Back in October, I wrote an article entitled “The Day I Stopped Caring About Harry Potter“. While I recommend reading the article in its entirety, I’ll sum it up before I continue: I was upset that the story was going to continue after the “All was well” finality that Deathly Hallows brought us. Moreover, I was…
When Pottermore announced that the Cursed Child script would be published, I breathed a sigh of relief. I want to go back to London to see it, but I don’t know whether that’s possible right now. I would imagine that there are several Harry Potter fans who are in the same situation: they want to…
I feel a bit like Charlie Brown around Christmastime. Not feeling the same Christmas spirit that everyone else is feeling. I open Facebook and every post is “Cursed Child” this and “Cursed Child” that, and my reaction isn’t to open each article to devour the latest news. My reaction is a very Charlie Brown-ish reaction: that it’s…
Two years ago in December, J.K. Rowling announced via her Facebook page that she would be producing a play featuring Harry Potter in the West End (theatre district) of London. Since then, we have a few more details about it, but not much. Firstly, we have the title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I’m also…
At the end of July, I had the opportunity to visit the new Diagon Alley expansion to the already awesome Hogsmeade (Wizarding World of Harry Potter) theme park! As soon as I arrived at Universal, I bee-lined it directly to Diagon Alley, and as soon as I walked through that “open” brick wall (which is…
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!…
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,…
On December 20th, J.K. Rowling confirmed on her Facebook page a rumor that had been making the rounds online the previous day: that she would be producing a play for the West End (London’s “Broadway”) about Harry Potter. Many were very surprised and excited to hear this news, but for me, I was confused more…
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…
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…