Jimmy Fallon Promotes WWoHP in Orlando (Roundup)

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (the best late-night talk show on the air right now, in my opinion) relocated this week to Universal Orlando in part to promote the Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Diagon Alley expansion opening on July 8th. There were several Harry Potter-related segments featured on the show this week. Here are the best ones!…

Diagon Alley Expansion Opens July 8th (Roundup)

On Wednesday, Universal Studios released several high-res images from their highly-anticipated Diagon Alley expansion to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (WWoHP) theme park in Orlando, Florida. WWoHP opened four years ago, and the expansion will open to wizards, witches (and most importantly, muggles) on Tuesday, July 8th. Here are those images: Personally, I am very,…

The Leaky Cauldron… In Real Life

Let’s review what we already know: Universal Orlando is opening an expansion to its very popular “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” theme park. The current theme park features Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. The current park resides within “Islands of Adventure”. The expansion will feature Diagon Alley and will replace the “Jaws” theme park within the main…

Theme Park Expansion Opens Spring 2014

When “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” theme park was opened to the public at Universal Orlando Resort in 2010, we were given small glimpses of the Hogwarts Express—the locomotive but not the rest of the rail cars—and Diagon Alley. (Ollivanders, the wand shop, was placed in Hogsmeade when the theme park was opened, despite…