Harry Potter Park Chips Away at Disney's Dominance....

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Sorcerer Mickey

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cheezbat said:
The fact that you have never been to Disneyland really says alot to me. Disneyland is FAR superior to the Magic Kingdom in almost every way imaginable. And as for California Adventure being an abomination? Maybe it was from the start, but at least they have many attractions packed into the park and they are spending big bucks to make it right. I wish they'd do the same for Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. :lookaroun

While there are areas you can see the Potter showbuilding from, do you realize how many more tens or hundreds of millions of dollars it would have cost Universal to hide that entire show building? They give you the forced perspective they wanted you to see....whne you first enter the Hogsmeade Area...and it's done well. Heck, Disney does NOT do the best job at hiding things either. I love how you can see the Bay Lake Tower in Tomorrowland, or the Swan and Dolphin in Epcot, or the backside of Everest, or Haunted Mansion's showbuilding, or the back of some of the main street buildings in other areas. Nobody is perfect.
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How in the world have you seen Everest's and Haunted Mansion's show buildings? Are you talking from the point of view of a park guest, or Google Maps?

As far as Disneyland, my family and me went to the property in 2002. We could only go to one park. Cali Adventure had just opened, and it was a brand new park, whereas Magic Kingdom - which we had been to before - was similar to Disneyland. I haven't been to Cali since.
 
EvanAnderson

EvanAnderson

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^You can see Mansions showbuilding if you're in line and you're the next guest to get in. Look to the left, past the Madam Leota tombtone and you'll see a warehouse, that's he building. You can also see it while standing near the horseless carriage to the right of the facade.

Everest's showbuilding can be seen from the parking lot. It used to be a lot worse, the mountain being brown and white, and the show building being dark green. They've since painted the show building brown, but it's still visible.
 
EvanAnderson

EvanAnderson

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Sorcerer Mickey said:
I've been to Magic Kingdom on New Year's Eve when it's closed to capacity and it's still easier to maneuver around than IoA on a regular day. I would like to see what you see as the greatest theme park you've been to, because you can't tell me that all the show buildings you can see as clear as day at Universal are prevalent anywhere on Disney property. Heck, the hotels outside Magic Kingdom are built at an angle that you can't see the Splash Mountain show building. There's no attention to detail anywhere like that in Universal.
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No attention to detail? Look around WWOHP, every single window has something happen in it. You may not be able to go inside every door, but inside each one, something magical WILL happen, whether it be a self writing quill, a cello playing itself, a snitch flying around, a howler yelling, quidditch balls moving around, wizard chess board pieces moving, the guy puking from the puking candy, the skull with the eye that pops out and rolls around, the mandrakes moving and screaming, plus the attention to detail in the Forbidden Journey line.

You can move around COMFORTABLY in Magic Kingdom, when it's closed to capacity on New Year's Eve? Here's a picture of MK in May. I'm guessing closed to capacity would be even worse than this.

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Here's a picture of IOA on a regular day.

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Also, your statement about the hotels is true, they take great care to make sure you can't see the "non-magic" aspects about the park. However, you can clearly see Bay Lake Tower from Tomorrowland, Tower of Terror from Epcot, Swan and Dolphin from Epcot.

Oh I forgot, Soarin's show building! Can be seen from all over World Showcase:

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