Jim Hill Media has reported that construction is underway for the upcoming Harry Potter Theme Park. Go to this page for tons more information on the part.

Just so you know: The construction team that Universal has hired are currently in the site prep portion of this project. Meaning that — now that they’ve cleared all of the brush in this previously undeveloped part of that theme park — the workmen are hauling in truckload after truckload of fill. Which is then spread out all over the Hogwarts Castle construction site.

“And why are they doing that?,” you ask. Well, once it’s been determined that the Universal Orlando Resort has a level working surface which will actually be to support the weight of this several-hundred-ton structure (Which is quite a concern in sinkhole-prone Central Florida), then construction can then begin in earnest on Hogwarts Castle. With first the footings & foundation work getting underway in January, which will then be followed by vertical construction on this enormous show building in the late Winter / early Spring of next year.

Filed Under: Universal Orlando Resort, Wizarding World of Harry Potter