News from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park lands, attractions, and expansions at Universal Orlando, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Japan, and beyond.
Accio, shorter wait times? Sort of. Express access has quietly resurfaced at Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Universal’s Islands of Adventure — but before you reach for your wallet, there’s a catch worth knowing. Why Express Left Hagrid’s in the First Place Universal removed the wildly popular coaster from its Universal Express program on…
Accio wallet. Universal Studios Japan’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter has quietly rolled out a fresh wave of in-park merchandise this July, led by a redesigned set of four-house shoulder bags — and the haul runs from Honeydukes candy charms to a Hogwarts-crested clear bottle. The new items were spotted in the park by Japanese…
Undetectable Extension Charms are all well and good, but Universal still has to file paperwork like the rest of us. And the latest paperwork on the next Harry Potter attraction at Epic Universe describes a building that has gotten noticeably smaller — and grown a whole extra floor. Theme Park Wizard first flagged the revision…
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