http://wdisneysecrets.com/forums/ All about Universal and Islands Of Adventure en Wed, 22 May 2013 22:06:02 GMT vBulletin 60 http://wdisneysecrets.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png http://wdisneysecrets.com/forums/ http://wdisneysecrets.com/forums/showthread.php?25621-Disappointed-with-the-Wizarding-World-of-Harry-Potter&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 13:28:55 GMT Hi all new here,

I have posted in the intro's section but wanted to bring this subject up, I hope it's in the right place?

Back in September last year we took a trip to Walt Disney World and as part of the trip we decided to take in the new Harry Potter section at Island's of adventure.

Now I am not a massive fan of Islands of adventure and given the news that Disney have acquired Marvel and will take over the theme park rights in a few years time I expected that that area of the park would maybe start to look a little old until they decided to re-theme it.

However, I was really disapointed with the Wizarding world of Harry Potter.

I am not a huge fan of the Potter series however we both made the effort to read the books and watch the films to get a better understanding of the subject.

The main attraction was brilliant, I must say that. It was on par with the release of Spiderman ride. Big thumbs up.

But the rest of it just felt like a re-themed area of the park. The biggest thing for me was the huge stage building behind the castle which ruined the effect for me! Just painting a building black doesn't hide it!

Maybe I was looking for things given my love for Disney but I really did feel let down by the whole experience.

Every oportunity they had, contained Harry Potter adverts and they really built it up as being this amazing area.

This isn't a knock at Universal in anyway but I think JK Rowling picked the wrong company and feel Disney would have done her books justice. ]]> Universal/Islands of Adventure Oreo http://wdisneysecrets.com/forums/showthread.php?25621-Disappointed-with-the-Wizarding-World-of-Harry-Potter http://wdisneysecrets.com/forums/showthread.php?25611-Tell-me-about-universal&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 11:40:58 GMT So we've stayed in Disney A LOT. Pretty much all the resorts and know what to expect.

Universal is an odd one for us because we don't do coasters/thrill rides and it's always seemed as if they have less to offer in the way of shows and the like. We've not even done the Harry Potter area because it seems a lot to spend for a small area given I dont think we'd do much else at IOA.

However this December we're thinking of a few days at a hotel. We could easily just do Disney but I keep coming back to Universal. One thing I did like about universal was citywalk in the evening, nothing like that at Disney any more!

So, Im thinking perhaps I should look at a few nights at a universal hotel. That would give us early entry to the HP area I believe? We could do citywalk in the evening and there's a luau I think which we'd quite like to try.

So what are the hotels like? which is the best? ]]> Universal/Islands of Adventure Keith http://wdisneysecrets.com/forums/showthread.php?25611-Tell-me-about-universal