The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

[Don Pacho]

Courtesy of hatetofly, Orlando United
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Happy Sinko de Freethrow everyone, was out at the parks earlier today and wanted to share some pictures with all of you. Since nothing has really changed I kind of tried to be creative from different angles but ehh I don't know. There are markers with paint all over Hogsmeade where they are going to apply more snow. Shout out to fellow OU member (theLastAshen) out there today, glad to see you guys again. I am going to spread this out over two rounds of pics, here we go!

^SECURITY WAS TIGHT LET ME TELL, I MEAN THESE GUYS BACKED ME OFF THE WALL TWICE^

All right that's it for now, I will have part 2 as well HRRR photos, and IOA parkwide photos for those interested in the correct sections up later tonight. As always thanks for reading.

 

[tinkerdorabelle]

Love those photos!

 

[Purseval]

The onsite hotels were pretty empty for those first package dates --- there are great discounts still being offered, so I really doubt that there are thousands and thousands booked at offsite hotels.

We just filled out a survey USO emailed us and it was full of suggested themes to try and lure visitors into staying onsite for WWOHP, they wanted to know what we thought about them. Our reply was that we basically could care less about Harry Potter and feel that it's a risky strategy to alienate everyone else in the hopes that new HP visitors will pick up the slack.

There is no doubt that when we are here we will go to WWOHP but if it wasn't here we would still go. If it flops we'll still go. But all of these price rises and promotions make us feel like we are just now taken for granted. They had better hope it's as big as they planned because if it isn't they will have a lot of egg to wipe off of their faces.

 

[damo]

We just filled out a survey USO emailed us and it was full of suggested themes to try and lure visitors into staying onsite for WWOHP, they wanted to know what we thought about them. Our reply was that we basically could care less about Harry Potter and feel that it's a risky strategy to alienate everyone else in the hopes that new HP visitors will pick up the slack.

There is no doubt that when we are here we will go to WWOHP but if it wasn't here we would still go. If it flops we'll still go. But all of these price rises and promotions make us feel like we are just now taken for granted. They had better hope it's as big as they planned because if it isn't they will have a lot of egg to wipe off of their faces.

There are great rates available this summer for the hotels, so it sure doesn't sound like they are taking anything for granted as far as hotels are concerned. There are people on the Dates and Rates 2010 thread stating that their summer rates are the lowest they've ever gotten.

 

[Don Pacho]

Courtesy of hatetofly, Orlando United
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Ok Part Deuce, these were taken earlier today.

^Yeah my patience has run its course!^

Thats it for now.

 

[tucker99]

Just starting our research...can you please point me to the great discounts? I get "no hotels available" on some dates for week of June 20th via the AAA site.

 

[mjohnson96]

Just starting our research...can you please point me to the great discounts? I get "no hotels available" on some dates for week of June 20th via the AAA site.

If your looking to stay onsite all the discounts for the week of the 20th are pretty much gone. I was checking around and it you stay Monday and Tuesday night you might be able to get a discount rate, otherwise the rest of the nights are all pulling up the rack rate if you include those in your stay. I put in the AP rate to check, so you might need to call. When I put in AAA it says that the rooms are all booked up.

good luck, hope to see you guys there. We are staying June 19th thru the 25th at RPR.

 

[tucker99]

If your looking to stay onsite all the discounts for the week of the 20th are pretty much gone. I was checking around and it you stay Monday and Tuesday night you might be able to get a discount rate, otherwise the rest of the nights are all pulling up the rack rate if you include those in your stay. I put in the AP rate to check, so you might need to call. When I put in AAA it says that the rooms are all booked up.

good luck, hope to see you guys there. We are staying June 19th thru the 25th at RPR.

Thanks so much for checking. I originally wasn't planning to go, but the kids have been, well, relentless in asking about it so I'm starting to give in. I blame myself for even telling them about it.

Congrats to all those who booked early!

 

[Colleendoll]

Love the photos. I have been wondering where the entrace to the WWoHP is. I have never been to Universal Orlando before so hearing it is near the Lost Contenent didn't help me. Pictures help

 

[Metro West]

Love the photos. I have been wondering where the entrace to the WWoHP is. I have never been to Universal Orlando before so hearing it is near the Lost Contenent didn't help me. Pictures help

Welcome to the Darkside Colleen!

I'm sure you will enjoy it here!

 

[MadeToLove]

The Universal website just released a few nuggets of information about WWoHP for us Potterholics to devour. Nothing that answers any of our questions. Just some interviews with Alan Gilmore about the design.

Question and Answer here: http://media.universalorlando.com/harrypotter/news.php?id=22

Video interview here: http://www.universalorlando.com/harrypotternews/

 

[TwingleMum]

NBC announced on June 6th from 7-7:30 pm it will broadcast 'the Making of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter"

My boys & I can't wait..gotta go set my DVR

 

[glocon]

We will be there during that time. I would have loved to see the show before we left, but being there is even better! Here's hoping for soft openings in the very near future.

 

[Lucky4me]

This waiting on the grand opening is just draaaaaaaging on and on and on.
I don't think I've ever been so impatient for a review of a ride in a theme park, ever.
And I won't even get to see it until November.

 

[ADP]

This waiting on the grand opening is just draaaaaaaging on and on and on.
I don't think I've ever been so impatient for a review of a ride in a theme park, ever.
And I won't even get to see it until November.

I'm going to guess that prior to June 18th there will be a ton of youtube video out there of the ride. Many fans will be shooting video during the soft openings.

 

[Don Pacho]

Courtesy of Felipe, Orlando United
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Oh, by the way, Screamscape is reporting that there's a new video update from the WWoHP on youtube (from 5/3/2010). Voila:

Harry Potter Construction update 5-3-10​

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[Don Pacho]

Love the photos. I have been wondering where the entrace to the WWoHP is. I have never been to Universal Orlando before so hearing it is near the Lost Contenent didn't help me. Pictures help

This is the main entrance and the end of The Lost Continent. There is another entrance thru Jurassic park but the experience won't be the same.
Once WWoHP opens, I think they will dismantle the temporary bridge beween Lost Continent and Jurassic Park

.

 

[the Dark Marauder]

I'm going to guess that prior to June 18th there will be a ton of youtube video out there of the ride. Many fans will be shooting video during the soft openings.

Only a fool who wants to risk:
1)losing their camera/phone/whatever
2)meeting security at the end of the ride who will make them delete the video
3)having their ride/video interrupted by spiels saying "viedotaping is PROHIBITED" at several points in the ride
4)having their video pulled from youtube and their account/IP banned from youtube
5)any combination of the above or any other possibility that may not have been mentioned

 

[WWEDUDE]

Love the photos. I have been wondering where the entrace to the WWoHP is. I have never been to Universal Orlando before so hearing it is near the Lost Contenent didn't help me. Pictures help

There is a rough sketch of HP. The temp bridge connects Lost Continent to Jurassic Park, for the duration of construction (afterwards, who knows?), the tree looking building on the left of Hogsmeade was the old Enchanted Oak Tavern, and it is now the Three Broomsticks/Hogs Head Pub.

Hope this helps

 

[Dax]

From what I read somewhere, there is NO PLANS to remove the bridge that got installed from JP to Lost Continent..to much traffic, and they want to allow ppl who want to skip the bottleneck in HP the chance to do so