Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios is now open!
“As you enter Hogwarts Castle, you find those iconic rooms such as the Gryffindor Common Room, which everybody for years has wanted to have the opportunity to travel inside Hogwarts and see what it was like to be in those hallowed halls,” Tom Schroder said. “Then you are swept up into a journey that really captures the greatest stories, the greatest characters, and the greatest experiences from the books and films.”
What’s confirmed
• Maps of the area indicate that two existing coasters at Islands will be refashioned for Wizarding World theming. Dueling Dragons becomes Dragon Challenge (now with Chinese Fireball and Hungarian Horntail trains). Flying Unicorn, a family coaster, morphs into Flight of the Hippogriff.
• A slew of stores from the Potter stories — including Zonko’s, Honeydukes and Three Broomsticks — will be included in Hogsmeade. Butterbeer, a staple of the stories, will be available there.
“Many of us have tasted it,” Woodbury said. “We developed a special recipe. We collaborated with Warner Bros. One of the meetings we’ve had with J.K. Rowling, we tasted and sampled some of the food items that we will have in Three Broomsticks, including butterbeer.” Orlando Sentinel
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As an avid Harry Potter fan who has read the books multiple times and of course seen the movies repeatedly, I was extremely excited to see this movie at the midnight showing. Half-Blood Prince is my favorite book and other than 7, the darkest book in the series. Thanks, Simone