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2. More Potter + more holidays = happiness
Every so often, Universal – much like Disney – will issue surveys to various segments of its visiting public, attempting to get their feedback on items that have already been greenlit and designed or that are far-off, blue-sky daydreams. The responses help to make up management’s mind and to reassure the bean-counters about a given potential course.
While these surveys are a regular – dare we say pedestrian – occurrence, no one saw this coming.
In a news story that we broke (and that got picked up by MTV and Buzzfeed, among hosts of other sites), it looks like Universal is gearing up for upgraded holiday festivities – and about time, seeing as how the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been running for nearly 15 years now. But in addition to a hypothetical new holiday-themed Cinematic Spectacular or new (glowing nighttime!) parades, the real kicker is that Universal is thinking of including the two Wizarding Worlds of Harry Potter into the mix.
This is exactly what the Yule Ball dinner/dance would entail
That’s right – exclusive Christmas treats at exclusive Christmas parties in both Hogsmeade and Diagon Alleyare being considered, along with special holiday performances by the Frog Choir and the London street buskers and, the icing on top of the Christmas cake, a special Yule Ball dinner and dance. (Yes, it would be a hard-ticketed event, so get your wallets out all over again.) This would easily be one of the single greatest things Universal has ever done in its theme-park history.
Now, please keep in mind these are just considerations, not definitive plans, and it’s most likely that just one or two of these hypotheticals would pan out, if any at all. Still, color us festively excited.
$$$just take my money now!
2. More Potter + more holidays = happiness
Every so often, Universal – much like Disney – will issue surveys to various segments of its visiting public, attempting to get their feedback on items that have already been greenlit and designed or that are far-off, blue-sky daydreams. The responses help to make up management’s mind and to reassure the bean-counters about a given potential course.
While these surveys are a regular – dare we say pedestrian – occurrence, no one saw this coming.
In a news story that we broke (and that got picked up by MTV and Buzzfeed, among hosts of other sites), it looks like Universal is gearing up for upgraded holiday festivities – and about time, seeing as how the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been running for nearly 15 years now. But in addition to a hypothetical new holiday-themed Cinematic Spectacular or new (glowing nighttime!) parades, the real kicker is that Universal is thinking of including the two Wizarding Worlds of Harry Potter into the mix.
This is exactly what the Yule Ball dinner/dance would entail
That’s right – exclusive Christmas treats at exclusive Christmas parties in both Hogsmeade and Diagon Alleyare being considered, along with special holiday performances by the Frog Choir and the London street buskers and, the icing on top of the Christmas cake, a special Yule Ball dinner and dance. (Yes, it would be a hard-ticketed event, so get your wallets out all over again.) This would easily be one of the single greatest things Universal has ever done in its theme-park history.
Now, please keep in mind these are just considerations, not definitive plans, and it’s most likely that just one or two of these hypotheticals would pan out, if any at all. Still, color us festively excited.
$$$just take my money now!
