In fact, Disney and Walden are coming up with the latest Narnia movie-Prince Caspian, this May 16th. It promises to be awesome by the looks of the trailer. The very hot Ben Barnes is playing the character of Prince Caspian!! I am soo awaiting this release. Watch the trailer here- http://www.disney.in/narnia

I’m sure it’ll enthrall you! I love the fact that these fantasy worlds are coming as close to reality as they possibly could!

and i agree with “scottish” many people may sceculate the advisability of a theme park based souly on Harry Potter but that is probably held true with many themeparks.

I think it was a tad before that. As I recall, the first theme park opened up in black-and-white. It wasn’t until Disneyworld, Epcot, etc., opened that Disney had a theme park in color.

Is that the one where, at the end of the ride, instead of taking your picture, they take a finger?

Anyways, I think the point here is that the Harry Potter Land park is simply done to cash in on the hysteria that is Harry Potter, and comparing it to Disney is not the same thing. See Disney opened his first park in 1955 in California and at that time, it was something very very new.

I like roller coasters and rides and nothing is wrong with that, but come on the IP here is a bit weak to cover a whole park. I also want to know if this park is successful when does Lord of the Rings Land come about? Cuz you know I want to ride the Mount Doom Roller coaster…

And not all businesses are started by money grubbing people. Some are “hey, we’ve got a cool product and/or service that just happens to make us money”, while this is “We’ve got a cash cow that is quickly running dry. What can we do to make sure the cow keeps giving us the golden milk?”

And now we’re talking IP. Ok, I can do that. Disney has a larger IP field to work from than just one setting. And Disneyworld/land is really aimed at families with younger kids. They aren’t a traditional themepark like Six Flags or Kennywood, with rides geared toward older kids. You know, like people who read Harry Potter. To me, this is a poorly thought out attempt at a theme park, with the Harry Potter moniker attached with the goal of attracting fans of the books. If it were a non-HP park, would it work? Hell, they closed Astroworld, is there room for another park?

And I do still like the books, I’ve pre-ordered the last one. It’s just that to me, this whole theme park thing is completely over the top, bordering on insane.

JP, I know the kid in you is not dead. I’ve met him. He’s fun to play with. But what deep dark closet was he locked in when you wrote this post? Just jokes man, but truly I thought you liked the Potter books? Is the magic lost for you?

On topic: You can do this theme park right or wrong. I’m hoping they treat the IP well and make it fun for adults and kids. But I fear they will lean a little too hard to the kids sides. What I fear most is the Harry Potter themed animatronic ride similar to Disneys “It’s a small world”. They will most assuredly make a inane repetitive song for it that will cause me to cast “Avada Kadavra” (killing curse) on everyone, including Dan’s mom. I remain skeptical, but hope they pull it off tastefully.

And while I share a similar scepticism over Potter-land, I suspect people had the same thought when Disney opened his first park back in 1971. A whole theme park about cartoons?