Today, Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park celebrated 1,000,000 Butterbeers sold! Can you believe it? Since June 18th (the grand opening day) through January 6th, 1,000,000 Butterbeers were sold to guests! That's nearly 5,000 Butterbeers per day!! No wonder the lines are so long to get a drink! Book your Harry Potter and Universal Orlando package or theme … [Read more...]
Wizarding World of Harry Potter Grand Opening Video
Here's a new video of the grand opening celebrations for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter park. The video includes footage from the actual grand opening day on June 18, 2010, as well as a lot of footage from opening celebrations the two nights before the 18th. These "opening celebrations" show the red carpet arrival of the Harry Potter movie stars, the fireworks shows, … [Read more...]
Harry Potter Wand Winner!!
"When are you going to announce the winner of the Harry Potter wand?" Well, we gave people all the way through the entire grand opening day for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter park to get their entries in for the contest. So, first thing this morning, I checked for any last minute entries, entered them into the spreadsheet for all the winners and went over to the … [Read more...]
Wizarding World of Harry Potter Park Opening Date Revealed?
We visited Universal Orlando, today hoping to find some new Harry Potter park merchandise ahead of the grand opening of the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter park at Islands of Adventure. Unfortunately, no merchandise, but we did get some good information! The Universal Studios Store will have Harry Potter park merchandise starting in March. Was this the Harry Potter … [Read more...]