The Flight of the Hippogriff ride at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park is a re-theming of the original Flying Unicorn ride in Lost Continent. The designers took the elements of the hippogriff from the Harry Potter books and applied them to the roller coaster, including a huge hippogriff nest. The nest is one of the coolest parts of the ride/queue line, as is … [Read more...]
Win A Harry Potter Lanyard and Candy
After announcing the winner of our wand contest and effectively ending the contest period, I'm sure you're all anxious to have the chance to win something else, right? As I said, yesterday, we'll have plenty of contests coming up. In the meantime, we stumbled upon another Harry Potter contest where the blog is giving away a Harry Potter park lanyard and a U-No-Poo … [Read more...]
Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park Rides
We've shown you a few of our own videos of the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park rides, but we found this one from TV guide that gives a good overview of the three thrill rides at Wizarding World park that we wanted to share with you. The video host takes you through the Dragon Challenge, Flight of the Hippogriff, and Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey in … [Read more...]
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey Wins Award!
Shocking as it may be (sarcasm), Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride has won the Theme Park Insider award for the best new attraction in their 2010 awards. Wizarding World of Harry Potter park, along with the Forbidden Journey ride also helped Islands of Adventure win the Theme Park Insider award for Best Theme Park, beating out Disney's Animal Kingdom and Busch … [Read more...]
Owl Post and Dervish & Banges
Visit the Owl Post and Dervish & Banges to pick up all your "school supplies" for Hogwart's! Yes, get your souvenirs from the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter park at these two retail locations. Wands, Rememberalls, Sneakoscopes, your class robes, broomsticks, t-shirts, ball caps, and more crammed into two very small stores. Both stores really needed to be bigger. … [Read more...]