The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
By Kelly Drummond
BOOKS
MOVIES
THEME PARK!
RIDES!!!
• Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey– Won Best Attraction 2010
• Flight of the Hippogriff– Less intense rollercoaster. Bring your grandma.
• Dragon Challenge– Used to be Dueling Dragons before transformed.– Pick between the Hungarian Horntail (blue) or the Chinese
Fireball (red)
The Forbidden Journey• Line goes through the castle• Talking portraits• Moving
pictures/Newspapers• Dumbledore’s Office• DADA Room• Gryffindor Common Room• Holographic Videos of
Characters• So freaking cool.
This Ride is So Kick-Ass, It Gets 2 Slides
• Soar above Hogwarts, Forbidden Forest, and the Quidditch pitch
• Be chased by a dragon• Get spit on by Aragorn• Be chased by Dementors• Be scared out of your
freaking pants• “Save the day”
SHOPS
• Honeydukes
• Zonko’s
• Dervish and Bangs
• Flich’s Emporium of Confiscated Goods
Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans at Honeydukes Chocolate Frog
OLLIVANDERS Hour – 2 Hour wait to “get in” the shop. Lies.
Shelves FILLED with “wands”
Special Effects are at a max
Actors to impersonate Olivander and his assistant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5whe9XtdQgw 2.25
Fine Dining
• The Three Broomsticks– Pumpkin Juice– Butterbeer
• Frozen or regular– Cauldron Cakes– Turkey Legs– Fish and Chips – Cornish Pasties
Opening Day
• June 18, 2010• JKR, Radcliffe, Grint,
Felton, Wright• 6 hour wait to get into
HP Park• 35 min. wait outside
Ollivanders = 5 min. inside.
• 1 in 10 visitors were in Hogwarts garb.
• 265 million dollar construction cost
• Universal hopes to raise attendance
• Universal VP, Alice Norsworthy, said
• “[the theme park] established itself as the most spectacular themed environment in the world.”
What the Guests Thought
• Deborah Kolleya, 48, from Birmingham, Ala., “[My family and I] wanted to actually experience the magic,”
• “So much better than I could have imagined it,” Paige Passantino, 18, Charleston, NC
• Blythe Passantino, 21, tearfully said,“I really wanted to live here; it was so much better than our real lives.”
Entertainment
• Frog Choir
• Beauxbatons
• Durmstrang
• Peppy staff with accents
Brendan Fraser enjoying an ice-cold Butterbeer.
Michael Douglas on Flight of the Hippogriff
How cute are they?
Michael Gambon and Radcliffe at the Grand OpeningI hate that little girl.
Works Cited
• http://www.mugglenet.com/app/category/show/76
• http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/business/19potter.html