Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-79219.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Universal Harry Potter Leak Upstages Disney's Leap Day Celebration Announcement</b></a> <p>Jim Hill writes Universal Studios completely upstaged Disney's announcement of a 24-hour Leap Day party by leaking details of their Harry Potter expansion to a theme park website at the same time.</p>
Originally Posted By DlandDug The problem with the basic thesis here is the notion that Disney's New Year's announcement was intended to be the biggest story of 2012. Realistically, the 24 hour Leap Day event is a pretty small scale promotion that will nicely fill the gap between the holidays and the massive, massive hoopla that will surround the opening of Carsland, and the re-launch of DCA (and by extension, the whole Disneyland Resort). Anyone who has been keeping their eyes open at the DLR lately cannot help but notice that there is a LOT going on, just not with that much fanfare. But when it all comes together in June, it should be a pretty big story. Reimagined DCA, revitalized hotel, neat 'n pretty Disneyland (looking the best it has been since 2005)-- it all adds up to the real story coming out of Disney Parks and Resorts in 2012.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer "So we're going to be open for 24 ho-" "WE'RE BRINGING HARRY POTTER TO HOLLYWOOD!" "Uh, 24 hours for leap - " "IT WON'T BE HERE UNTIL AT LEAST 2015 BUT IT'S COMING!" " -year."
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 I'll give you all that Dug, but why the hell can't they change the name to "Radiator Springs", away from the retarded "Carsland". Reminds me of how publishers thought Americans would not understand the name of(ironically)the first Harry Potter book and thus changed it from the original "Philosopher's Stone"(as it is known in the rest of the world)to the "Sorcerer's Stone". Dumb and stupid. For the sake of Americans, I refer to book two("The Chamber of Secrets")as, "The Room of Things That Cannot Be Discussed". You know, so their brains won't explode.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>...why the hell can't they change the name to "Radiator Springs", away from the retarded "Carsland".<< Is all the rudeness really necessary? It is "Carsland" because the movie it is based on is "CARS," not Radiator Springs. Further, there is a pretty compelling reason to use the "land" suffix. Just look across the esplanade for the answer to that one. And Carsland is a really good choice for a new land. The two films combined have earned more than $1.2 billion world wide. Merchandise for the first film alone topped $8 billion as of early 2011.
