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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is the largest success Universal’s Islands of Adventure has had since the park first opened. Now, this mystical world is being expanded in a big way with the addition of a brand new, highly-themed roller coaster. This photo report, with shots provided by our contributor, @bioreconstruct on Twitter, oversees the current construction going on at the Wizarding World.
By Don Gworek
For just a few hours Saturday, those in and around Universal Orlando got a tantalizing sneak peek of what will be an animated fire-breathing dragon perched on the roof of Gringotts Bank in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley. [Read more…]
By Don Gworek
Some construction walls came down this week on Main Street U.S.A. at Disney’s Magic Kingdom, revealing a bright new facade on the Confectionery shop. This is the Southeast corner of the street, at Town Square. Before examining details of the new facade, this story needs a flashback to the way the shop used to look. [Read more…]
Article by Don Gworek
A friend of mine asserted that the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride in Universal’s Islands of Adventure is in the largest show building in the world. That didn’t seem right, so I pulled out my phone and Google mapped to prove what I thought – that the Revenge of the Mummy building at Universal Studios is bigger. Later at home, I decided to compare some other theme park buildings at the same scale. I hope you find this collage as interesting as I do. [Read more…]
