• "I live in Orlando so the news (rumors) going around here is that Dueling Dragons is being shipped to Japan and a new duel coaster is in the works, it was originally rumored to be Quitage themed. The Lost Continent will be the new Harry Potter wing. Poseidon's Adventure is rumored to be the location for Hogwarts. Now I really want to go to HHN (Halloween horror nights) once they inevitably move it back to IOA. Seriously who doesn't want to see Deatheaters and Dementors running around." Most of those are BS. Dueling Dragons is simply being rembranded to be the Triwzard Tournament Dragon Challenge, and Hogwarts is being built far from Posiedon's Adventure, which is still up.

• 9th place? Hardly worth the effort.

• "AE Feral said: JK Rowling must have gotten a raw deal with her royalties (or whatever this trite is) if Forbes magazine lists her as 9th on the highest paid people in show business (below Jerry Seinfeld and Dan Brown) with all the merchandizing that comes out of that series." I'm by no means a Potter fandom expert, but I'd put good odds on most of the merchandise being labeled and sold as movie-related. Chances are she sold the film rights relatively early and didn't realize the strong position from which she was bargaining. If that's the case, it's likely that she didn't negotiate for a piece of the profits from movie merch or her taste is very small.

• People, Universal Studios theme park and Disneyworld aren't the same thing...

• mcdonald's style. but, are there going to be grown men in hello kitty ensembles? Hmmm???? with a bit of potter thrown in. of course.

• it pretty much sounds like a ren faire.

• Abraxas - I lol'd.

• "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey" worries me.

• I want to go there! I am such a sucker for things like this.

• given the ratio of spending versus adventures mentioned in the article is incredibly high, you might need a credit check to get in. This is going to be like the lame ass California Adventures- geared to make you shop for a several hours in between two or three decent rides.

• I live in Orlando so the news (rumors) going around here is that Dueling Dragons is being shipped to Japan and a new duel coaster is in the works, it was originally rumored to be Quitage themed. The Lost Continent will be the new Harry Potter wing. Poseidon's Adventure is rumored to be the location for Hogwarts. Now I really want to go to HHN (Halloween horror nights) once they inevitably move it back to IOA. Seriously who doesn't want to see Deatheaters and Dementors running around.

• As much as I hate the series now because of the complete suckage of the last two novels, I have to admit this park sounds like a magical experience... so long as one can turn off their capitalism radar.

• Disneyworld never attracted me at all, but I would drop huge bucks here!

• I am a big fan of the books and (most of) the films, but what the hell is Jo playing at? A theme park is just Diagon Alley?

• JK Rowling must have gotten a raw deal with her royalties (or whatever this trite is) if Forbes magazine lists her as 9th on the highest paid people in show business (below Jerry Seinfeld and Dan Brown) with all the merchandizing that comes out of that series.

• Upon seeing 'Honeydukes' and 'Three Broomsticks' I severely wanted to go. Despite the ways this could go wrong... namely the Owlery mentioned above...

• Tell me there's some kind of Virtual Quidditch ride/"experience" and I'll book my ticket ASAP.

• Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey oddly enough I think that might be the title of a FFF based on that picture

• Yeah, this should be a lot of fun. I just hope they don't adapt the last book/movie as a ride, because if you think a Tri-Wizard ride is rough, I'd hate for there to be a ride where random members of your friends and family you've gotten to know and love over the years are brutally killed one after another in spectacular fashion.

• I was at Islands of Adventure this summer. It looks like they're going to replace the Atlantis/Aladdin themed area for the Harry Potter park. All the Harry Potter walls blocking off the construction are in that area as well as the Dueling Dragons roller coaster. Yes, the dragon roller coaster will not be a new one. There's also a large generic looking building that I'm guessing will be Hogwart's academy. Did you notice we all seem to be more tolerant of Harry Potter since Twilight appeared.

• I'm wondering where the hell they're going to fit all of this... I saw where they're building this, and, you know, it didn't look like 22-acres O.o Oh, well, still sounds awesome... Alcoholic or not, I'm bound to drink enough butterbeer to start thinking I'm an actual wizard, start harassing all of the people in "I <3 Slytherine" shirts, and whatnot.

• Considering the terrorists who attacked london on the 7th of July 2005, came through kings cross, the same station that Harry Potter catches the train from platform 9 and 3/4, I think there is an immense possibility for the "Potter Ultimatum" Harry Potter chased by Muggle agents through a major London train station, as Matt Damon kills everyone. IT'S SYNERGY BABY!

• This sounds like so much fun that I have to find the opportunity to go!

• I seem to remember hearing about this back in the planning stages...seems like a nice enough idea.

• An Owlery? Seriously? In the books, don't they make it clear that the room is full of owl crap? Who would want to go in there? People who like to look at mail? Can't you do that at home? Wait--- Holy shit. They're going to have animatronic owls, aren't they? Like the Tiki room, just way freakier and full of bird droppings. Whose responsible indeed.

• Harry Potter gets an amusement park while, still, some people do not know of Discworld? i call shenanigans, good sir, and the mods are on my side. Whose responsible this? Whose responsible this indeed. I rest my case.

• i saw this Crap being built back in June. "WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS...!?" If you've been to Universal's Islands of Adventure, its sort of near Dueling Dragons

• After pulling out my copy of Prisoner of Azkaban to check, my suspicions were confirmed that it's totally 'hippogriff' and not 'gryph' in the books. I think the fact that I just did that tells everyone how much I would totally go to this place given the opportunity.

• Also, when does the inevitable 56-acre "Twilight" park show up? Complete with sparkling and sexual angst, of course.

• Jeebus. I know farmers that have less than 22 acres to work with.

• What MattK said. Also, that would be soo amazing. I'm already imagining Honeydukes now. I like the wand idea, I don't even care how much it'd cost, I'd buy it.

• Oh man, I laughed pretty hard at that last bit. Note to self: don't go on the Tri-Wizard rides... or only go to the park with three people I hate, and have them ride it.

• Saw the pic and thought you'd enacted FFF early in hopes of creating a new meme to top WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS? But yeah, this looks like a good replacement for the Marvel Adventures that'll most likely move to Disney...though I'm surprised that this isn't going to Six Flags, considering the strong WB ties and all.

• Does this means that they'll bring back those Bertie Bott's every flavor jellybeans? I've got a 3 year old bag of those suckers. BLERGH! They taste worse now...

• I would go.

• I'm not even that big a fan of the series, enjoying the rifftrax of them far more than the actual novels or movies. But something about that just sounds fun to me.

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