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I’m done with the HP universe. Hagrid just blew my mind but there’s plenty other stuff to build. Whatever else gets built just needs the level of attention they’ve given to the potter stuff.
In some ways, post Potter, they have started too....F&F will be an exception always, but attractions like Kong give me hope.I’m done with the HP universe. Hagrid just blew my mind but there’s plenty other stuff to build. Whatever else gets built just needs the level of attention they’ve given to the potter stuff.
Amen, build all the Potter things!I know I said that Hagrid will be enough Potter but......
Yes Universal, forget about planning, and then aborting, stuff for Kidzone. Just go ahead and get started on the MoM so USF has a attendance boosting new attraction prior to the new park opening....Go Big or Go Home.
I’m done with the HP universe. Hagrid just blew my mind but there’s plenty other stuff to build. Whatever else gets built just needs the level of attention they’ve given to the potter stuff.
Everything they add to potter just makes it Trump the entirety of SWGE that much more. If the response to anything Star Wars is “yeah, but have you seen the WWoHP yet??” Then that’s a win for Universal.
An England that consisted of HE, Gringotts, Diagon and MoM plus a Hogsmeade that consisted of FJ, Hagrids and Hippogriff could never be topped. It’s already the best inclusive land in the world, by a wide margin, so a top notch show or some sort of performance for MoM would round out their lineup in a perfect way.
I’d personally want a ride, but I could see a legit high-end 30 min show with effects being the better option here. Just seeing the boxes raise for the opening of Hagrides shows a sliver of the potential.
I am all in for FW to get the Beauxbatons area, and maybe one more HP universe school. But yes bring on the Beauxboatons.I still prefer Fantastic Worlds getting the French MoM and Beauxbatons.
If anything, Ministry would replace Fear Factor Live, not MiB which is a bit too far from London.
I do agree with having some restraint with a singular IP, tho, and the only reason why I'm for MoM taking over FFL is because it's close enough, not a ride replacement, and the show it would replace is not a show that is beloved (it's actually loathed by many). I digress... the point I'm trying to get at is that you can be sure Universal is taking note that, 10 years later, the WWoHP is still poppin' and new Potter rides are still bringing in the MASSES. So, time will tell, but if I were Uni Creative, I'd be fast tracking that MoM attraction lol. HP* just keeps on giving, and it's so encouraging how this attraction is being so well received.
*please note I said HP and not Fantastic Beasts.
I’d personally want a ride, but I could see a legit high-end 30 min show with effects being the better option here. Just seeing the boxes raise for the opening of Hagrides shows a sliver of the potential.
Totally on board.I still prefer Fantastic Worlds getting the French MoM and Beauxbatons.
The French MoM or another wizarding school makes me nervous. It would be HP’s version of “generic composite Star Wars planet.” Hagrid’s has the benefit of being attached to recognizable landmarks (plus apparently being amazing).
Also, let’s be honest - I’m a huge HP fan, but Fantastic Beasts will never have the staying power, relevancy, or significance of the original series.
The new property was a big question mark, now that it's locked in, things like FFL are a question mark.It's absurd that they aren't bulldozing Fear Factor right now. Everyone in real life that I have mentioned the Ministry idea to loves it, Hagrid is proving that people are still hungry for Potter immersion, it is the last iconic theme park ready land in the series, this should be happening yesterday.
You make it all indoors, connected to the rest of the London facade, build it like EPCoT's Land pavilion, multi-story with the golden fountain in the center, with a Ministry Employee canteen themed quick service restaurant where you can glimpse animatronic House Elves cooking, it should have three attractions, a big exciting e-ticket themed to the Department of Mysteries, a show based around Death Eater trials, and a dark ride telling a Ministry Approved Wizarding World History as an example of the dangerous powers of propaganda that Rowling made a point of highlighting in the books.
It is perfectly set up a location to make use of any and all actors who still want to (and are able to) be involved, without the exclusions of those who do not (or can not) wouldn't seem weird/obvious. So while I and many others would go crazy at having say Imelda Staunton back as Umbridge if she wasn't there it wouldn't seem odd because there is plenty you could do in the Ministry that she wouldn't be involved with.
It is a slam dunk idea and I am nervous that they haven't pulled the trigger because of Fantastic Worlds. No one really wants a Fantastic Beasts ride much less an entire land, building the British Ministry unconnected to your Wizarding London land is dumb, building a different countries Ministry is stupid and building The Ministry but set long before anything you cared about happened there is ridiculous.
Have confidence in your abilities Universal, build The Ministry in the Fear Factor spot now, and build a great new park with zero Wizarding World stuff (at least until WB figures out how to make new films set in this world that actually connect with audiences) I know you can do it Universal.