Originally Posted By leobloom >> Not even to visit the toilets? Oh, you're off that schtick now. << They aren't Disney's Pixie-Dust toilets(TM), so I'm not interested.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I know Potter is a pop-culture phenomenon (seems like so many things are these days). But for those of us who aren't interested in the franchise (and that probably included a lot of people aged 30+) this expansion sounds very well-done but also not the kind of thing that a lot of people unfamiliar with the characters, settings, etc. won't be able to appreciate.<<< The same can be said for most of Disney's projects, even those that are aimed at the NON Princess Demo. But, quality will out. If it's done well, you WILL draw people in. Like a certain someone who just saw the 4th movie the other night....
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I agree with you EE. My only point that I was attempting to make is Disney is looking at it differently than we are. What they are doing is shoring up a few things around the MK. As I stated before, and it's still my opinion, I feel that Disney thinks it has the best product out there. They are not the least bit concerned with HP.<<< I gotcha. But...From what I hear, and further infer, NT wasn't just out of the blue. Sure, it pales in comparison to a whole new world in IoA, but it is a reaction.
Originally Posted By dshyates Lee, I think you and probably most of TWDC are seriously under estimating the popularity of the Potter franchise. Just check out the 1400 pages of the 2 TWWOHP threads over at orlandounited.com there are poeple coming over from all over the world just to see this thing. And many of them have no interest in seeing anything else in the same park, much less all the way down at Disney.
Originally Posted By dshyates And as far as merchendise goes, they are already sold out of the broomsticks and they start at $250. This place is going to be a goldmine.
Originally Posted By MousDad >>As I stated before, and it's still my opinion, I feel that Disney thinks it has the best product out there. They are not the least bit concerned with HP.<< I think that Dinsey thinks that most people still think they have the best product out there. Whereas it's obvious Disney doesn't think that will change, I do.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<And as far as merchendise goes, they are already sold out of the broomsticks and they start at $250. This place is going to be a goldmine.>> Yup. The merch numbers alone for this area look to be staggering. And I must say they did a hell of a job. I don't know when the last time I was excited to buy something from a theme park(actually I can...it's when the Jungle Cruise t-shirt came out). If nothing else, maybe this will prove to Disney that putting time and effort into making quality and attraction specific merchandise excites people. <<Wands will be 20 a pop, that's not bad.>> $28.95 from everything I've seen. Still not as bad as I would have guessed.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>$28.95 from everything I've seen. Still not as bad as I would have guessed.<<< If it's authentic and good quality, it's worth it.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^From what I understand they're very good quality, along with being very specific. They have each of the 13 specific wood types that pertains to each time of the year so you can pick the wand that is literally supposed to be yours.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>^^^From what I understand they're very good quality, along with being very specific. They have each of the 13 specific wood types that pertains to each time of the year so you can pick the wand that is literally supposed to be yours.<<< They've added DUST to the boxes. Jeesh.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^Yup. The attention to detail is just mindblowing. DisneySea was the only place this kind of detail could be found until now.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^It really wasn't. And that's not takling anything away from Disney. The detail put into these shops and the FJ queue are basically a new high. As much as I love the WDW of old, this is better.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Well, not to the extent of the dust, I agree, but all those little touches? And details?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Well, not to the extent of the dust, I agree, but all those little touches? And details? >> To an extent, but this thing has MORE little touches than I've ever seen. It's just mind blowing all the small animated figures and things they've put in. Trust me, as much as I've always loved Universal almost as much as Disney, I've never said they blew Disney out of the water in anything. But everything I've seen about this place, just through pictures and video, completely floors me. The only thing that WDW has ever had that comes close to rivaling the small intracit details Wizarding World has was the Adventurer's Club, IMO.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Oh no, I agree with that perfectly. They've put the level of detail into this, that Disney reserved for it's bigger attractions, like SSE or HM or POTC.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt <<They've added DUST to the boxes. Jeesh>> They've pre-dusted a dust collector? I went to a HP exibit in Boston, the merch was REALLY cool but the chocolate frogs were $5- each! they were about the size of a peanut butter cup. I didn't try one.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I went to a HP exibit in Boston, the merch was REALLY cool but the chocolate frogs were $5- each! they were about the size of a peanut butter cup. I didn't try one.>> So far that's the only price related compaint I've read. Chocolate frogs are like 10 bucks, but the trading crad is included, and they are much, much larger than a peanut butter cup. From what I've seen they're pretty big.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 "they've predusted a dust collector". That daughter of mine is so clever!!
