Originally Posted By ctdsnark As I'm sure many have heard by now,Universal is building a Harry Potter-themed area at their Islands Of Adventure park outside Orlando.What I haven't been able to find out,however,is whether they're adding a whole new section,or this will be replacing one of the current sections---does anyone know?
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Rumour has it, that the Lost Continent section will be taken over. <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-87216-P-3.asp" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms gBoard-T-87216-P-3.asp</a>
Originally Posted By ctdsnark I had a feeling---were I to lay bets on which section of IOA would be replaced,it would've been Lost Continent because,unlike all the other areas,it has no attractions based on anything from 20th century pop culture. This represents a good opportunity for Disney,though---they should build that "mythological creatures" section they originally planned for Animal Kingdom!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<they should build that "mythological creatures" section they originally planned for Animal Kingdom!>> Not gonna happen.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I'm looking forward to Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Churros at the new Harry Potter park... Speaking of Bertie Bott's, the two new flavours in the Every Flavor Beans are pickle and bacon. Mmmmmmmmm!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I like the soap one; it has a nice fruity taste. I dropped in the Jelly Belly outlets a while back, and the cashier told me an interesting story about the Vomit jellybean and I told the cashier that I always thought that it tasted like stale pizza. Well, she told me that I was right; Vomit was originally supposed to be pizza, but they couldn't get the cheese flavor right. She said they even brought in a cheeseologist, who ended up saying that the beans tasted like vomit. Imagineer that!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs <<Autopia Deb: Would that be dill or sweet pickle?>> According to Wikipedia, it is dill pickle. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertie_Bott" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B ertie_Bott</a>%27s_Every_Flavor_Beans The current 22 Flavours include: Booger Black Pepper Blueberry Dirt Cherry Cinnamon Earthworm Ear wax Green apple Grape Jelly Grass Tutti-Fruitti Lemon Drop Vomit Soap Sardine Toasted Marshmallow Buttered Popcorn Bacon Rotten egg Dill Pickle Sausage If memory serves me right, two new flavours are added every time a new HP film comes out. I think the last two new flavors were Bacon and Rotten Egg.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* FBR! Disclaimer: I've never actually eaten ANY of the disgusting flavors!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Kinda off topic, if you mix the buttered popcorn with the toasted marshmellow it tastes like a rice crispy treat, yummmmmm. BTW how do they know what earthworms taste like?
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 LOL, yeah, the first time I had one of the "bad" flavors in one of those bags, I couldn't believe they would do that. I thought it was funny though. The grass flavor kind of tastes good to me, LOL!
Originally Posted By knoxvelour can never get too much Potter <a href="http://thefifthdistrict.com/potter/" target="_blank">http://thefifthdistrict.com/po tter/</a>
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast the red dye used in McDonalds strawberry shakes is made from crushed beetles
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP re post 19--They are the Cochineal beetle just about anything labeled "all natural" and that is really red had little tiny crushed beetles in it. (Think for example strawberry yogurt.) If you go to the pyramids near Mexico City a vendor man will be happy to display the little tiny tiny beetles and show you the color they make. Other places too I'm sure, I've just seen the guy at the pyramids. (I know how to pronounce the pyramids correct name, I just can't spell it, not even well enough for a search engine to correct my spelling.) Oh, and it's in your makeup too. see the wikipedia article here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C ochineal</a>
