Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 Do you have ANY idea how cool you just became in my eyes?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!
Originally Posted By dshyates Ok, I was in the park today, and I can tell you that from the preps, this thing is going to have a GO that rivals the Paris TOT GO. They were testing the projections that are going to be projected onto the rockface under Hogwarts and they also have a stage for a full orchestra set up. This thing is going to be HUGE!!! The phrase "out disneyed Disney" now has something even my Mom could point at.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 Hopefully there will be a tv special better than the last pathetic one they did.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yeah, considering how many eggs Uni is putting into this basket, and how badly they need this to be a humongous hit (not just a decent boost), that TV special was almost embarrassing. If you didn't know much about the attraction it wouldn't have generated much excitement, and you'd think that Uni/NBC would know how to, you know, PRODUCE A TV SPECIAL.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Seriously, how much national interest do you really think this would garner on TV? I know the fans are wild about it, but to the average person this is just a ride, although a fantastic one, at a theme park in Orlando.
Originally Posted By sjhym33 My son and I were talking last night and he told me that a coworker had ridden Forbidden Journey this week and told him that it was the best thing he has ever ridden. My son told me that we need to get AP's for Universal. I think this is going to be big with that kind of word of mouth.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Yep, and I think word of mouth for this will go a lot further than a TV special.
Originally Posted By dshyates They had a HUGE press event tonight with all the major stars, the Boston Symphony Orchestra cunducted by John Williams, and they used projections up onto Hogwarts with a laser/ fireworks finale. I hear it was spectacular. It was streamed live, but I missed it. I was at the MK with my kids. They are supposed to placing the video on Universal's media site. I will let you know when it is up. Also they are going to be streaming the Grand Opening Ceremony on Friday morning from 9:00-9:30am eastern. Here is the link: <a href="http://www.grandopeningwebevent.com/" target="_blank">http://www.grandopeningwebevent.com/</a>
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Seriously, how much national interest do you really think this would garner on TV? I know the fans are wild about it, but to the average person this is just a ride, although a fantastic one, at a theme park in Orlando. >>> It would fit perfectly along with many other things that are shown on the Travel Channel.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo "Seriously, how much national interest do you really think this would garner on TV? I know the fans are wild about it, but to the average person this is just a ride, although a fantastic one, at a theme park in Orlando." Funny that, walking through the St Pancras train station in London (famous for Eurostar Services to France and Belgium) and across from Kings Cross where the young wizards and witches embark on their journey to Hogwarts, there was a huge series of clips of previews on the giant monitors - 3000 miles away in a different country. This is big! The mayor of London has also written to J K Rowling, Universal and WB insisting they engage in talks to bring a Harry Potter attraction to London (good luck - he's an idiot).
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 I think that boat might have sailed. Where was he when JK was conducting talks with Disney and Uni? Oh and.... 1 DAY UNTIL OFFICIAL OPENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By dshyates For those that think only Disney can do a Grand Opening Spectacular, check out this pic (notice John Williams and the Boston Symphony Orchestra on the left side). <a href="http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/9517/wwohpgo.jpg" target="_blank">http://img717.imageshack.us/im...hpgo.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 I think I just found my new desktop image. Oh and yatesy - YOU, the maven of ALL THINGS WWoHP, YOU the doyen of EVERYTHING about this wonderful attraction.........YOU WERE AT THE AWFUL MK WHEN ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING?!?!?! WHAT THE FUDGE ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Originally Posted By dshyates It was by invatation only. And seeing as how I believe that I may have pissed off Universal Creative with some of my pics. Especially the ones I took out back of The Nassal Co. And possibly the helicopter shots. No one from Orlando United got an invite. Even though we had by far the best coverage of the construction process. Probably TOO good.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm chuckling at all the suppressed Disney hate bubbling beneath the surface here. I'm baffled at why the two theme park giants can't each have their day. Why the competition among fans... especially on a Disney fan site?
