The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hogsmeade (Orlando): Part 2

[Teebin]

Side note, love how every time I go through single riders people think we're "fast pass"!

Next time tell them that it is the VIP entrance for Comcast/NBC executives and their families and also celebrities and wealthy investors. That should aggravate them.

 

[sierrak5]

Rode today with the new floo network. I don't find it better or worse, just different. My understanding before was that we were traveling through chimneys and now it is green portal instead. I didn't notice anything else different in the rest of the ride though.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Rode today with the new floo network. I don't find it better or worse, just different. My understanding before was that we were traveling through chimneys and now it is green portal instead. I didn't notice anything else different in the rest of the ride though.

Yeah I agree with this. From what it sounds like it blends in with the green fog.

 

[USO92]

What's the whole point with this floo network?? I don't remember it in any of the movies...if it was even in the movies what was it used for?

 

[BJCool]

What's the whole point with this floo network?? I don't remember it in any of the movies...if it was even in the movies what was it used for?

From Harry Potter Wiki...

The Floo Network is a mode of transportation in the wizarding world in which a witch or wizard goes from one place to another by means of Floo powder and a fireplace. Many fireplaces are connected in the Floo Network, and the traveller need only speak the desired fireplace they wish to arrive at very clearly as they stand in the emerald green flames.

Some screencaps for reference:

 

[USO92]

OH! Now I remember it, i always wondered what those were when watching. I didn't have much interest in HP until I saw WWoHP back in 2011 for the first time and so I'm not fully educated in what everything is.

 

[Avvie Cunnington]

That is one thing I love about this park. People who didn't know much about Potters world leave wanting to know more. Its creating more fans everyday.

 

[maxairmike]

My girlfriend just started picking up the books, and she is flying through them (and I think she's actually enjoying them) because she figured she should get some "product knowledge" about what was going on with two huge additions to the resort she works at.

The real trick will be getting her to watch the movies, as she basically refuses anything that isn't sunshine and rainbows of a movie (i.e. Disney/kid movies or chick flicks).

 

[JungleSkip]

Universal is adding a stage to WWoHP

 

[Cecilia]

Could that be for the Frog Choir/Tri-Wizard Pep Rally?

 

[JungleSkip]

Could that be for the Frog Choir/Tri-Wizard Pep Rally?

That was my hypothesis.

 

[Cecilia]

That was my hypothesis.

Cool beans. :thumbs: I was hoping that this would happen eventually. The set up they have now is detrimental to the crowds that it brings in.

 

[Teebin]

I guess this permit implies it will be a permanent installation? I wish a permit would be filed to remove that silly snowman. Does that even have relevance in the books?

 

[BJCool]

My mind immediately thought of the stage from the WWoHP grand opening ceremony.....

[video=youtube;hqacGBnwEUo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqacGBnwEUo[/video]

In addition to that, I thought either some upgrade "Frog Choir/Tri-Wizard Pep Rally", too.

Or on a far less chance.......a stage for announcing the phase 2 expansion. I mean, where better to announce that Uni is adding to Potter than from the Hogwarts grounds?! ray:



EDIT: AmusementPics posted that a (new?) cart is over by this archway selling pins, keychains, and lanyards....

 

[Teebin]

That pin cart looks like a converted 18th century hurse... or do they still use hurses like that in New Orleans? Pins... I will never understand the allure of pins at theme parks.

 

[Octobers Fade]

That pin cart looks like a converted 18th century hurse... or do they still use hurses like that in New Orleans? Pins... I will never understand the allure of pins at theme parks.

A small inexpensive keepsake?

 

[Andy]

A small inexpensive keepsake?

Inexpensive is a thing of the past unfortunately, while cruising the gift shops in Carsland I came across pins that are now up to 22.99! I remember when I was a kid collecting them before it was popular though and they sold at Disney for 3 or 4 dollars.

 

[jtsalien]

Inexpensive is a thing of the past unfortunately, while cruising the gift shops in Carsland I came across pins that are now up to 22.99! I remember when I was a kid collecting them before it was popular though and they sold at Disney for 3 or 4 dollars.

The only place pins are inexpensive is Ebay.

 

[BJCool]

In some fairly minor news, the latest TM newsletter states....

 

[ReelJustice]

Curious

I guess it's so TMs have a shorter walk to the rest of the attractions.