Universal Great Britain - Speculation & Rumors

[Altonsky]

Who’s to say the castle in the TV show will still look like the castle in the movies. I can’t imagine it being too different but maybe holding off a couple of years and seeing how the TV show progresses would enable them to bring something different to the table.

The TV show at least is going to bring us loads of new locations that were in the books but never featured in the films.

 

[Dinosaurus]

The park is adding Jurassic and BttF without cloning anything, so what's stopping them from adding Harry Potter rides that are new? A Chamber of Secrets ride, a Quidditch coaster, a hippogriff flying theatre... there are so many different things you can do while still keeping Hogwarts castle as the weenie.

I'd be very surprised, in the event we get Potter, to see yet another clone of Forbidden Journey.

 

[Alicia]

…so what's stopping them from adding Harry Potter rides that are new?

Design time

 

[Jake S]

Design time

 

[GAcoaster]

Design time

Especially with approvals from JKR and WB-- everything probably akes a while for sign off. I remember how long and complicated it was to get WB to sign off on stuff for Six Flags, even if it was just a ride name.

 

[xtpower]

A thought about Mark Woodbury's comments, he specifically said 'attractions' and not 'IP' or 'Lands' when he was talking about cannibalising. So perhaps internally they feel that Brits will still flock to UOR for the rides at HP, if UGB has very different attractions/rides in it's HP Land.

We already know Tommy will pick UOR over UGB .

 

[MangoDance]

Without knowing what the "Plan B" would have been if they didn't get the Harry Potter IP, I don't know how to feel about the potential news the rights issue has been sorted, was Lord of the Rings on cards? we may never find out!

I'm also nervous about not cloning or cannibalising the US parks, as it feels like the existing lands are so successful partly because they grabbed the low-hanging fruit, and are based on the most interesting locations and sequences from the film. Ministry of Magic would have been so perfect for the UK, what's left on the HP fan wish-list? Azkaban perhaps, but a prison in the middle of the ocean is no Diagon Alley!

My gut feeling is given the timeframes, we may end up with the first D-ticket HP attraction (Hippogriff doesn't count!) - possibly even a simulator based ride, our parks Simpsons / Star Tours.

Jeez I hope I'm wrong and their designers have a ton of better ideas.