Inside the Magic has a new report from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter using Twitter updates from people who were in attendance.
Hogsmeade Village store fronts contain interactive elements that include the Quick Quotes Quill and plants that spring to life as you pass by.
The Ollivander’s Wand Shop experience seems to embody the concept of the wand “choosing” you. Guests work with a “shop owner” to determine which magic wand is the best fit. Guests try to cast spells that include levitating flowers or moving a ladder. If the wand is not a correct fit, special music and lighting makes it clear. A gust of air confirms a right choice.
At the Owlry, four different of Harry Potter postmarks are available to choose from.
You enter Dragon Challenge (former Dueling Dragons) through the Champion’s tent and you catch a glimpse of the Triwizard Tournament Cup and the golden eggs from the dragon challenge. Shadows of fighting dragons are seen in the tent above the loading area.
Street performers include girls from the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic performing a ribbon dance and guys from the Durmstrang Institute wielding staffs. The Hogwarts frog choir is comprised of live singers with puppets who sing the “Something Wicked This Way Comes” song heard on the third Harry Potter film.
At the Flight of the Hippogriff attraction, guests have encounters in some form with Hagrid, Fang, and Buckbeak. Before riding, you bow to a full-size moving Hippogriff.
Apparel available for purchase includes an “I served time in Azkaban” T-shirt.
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) has introduced its new Harry Potter logojet to help promote Universal Studios’ “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” which opens on June 18th in Florida. You can view a photo below.
Universal Orlando Resort has released a first-ever image of the hog’s head, which will be mounted on the wall of the Hog’s Head pub at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. You can see the photo here in our galleries!
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter press site has been updated with a video (and text) interview with Alan Gilmore, the Art Director of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Watch the video below and read the interview here!
Today we have a new official image from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. the photo is of the entrance to Hogsmeade. You may view it in the gallery!
A new video with the set designer and producers of Harry Potter, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe talking about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter has been released by Universal and may be watched below.
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