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They trademarked “Ministry of Magic” and that’s the rumored name.
I just can’t fathom walking through a portal and a Parisian arch to enter Paris, surrounded by French stores into a land whose name doesn’t acknowledge France.
But as was said earlier, Potter locations are waaaay easier to market.
I don’t know if Ministry of Magic was the original name for the land back in 2019. But I believe it will be now.
It may not be just to minimize Fantastic Beasts in marketing. It may also be a way to promote the main draw for the land even by simply saying the name of the land.
Because there’s going to be some confusion about what this land offers, and the quickest and easiest way to tell people there’s going to be a Harry Potter ride as the main attraction is to name the land after it.
If the land name was something from Fantastic Beasts, you’d have to then spend time also explaining, but wait there’s more Potter too!
It may not be just to minimize Fantastic Beasts in marketing. It may also be a way to promote the main draw for the land even by simply saying the name of the land.
Because there’s going to be some confusion about what this land offers, and the quickest and easiest way to tell people there’s going to be a Harry Potter ride as the main attraction is to name the land after it.
If the land name was something from Fantastic Beasts, you’d have to then spend time also explaining, but wait there’s more Potter too!
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At worst, if it’s called Ministry of Magic, confused guests will ask TM’s where it is and they’ll be properly directed. Won’t be a problem.
The hidden Diagon Alley effect.
Somehow it always just makes sense when you say it. It’s going to forever bother me, but please know that I completely understand the reasoning you gave. I’m so curious to see how this all shakes out!
Overheard a family at USF talking about how much they were enjoying their trip now compared to when they last came in the summer because "crowds were about the same, the weather is nice, and people don't smell like ----"
It’s the heat in the summer that gets me more than the crowds. Or maybe if the crowds were smaller and there was less time waiting in the heat, it wouldn’t be as bad?
Summer crowds at the Orlando resorts have been in decline for the past 6 or 7 years. It's still busy in the parks, but nowhere as busy as it used to be. Crowds are more evened out over the year now. Short of a few weeks here and there, there's really no dead seasons anymore. The problem with summer though, besides the heat and rain, is that the parks still charge premium prices for their on site hotels.
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Feels really jarring to be this close to the park opening I can't waitEpic Universe opens next year.....
Imagine the simultaneous excitement and horror on the parts of the construction teams and marketing teams as they really ramp up to make all this happen. There's so much to do, so much that could go wrong, and so little time left to see if a multi-billion dollar investment is the huge success it should be, or Universal Escape II: The EscapeningFeels really jarring to be this close to the park opening I can't wait
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Thousands of CM costumes to design. Dockside has at least 25 different uniforms, and they match but are different than Surfside's.
We entered "Crunch Time" six months ago. Stella Luna is already taking reservations for 12 months and 3 weeks away.
We entered "Crunch Time" six months ago. Stella Luna is already taking reservations for 12 months and 3 weeks away.
- Jul 13, 2018
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I'm certain the park will be "done" by the end of this year, but I'm hoping it's ready when it's ready. It would be nice to see a major domestic theme park open without any capacity or technical issues for once.
Just about every major new Disney or Universal D/E ticket has had issues during their first three months, often longer. I'm sure that'll happen to multiple attractions with an entire new park debuting, especially with so much high tech, much of it new, involved. Best way to avoid that scenario is to stay away during the first three or four or five months. I know I will.
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Or alternatively, have a longer and more robust test and adjust period. I don't think such problems are endemic to Universal attractions, they're just endemic because of the time constraints and timelines placed on them. That's what makes the difference between an opening like Hagrids/Gringotts and the relatively issue-free opening of Velocicoaster.
They're certainly not endemic to Universal. But the reality is they happen to just about every park now with the higher tech involved, even more seemingly simple coasters. It's really unrealistic to expect it not to be fairly widespread when Epic opens.
