Harry Potter Discussion Thread

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by Big Boy Laroux

I just had one of the biggest nerdgasms of my life Tuesday night. My company had their annual sales kickoff in orlando, and they rented out "The Wizarding world of Harry Potter". It was pretty damn awesome. Looked/felt like you were in hogsmeade/Diagon Alley (it was kind of a mash-up of both). Butterbeer, Honeyduke's, Ollivander's, the Three Broomsticks, etc. the dragon roller coaster was cool, but the "experience" ride (where it looks/feels like you are riding a broomstick, and you're surrounded by dementors, dragons, spiders, etc.) was way cool.

And just the detail... the line to the experience ride (well, the walk-up, we didn't have lines cause it was rented out) went through hogwarts, with talking portraits, talking sorting hat, dumbledore's office, etc. Hell, they even had moaning myrtle in the bathrooms.

definitely recommend it if you are ever down in orlando.

I was just there last weekend with my gf. Very cool but they need to expand it. Small space with a big crowd at least when I was there. I couldn't believe how good Butterbeer was.

[Big Boy Laroux]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

I was just there last weekend with my gf. Very cool but they need to expand it. Small space with a big crowd at least when I was there. I couldn't believe how good Butterbeer was.

Yeah, it's a small space. So I suggest renting it out.

Our event was at night, with a full moon, too. That added to the ambience of the village. It really all felt self-contained, like you were actually there, with no city around you. And the hogwarts castle was set up in perspective like you were viewing it from a great distance. The amount of detail in this place was crazy.

You go into ollivander's, and they put on a little show of a wand "choosing you". I wasn't selected, but one of the guys i was with got to say "accio ladder" - ended up pulling some shelves out instead, so the wand "wasn't for him"

Then we had a DJ toward the end (in the main village square area), and some wizards came out in full robes to dance with us. Pretty funny.