Wizarding World of Harry Potter Blog

Construction on Hogwarts Castle Has Begun

Jim Hill at Jim Hill Media has just posted that construction on Hogwarts Castle has begun!!

Bits of steel structure are beginning to appear above the green fence of annoyance, as I like to call it.

If you want to see the very beginning of Hogwarts and are in the Universal area, you'll find it just beside the Flying Unicorn ride (soon to be the Flying Hippogriff). And if you ride the Flying Unicorn, you can actually get a bit of a bird's eye view of the construction site. Good luck!

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter to Open on December 1st, 2009?

Apparently, the new word on the "street" is that Universal Studios' Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be opening on December 1st, 2009.

While this may excite Potter fans, as usual, Jim Hill Media has given us a clue about why it might not be THAT exciting.

According to Jim's sources, the Harry Potter aspect of Islands of Adventure does appear to be opening to the public on December 1st of 2009. However, only Hogwarts and Hogsmeade Village will open with this Phase One opening. Phase Two will open in 2010 with the Forbidden Forest and the much talked about Flying Car attraction make its debut.

Personally, I'd like to see an all-inclusive opening since we all know this is such a big deal to Potter fans. I suspect that many fans will make a show at the opening and it will be a disappointment to some of those fans to learn that they won't be able to see the entire Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

 

Wizarding World of Harry Potter Construction Photos

Universal Ignited has published a few photos they have taken of the construction from the Flying Unicorn.

Looks about the same as it did mid-December when I glimpsed through the cracks of the big green fence. I took a bit of video and may eventually load it up, but don't get too excited. It's a lot of dirt and green fence at this point.