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05-31-2007, 05:02 AM
| | |  Harry Potter theme park to open in Orlando in 2010
In a live webcast from Leavesden Studios in England, Harry Potter set designer Stuart Craig, along with a rep from Universal Studios, officially announced that Universal Studios in Orlando will open a Harry Potter theme park in 2010 called "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter." The park will encompass all the Harry Potter books and, eventually, all the films as well.
Park visitors will be able to visit and enter Hogwarts Castle, Hogsmeade Village and the Forbidden Forest. enjoying rides, attractions, shows, shops and restaurants. Although no specifics can be given at this time, there will be intense thrill rides, as well as fantasy rides, and other entertainment experiences based on characters.
Everything from the park staff to the food served will be authentically Harry Potterish. Although the park will appeal to any age range, it will be based on a mature kind of magic, the same as the books.
The decision was made to build the park in Florida, as opposed to England, due to the ideal weather climate and the city of Orlando was chosen specifically as it is a theme-park town. All plans for the park were collaborated on by people such as Harry Potter producers David Heyman and David Barron, screenwriter Steve Klovis, and everything was reviewed and approved by J.K. Rowling herself.
According to Rowling: Quote:
The plans I’ve seen look incredibly exciting, and I don’t think fans of the books or films will be disappointed.
Discussions about the park began in Nov. 2006 and the design process began in Jan. 2007. Fans will eventually have an opportunity to contribute thoughts and ideas for the park on a website, which you can visit right here.
Special thanks to Warner Bros. for inviting SnitchSeeker to be a part of its exclusive webcast tonight, allowing us to bring this news to our members before releasing it to the general public! 
Artist rendering of Hogwarts Castle
Artist rendering of Hogsmeade Village
Artist rendering of owl view of park
You can view the concept art images in high res right here in our gallery. UPDATE: For those interested in more information about the theme park, Warner Bros. has just issued this press release.  | |
05-31-2007, 11:37 AM
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Fantastic! I'm so excited! 
Bahaha. That would be so awesome if they had the charries roaming around as well like in Disney 
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05-31-2007, 11:42 AM
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| | Puffskein
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this is awsome!!!I will be seventeen when it opens...hope i can get to orlando for my last year at hogwarts..if not...i'll go there whn i'm older...but i WILL go there...even if i'm 20 or somthing...
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Yaaay. Theme parky goodness!
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im so excited!!
im a lot older by 2010 and it simply means, i could be on my way..haha
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| | Romanian Longhorn
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I am soo Flying over there when it's finished,I'll be 17 =D | |
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05-31-2007, 12:38 PM
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It could be good. In fact, it has the potential to be bloody brilliant, as long as it's done well. I trust Jo. If she's backing it and having some input, then I'm not worried.
And I know where I'm going on holiday in 2010! 
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ooo, cool!! Someday I will get there to visit! 3 years is plenty of time to save money to get there!
I bet all the workers there get to dress up Harry Potterish Cool! Working there would be an awesome job!
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05-31-2007, 12:47 PM
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thats so amazing! I'm so going when it opens! woot!
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05-31-2007, 01:08 PM
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cool,but why not in england x
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| | Romanian Longhorn
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Oh my God! I've never been a fan of theme parks but a Harry Potter one... well... WOW!
Orlando here I come! 
__________________ I gotta go back to the muggle world,
they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
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05-31-2007, 01:29 PM
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Ah 2010 is too far away, but I'll definitely be going!! | |
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05-31-2007, 01:29 PM
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That Is Going To Rock! I Am Defienitly Going!
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05-31-2007, 01:34 PM
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 I love this idea! For once, I'm happy that I live about an hour from Orlando!
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05-31-2007, 01:43 PM
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2010 is the perfect year. This can be my senior class trip! 
I hope they make a ride with Buckbeak or the flying car. That'd be so cool! | |
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05-31-2007, 01:44 PM
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Great idea, great plan. I plan to go.
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Oh wow that will be so cool ! I want to go now !
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i keep hearing it going to be completed in 2009 not 2010 
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05-31-2007, 01:57 PM
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It sounds exciting! I will definitely go...
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05-31-2007, 02:32 PM
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I'm not to sure about this, whenI first read about a theme park sometime again I wasn't keen on the idea because I think that it may be a bit 'tacky' or just for children. When I see some photos of the park then I'll be able to make up my mind but for now I'm holding onto my reservations.
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05-31-2007, 02:59 PM
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Wow wow wowie!! This sounds amazing! Can i wait three years though? I can hardly wait for the 5th movie to come out! ahhhhh! | |
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05-31-2007, 03:04 PM
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| | Firecrab
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OMG!!! This is so Cool! i can't wait till 2010! I am defenetly going to start saving for this so i can take My son! He's currently six but he loves Harry Potter as much as I do! I'm sure that My daughter wouldn't mind going either! lol!!! This is something we all can look forward to and I Certainly can't wait!
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awsome, I'll be 17-18 at the time! which means I can go there whenever I can/want
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omg! I just read that on yahoo. but yahoo says jkr says 2009. either way i'm psyched
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Here I come Oh my gosh this is so cool!!!!!!! | |
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ZOMG I can't wait! I'm already imagining what rides will be there... 
Yay Sam! I'll be 18 or 19 too. 
We can go together. So now we're band buddies and theme park buddies. 
