As a frequent visitor to Orlando Florida, the United States theme park capital, the following news stories caught my eye. Disney World and Universal Studios have been competing in an epic battle for tourists for a few decades now, and as a result, us tourists are the real winners! Check out the two new additions to each park!
Universal Studios is adding a Harry Potter-themed world! I’m not even a fan of the series and the pictures and descriptions of this place excited me! I might have to read a Harry Potter book or see some of the movies before I check it out! This answers the question I posed in a previous blog post – What will happen to Marvel Superhero Island when Disney buys Marvel? Answer: who cares? Universal will have the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!
Not to be outdone, Disney has released that they are doubling the size of their current Fantasyland area, adding a Little Mermaid attraction, among other things. If the rumors on this blog are true, it seems to me like Universal is going to win this time. More meet-and-greet space at Disney? Yawn! Bring on the thrill rides! But if I know the folks at Disney, they have more than doubling Dumbo and adding more Disney princess meet-and-greet up their sleeves and just haven’t leaked that part of the expansion to the public yet… So stay tuned!
Hmm Hogwart’s thrill ride or meet a Disney Princess. Well, since the Princesses will all be on the young side for me, I guess I’ll take the thrill ride. 😉 Now if I could get to meet one of the Evil Queens!!! Sounds like fun, just don’t eat the apples or get them mad.
YES, YES, YES! I read about the Magical World of Harry Potter a year or so ago. And it opens this spring!
That definitely sounds interesting, and I don’t mean the Disney Princess, yours or the theme park expansion.