back and read some WWoHP trip reports I guess...

 

[mesaboy2]

We're hopefully heading to WDW for March 16-23 or so. Hopefully is the key word. It's my sister, her husband, her (then) 18 year old son, 5 year old and 2 year old daughters. My nephew and I read all the Harry Potter books (together, since he was 7!) and I want to spend a day at IoA, mainly WWoHP. I went in Aug 2010, when everything was brand new.

I was reading through this thread and someone mentioned the Castle Tour. I will ride FJ, but I want to take pictures (DLSR) of the line before I go on the ride. I will not be permitted to take my camera on the ride, but how will I take pictures of the queue? Do they still do the castle tour?

Any predictions for the crowds?

Because the girls have never been to Disney, we will want to do MK right away on Sunday the 17th, so we'll do WWoHP around Wednesday or Thursday maybe. I'm so excited! This is a trip for them, so making the kids happy is my first priority. And my sister! She's never been either. I took my nephew to WDW when he was 12, and he's a lot like me, so I'll be happy anyways!

Anyways, keep up the advice, I have to do some work for school and then I'll come back and read some WWoHP trip reports I guess...

The castle tour queue used to be open all the time, but this year they've been using it to absorb crowds during busy times. If it's not busy it should be open, but your dates are during spring break, so I wouldn't count on that. The TMs there may allow you to go through the main queue with your camera, but you will not be able to ride with it.

Since you have little ones unlikely to be tall enough to ride, you could go through as a group in the main queue and do the child-swap option. In this case, whoever stays with the kids could also keep the camera.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

The castle tour queue used to be open all the time, but this year they've been using it to absorb crowds during busy times. If it's not busy it should be open, but your dates are during spring break, so I wouldn't count on that. The TMs there may allow you to go through the main queue with your camera, but you will not be able to ride with it.

Since you have little ones unlikely to be tall enough to ride, you could go through as a group in the main queue and do the child-swap option. In this case, whoever stays with the kids could also keep the camera.

Thanks. The kids aren't coming, actually, they'll be staying at Disney. It's a day for the oldest to get out and do something just for him. Oh well, I guess I'll go through the line once and then not ride, then we'll go through single rider for the ride if worse comes to worst.

 

[mesaboy2]

Thanks. The kids aren't coming, actually, they'll be staying at Disney. It's a day for the oldest to get out and do something just for him. Oh well, I guess I'll go through the line once and then not ride, then we'll go through single rider for the ride if worse comes to worst.

Hopefully castle tour will be open and you won't have to do that.

 

[aharding]

Thanks for all of the tips!!