Can you imagine being only in 1st grade and you get to meet the cast of one of the greatest movie/book series ever and also get to from San Antonio,Texas to Orlando,Florida. If I would have died later that day I would die the happiest kid ever.
I was a part of the first 300 people.. I was on the bridge looking right at the stage where the Today show was doing interviews... It was the second most amazing day of my life right after the birth of my son. My husband was the first one to notice Daniel getting interviewed and after we verified that it was him I started a chant of his name AND HE ACTUALLY TURNED AND WAVED!!!! Every girl in that line including myself almost passed out!!!! I love living in Orlando. lol
Just came back from there. Was there on Wednesday, June 23rd. It was just fantastic and very surreal to be standing there. It felt like you were really on a movie set or an actual village. It was very very very cool. It was strange though to have snow covered buildings and hot and humid weather at the same time. Ha Ha....very very hot conditions. It was crazy. Lines everywhere. When it was the evening, it cooled off and was much nicer to walk through...
i have never wanted tobe alittle kid more then i do right now. those 1st graders are so lucky! everyone's just shaking their hands and dans going in there talking to a kid who lost their tooth, talking about which tooth it was. lol, he is so adorible.
***** C'mon mate have confidence. I too have a huge crush on Bonnie and just because you live in a different country doesn't mean that you may never meet her.
Yeah I did play the games :) although I only played 2 (Chamber of Secrets & Prisoner of Azkaban, both on PS2) I loved them. I just loved the freedom to explore the grounds of Hogwarts and all the missions and spells just fascinated me!
So...did any of you know that originally it was in talks to be at Disney but Disney and JK Rowling never agreed to anything so Universal came in and took it over. I think it makes more sense with Universal though.
airplanegod I think it's where it's meant to be. Disney World charges an arm and a leg and with Harry Potter there, the price would have been astronomical. Universal is cheaper than Disney and much more fun!!
There's a video on youtube about the whole fight between Disney and Universal for the Harry Potter franchise. Incredibly, Disney shot itself in the foot by being too bullish and demanding. The meetings with Rowling were a disaster and she fled when she realized what she was getting herself into. She walked across town to Universal and they literally let her do almost anything she wanted. IF Disney had won, we would have NO Hogwarts castle and the park would be shoved into a tiny corner of Fantasyland because they didn't want Harry, Ron and Hermione overshadowing anything Disney-related! Unbelievable. And the Diagon Alley plans Disney drew up were a total joke. Worse, Disney has a brutal no-costumes or anything resembling a character" policy for people over a certain age so you wouldn't be able to wear your house robes! I'm glad they blew it. I know it would have been a disaster, just look at Galaxy's Edge if you don't think so...
i am so envy , those kids didn't grow with harry potter and i bet they haven't read the books, i would be so excited and even crying if i was there, and those kids are like if nothing is happening, they are so lucky and they don't know it, i mean they got in the games with the actors , that is one of the best things ever,,, soo luckyyy
I still cannot believe I was there Wednesday night and this Friday morning! :) Def. a dream to finally be able to experience the area without having be a part of the press and just cut loose and have fun. ^_^
Lucky kids!!!!!! Oh man, I would have... I would have probably broken down crying if I had met Daniel... Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone was one of the first chapter books I ever read on my own, and I was about seven or eight years old, then. And it was the first fandom I joined after Pokemon and brought me closer to my life long best friends. The first time I visited this park, even without them, I broke down crying only first sight of Hogsmeade and Hogwarts and I was 18. When I was a child, I would often sit and wonder if there would ever be a HP theme park where we could go and experience the magic of our childhoods. I never thought they would do it and the day I found out that it was going to be built, I also cried and I jumped around out of excitement when I told my mother about it. Also going there again this summer now that I'm 21. Can't wait to revisit my childhood!!
I live 3 hours from Orlando, (Spring hill) I wouldn't wait that long to get in. Last time i went,it took enough time to get into the Spiderman ride,so i wouldn't wait that long to get into this. I'd rather wait until October.
Ohhh.... im very jealous :( I wish i lived near.... But maybe one day i will have an occasion and then i come there and walk through the park and watch every point of this park....
Good for you! The PS2 version has the best gameplay, the other versions for the other platforms, although following the story, are completely different! Except the Xbox and Gamecube versions, which are the same as the PS2 one. However, the PC version of PoA isn't too different, but somewhat. After those games, every game is the same in all platforms except handhelds. So, the musicals?
@christenkittycat She was there for 2 out of the 3 press days, and there are many videos of her in the park, but due to school conflicts, she couldn't attend the grand opneing.
@kasihandelohxoxo England isnt always dark and gloomy, they have sunny days too, and its not always damp and rainy, its just like any other day. The only reason it is so dark and gloomy in the movies is because it adds to the overall feeling of the story of harry potter and his life in england
You gotta see A Very Potter Musical or play the video games! Many details from the books appear in the videogames and musicals series and they weren't in the movies! You gotta see em if you prefer visual entertainment, or hands-on into the world of Harry Potter where you actually be Harry in the adventure, or a musical expirience with remarkable songs, because there's always another way back to Hogwarts... "Back to witches and wizards and magical beasts To goblins n ghosts and to magical feasts"
yea my bday was june 18th i wanted to go but then i thought to myself i live in orlando and i get into universal for free so ill wait a couple of months before i go that way the crazy dies down because my friend went and stayed in line for 5 hours i think not....
@DaveSpectacular She might not have wanted to go since she saw it before anyone else. Or she had other stuff to do. You can't really do it without the main 3 characters but still.
@princessale210 I wasn't staying at the resort but I was there since 230 in the morning driving through the parking lot. They let us in at 510 am to park, and I was part of the first 300 fans!
@mrssarahradcliffe AMEN. I got to see them up close while they were riding Flight of the Hippogriff, but I didn't get to meet them and I was there since 230 AM. They didn't even seem REMOTELY excited. I was there hunny, you can't fool me into thinking that they were SOOOO happy. Regardless of how happy they were, I can guarantee you that I would've been happier then all of those kids COMBINED. Besides, the only reason they even went was because their teacher entered them. WHOOP TI DOO
Yeah! After PoA I stopped playing them, because they lost their 'open world' kind of gameplay once GoF came out on PS2, it was all about the battles with the death eaters and wasn't about exploring the world or learning new spells :/ as for the musicals, tbh they're not really my thing, although I will check out a couple of videos! :)
@kasihandelohxoxo true I think they should make one in England as it is the home of Harry Potter. But I am okay with it being is Florida because I am in Texas. Now it is possible to go there.
@Gumby694 yeah it makes me angry that they didnt even know who the characters really were, I think it mightve been more fitting for maybe a class of graduating seniors to go up because they have spent their life with all the books and movies, and could probably appreciate it a little more
@kasihandelohxoxo That's absolutely true. I really have to go there no matter how far away it is, but it would have matched much better if it had been in England. And it would've been much nearer for me :). It's only there because Florida / America is so popular and they think they'll gain more money. But in Scotland it would've been like it had truly existed there the whole time.
what a stupid crowed I would be screaming my head off I mean James and Oliver Phelps and Matt Lewis and Tom Felton Michael Gambon and Rupert Grint and Bonnie Wright and Warwick Davis and not forgetting Daniel Radcliffe I would scream my head off and start crying with happiness.
Snape: You,ve been seen by thousands of muddles!! Do you know how sirius this is?! You exposed our entire world! Suprisingly you didn´t damaged the whomping willow which standed on these grounds since before you we´re born.
I would've passed out before Daniel Radcliffe got on stage.
same once they announced that Daniel Radcliffe was going on stage i would've died lol
I love Bonnie Wright. My favorite actress and celebrity crush. She was amazing as Ginny.
MattaMatics101 yes she was I have nothing against Bonnie but I prefer book. Ginny.
MattaMatics101 I also love Bonnie Wright!
Me to
*too
Welcome in GinnyClub Gentlemen!🙂 I had also a huge crush on her! Let's fight for her with a wand!😏😎👍
Can you imagine being only in 1st grade and you get to meet the cast of one of the greatest movie/book series ever and also get to from San Antonio,Texas to Orlando,Florida. If I would have died later that day I would die the happiest kid ever.
OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE NOT SCREAMING LOUDLY ENOUGH IF I WERE THERE I WOULD SCREAM TILL MY THROAT FALLS OFF
SAME
I have seen this so many times! It never gets old for me!
"it's all that i love and it's all that i need at hogwarts, hogwarts i think we're going back."
Omg if I was there I would run up to Daniel and hug him and ask for his autograph and then faint...:)))
I miss HarryPotter.❤
Dan is so enthusiastic its awsome :D
Love Harry Potter, can't wait til I go there!! But I agree it should be in England but I think it still will be amazing!
SO-dd-yo-go-hahaha
Dan is so amazing... and I think his hyperactivity just makes him more cute xD
I was a part of the first 300 people.. I was on the bridge looking right at the stage where the Today show was doing interviews... It was the second most amazing day of my life right after the birth of my son. My husband was the first one to notice Daniel getting interviewed and after we verified that it was him I started a chant of his name AND HE ACTUALLY TURNED AND WAVED!!!! Every girl in that line including myself almost passed out!!!! I love living in Orlando. lol
lol I love how they say "James Phelps!" and Oliver comes out...and then "Oliver Phelps!" and James comes out lol :) love those 2 ^^
4:40 - Dan waves, "HELLO EVERYBODY IN THE BACK!! :D"
Just came back from there. Was there on Wednesday, June 23rd. It was just fantastic and very surreal to be standing there. It felt like you were really on a movie set or an actual village. It was very very very cool.
It was strange though to have snow covered buildings and hot and humid weather at the same time. Ha Ha....very very hot conditions. It was crazy. Lines everywhere.
When it was the evening, it cooled off and was much nicer to walk through...
i have never wanted tobe alittle kid more then i do right now. those 1st graders are so lucky! everyone's just shaking their hands and dans going in there talking to a kid who lost their tooth, talking about which tooth it was. lol, he is so adorible.
That’s so adorable how he greets the little kids
Bonnie looking ravashing at that time!!!!
***** C'mon mate have confidence. I too have a huge crush on Bonnie and just because you live in a different country doesn't mean that you may never meet her.
Lol.
wheres emma watson?
dO YOU KNOW HOW MANY LITTLE KIDS I WOULD PUSH THROUGH JUST SO I COULD BE CLOSE TO DANIEL AND RUPERT OH MY GOD
It's truly amazing!!!!!
At 7:26 and 7:27 Daniel Laugh LOL
I love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These guys are very good to their fans. ^_^
MANNN, I TOTALLY WISH I WAS THERE!!! cant wait to be going later this month!
I will be there in 12 days...I can't wait! It's gonna be wicked!
OMG Daniel is so adorable with children! I'm smitten LOL XD
Yeah I did play the games :) although I only played 2 (Chamber of Secrets & Prisoner of Azkaban, both on PS2) I loved them. I just loved the freedom to explore the grounds of Hogwarts and all the missions and spells just fascinated me!
So...did any of you know that originally it was in talks to be at Disney but Disney and JK Rowling never agreed to anything so Universal came in and took it over. I think it makes more sense with Universal though.
airplanegod I think it's where it's meant to be. Disney World charges an arm and a leg and with Harry Potter there, the price would have been astronomical. Universal is cheaper than Disney and much more fun!!
Disney would SO ruin Harry Potter.
Horse Hugs You are so right about that!!
I bet there would much more singing...
There's a video on youtube about the whole fight between Disney and Universal for the Harry Potter franchise. Incredibly, Disney shot itself in the foot by being too bullish and demanding. The meetings with Rowling were a disaster and she fled when she realized what she was getting herself into. She walked across town to Universal and they literally let her do almost anything she wanted. IF Disney had won, we would have NO Hogwarts castle and the park would be shoved into a tiny corner of Fantasyland because they didn't want Harry, Ron and Hermione overshadowing anything Disney-related! Unbelievable. And the Diagon Alley plans Disney drew up were a total joke. Worse, Disney has a brutal no-costumes or anything resembling a character" policy for people over a certain age so you wouldn't be able to wear your house robes! I'm glad they blew it. I know it would have been a disaster, just look at Galaxy's Edge if you don't think so...
I absolutely died when the twins were going "THREE, TWO, ONE"
i am so envy , those kids didn't grow with harry potter and i bet they haven't read the books, i would be so excited and even crying if i was there, and those kids are like if nothing is happening, they are so lucky and they don't know it, i mean they got in the games with the actors , that is one of the best things ever,,, soo luckyyy
Woooo! San Antonio!!!♥♥ I envy all of those little kids!!
I still cannot believe I was there Wednesday night and this Friday morning! :) Def. a dream to finally be able to experience the area without having be a part of the press and just cut loose and have fun. ^_^
That is AWESOME!!
Awwwww Dan!!!
Open world exploration/gameplay comes back in OotP and HBP.
Lucky kids!!!!!! Oh man, I would have... I would have probably broken down crying if I had met Daniel... Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone was one of the first chapter books I ever read on my own, and I was about seven or eight years old, then. And it was the first fandom I joined after Pokemon and brought me closer to my life long best friends. The first time I visited this park, even without them, I broke down crying only first sight of Hogsmeade and Hogwarts and I was 18. When I was a child, I would often sit and wonder if there would ever be a HP theme park where we could go and experience the magic of our childhoods. I never thought they would do it and the day I found out that it was going to be built, I also cried and I jumped around out of excitement when I told my mother about it. Also going there again this summer now that I'm 21. Can't wait to revisit my childhood!!
rupért looks soooo cute !!!!!!! (however) n daniel is so cool!haha hes funny, my biggest dream is go there n meet they !
ahah dan is so lovely :')
I wanna go so badlyyyyyy!!!!!
I was there :) My sister, aunt and I arived in line at 5:30 am :D
i would have freaked out too
Dan could be the 9th Doctor, the way he says "Fantastic" so much.
@manicracoon I think Daniel was a pretty awesome meet&greet actor. He is a good personality for NBC Universal for sure
@ZeuceS17 It's in the USA and it's in Florida.
it is not the only place where you can get butter beer what about the studio tour in london
I would have passed out
what about Emma Watson?? Hermione?!
Blazers Star Player DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!!!!
Blazers Star Player thats what I asked
She was there
And Molly Weasley as well as Aruther Weasley, Percy, Bill, Fleur, Hermione and Hagrid
I live 3 hours from Orlando, (Spring hill) I wouldn't wait that long to get in. Last time i went,it took enough time to get into the Spiderman ride,so i wouldn't wait that long to get into this. I'd rather wait until October.
@DaveSpectacular I know. She on of the most important stars!
Envy those kids soo much!!
Ohhh.... im very jealous :(
I wish i lived near....
But maybe one day i will have an occasion and then i come there and walk through the park and watch every point of this park....
They better be there to open the second part
omg tom felton! omg i would push and run to hug, get a autograph and photo with him and emma but she aint there!
Lol "Fantaastic" I always admire how actors can do these things. I couldn't do something like this XD
Good for you! The PS2 version has the best gameplay, the other versions for the other platforms, although following the story, are completely different! Except the Xbox and Gamecube versions, which are the same as the PS2 one. However, the PC version of PoA isn't too different, but somewhat. After those games, every game is the same in all platforms except handhelds. So, the musicals?
@christenkittycat She was there for 2 out of the 3 press days, and there are many videos of her in the park, but due to school conflicts, she couldn't attend the grand opneing.
I wanna go there! 😍😍
@kasihandelohxoxo
England isnt always dark and gloomy, they have sunny days too, and its not always damp and rainy, its just like any other day. The only reason it is so dark and gloomy in the movies is because it adds to the overall feeling of the story of harry potter and his life in england
You gotta see A Very Potter Musical or play the video games! Many details from the books appear in the videogames and musicals series and they weren't in the movies! You gotta see em if you prefer visual entertainment, or hands-on into the world of Harry Potter where you actually be Harry in the adventure, or a musical expirience with remarkable songs, because there's always another way back to Hogwarts...
"Back to witches and wizards and magical beasts
To goblins n ghosts and to magical feasts"
@aberfitchchk72 i pretty sure till mabey august it will be jammed getready for lines im going in july im scared for the lines lol
yea my bday was june 18th i wanted to go but then i thought to myself i live in orlando and i get into universal for free so ill wait a couple of months before i go that way the crazy dies down because my friend went and stayed in line for 5 hours i think not....
@DaveSpectacular She might not have wanted to go since she saw it before anyone else. Or she had other stuff to do. You can't really do it without the main 3 characters but still.
Wizarding world in Universal Studios Hollywood to be built starting September 2013, I hope it's true.
@princessale210 I wasn't staying at the resort but I was there since 230 in the morning driving through the parking lot. They let us in at 510 am to park, and I was part of the first 300 fans!
3:37-3:55
AHHHH!!!!!!!! PHELPS TWINS!
IKR HOLY SHI-
eu quero iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirr!!! :(
@Rgaal11 no what you should really be asking is wheres Ralph Fiennes (voldemort)
Could someone help me?where is this resort..İn england? ord USA? If ıt's in england,which country? I wish I were in there :(
Daniel Radcliffe was talking to the kids like they were puppies
This should be in London .. since Harry Potter is from London .. lol i reaaaaaaaalllly want to go there x3
Ema Watson was sick so she couldn't make it, she had a tour of the park earlier.
@mrssarahradcliffe AMEN. I got to see them up close while they were riding Flight of the Hippogriff, but I didn't get to meet them and I was there since 230 AM. They didn't even seem REMOTELY excited. I was there hunny, you can't fool me into thinking that they were SOOOO happy. Regardless of how happy they were, I can guarantee you that I would've been happier then all of those kids COMBINED. Besides, the only reason they even went was because their teacher entered them. WHOOP TI DOO
Yeah! After PoA I stopped playing them, because they lost their 'open world' kind of gameplay once GoF came out on PS2, it was all about the battles with the death eaters and wasn't about exploring the world or learning new spells :/ as for the musicals, tbh they're not really my thing, although I will check out a couple of videos! :)
Oh, you're a 5 year old kid at the opening to this theme park? Tell me more about how you've been a huge Harry Potter fan since 2001.....
I was in the audience that day
I was there!!!!! Amazing Park!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
@kasihandelohxoxo true I think they should make one in England as it is the home of Harry Potter. But I am okay with it being is Florida because I am in Texas. Now it is possible to go there.
Who is watching in 2016??
Daniel/Harry said HarryPotter Legacy another movie?? 😱😱
me:-)
+leira anne Samonte but i dunno if harry will be there.
LadyJian meeeeeeee
I wish I could've been there! :D
i am leaveing to there in about 3 days and i was wondering do you have to pay to get in that spcific area
How was it 💀
@Xenomorph237 I think because most of them woke up at 2 am to be there.
thats a big ass firecracker
@TheAndyRae
How do you figure?
daniel radcliffe talks fast
yes
Um, he really is from the UK. I've been there and a lot of them talk like that.
Hooray Texas! :)
Where was Emma? :(
I think she was busy that day.
@Gumby694 yeah it makes me angry that they didnt even know who the characters really were, I think it mightve been more fitting for maybe a class of graduating seniors to go up because they have spent their life with all the books and movies, and could probably appreciate it a little more
@ninjazplayocarina i know right? dammit. i've been waiting years for this
OMG!!
@mike64411 okay ignore that last comment I didnt know that many were there.
i was there
@kasihandelohxoxo That's absolutely true. I really have to go there no matter how far away it is, but it would have matched much better if it had been in England. And it would've been much nearer for me :). It's only there because Florida / America is so popular and they think they'll gain more money. But in Scotland it would've been like it had truly existed there the whole time.
Um, you can have Butterbeer in the Studio tour, the place where butterbeer was invented.
what a stupid crowed I would be screaming my head off I mean James and Oliver Phelps and Matt Lewis and Tom Felton Michael Gambon and Rupert Grint and Bonnie Wright and Warwick Davis and not forgetting Daniel Radcliffe I would scream my head off and start crying with happiness.
2017
People stood in line for 6 hours to get in!
is it the actual set where film shoot?
MEET MEE no
@ElisabethSwannRULES lol Ik i lived in England for 3 or 4 years....but it does rain more often there then here,lol!
where's Emma?
Snape: You,ve been seen by thousands of muddles!! Do you know how sirius this is?!
You exposed our entire world!
Suprisingly you didn´t damaged the whomping willow which standed on these grounds since before you we´re born.