Wizarding World of Harry Potter Has Soft Open; Images, Video From Inside Appearing Online (Updated)
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park at Universal Orlando opened its doors this morning for a "soft opening" for those individuals who purchased vacations packages back in February with the opening date of May 28. The Orlando Sentinel is reportingContinued...
Reminder: Expeditious Registration Closes May 7
A quick reminder this morning that registration for the Michigan-based Expeditious 2010 conference will close on May 7th. Only a few spots remain for this weekend-long conference, which will take place over May 14-16 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. To reserve your place at the conference,Continued...
Potter Conference Expeditious 2010 to Take Place in Michigan May 14-16
Live PotterCast Saturday, July 17 at Infinitus 2010
On Saturday, July 17th, PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, will be on location in Orlando, Florida for a live event at Infinitus 2010. Starting at 12 noon, Melissa, John, and Frak will host an hour long PotterCast at the Royal Pacific Hotel at Universal Studios Orlando Resort for registered Infinitus attendees.Continued...
"Muggles are Wizards" Wizarding World of Harry Potter featured on Celebrity Apprentice
As readers will recall, last fall rumors first surfaced regarding the possible involvement of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction in an upcoming episode of the NBC reality game show Celebrity Apprentice. Today, those rumors have proven to be true, forContinued...
LiveStream Discussion of Leaky's Wizarding World of Harry Potter Previews Tonight
Join us this evening at 10pm Eastern (7pm Pacific) on the PotterCast LiveStream for an expanded discussion of Leaky's recent previews of Universal Orlando's Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park, set to open on June 18. This live event will feature a rundownContinued...
This Cauldron is Made of Chocolate: A tale of food from the Harry Potter theme park
Presenting the second (of three-ish) parts of our report of Leaky's preview of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Tonight at 7pm PACIFIC (not Eastern; it's 10pm Eastern), join us in PotterCast's LiveStream, where we will talk about this and our previous reportContinued...
Wizarding World of Harry Potter Grand Opening June 18: Details About Hogwarts Emerge
Today Universal Studios announced that the highly anticipated amusement park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, will have its grand opening on June 18th. (This is the grand opening date, not the first time it will be open to the public: those who have purchased oneContinued...
Opening Date of Wizarding Park to be Revealed; BtS Video Released
The Harry Potter theme park - Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando - will reveal the date of its grand opening on March 25 at 12 pm eastern time; stay tuned for Leaky at that time for the details! Meanwhile, watch this behind-the-scenes videoContinued...
"Flight of the Hippogriff" Train Pic
As we get closer to the opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Florida, more visual details are making it online: here you can see a shot of the cart for "Flight of the Hippogriff." Thanks to UHP for the heads up!
Browse through all our WWoHP images right here in our galleries!
"Today Show" offers preview, contest to attend opening of WWoHP
NBC's The Today Show recently ran a preview of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park, which you can see here in our video galleries. Also, the show is running a contest for a class trip to the amusement park: Teachers can visit the Today Show's Web site, fill out a form, and submit a video/DVDContinued...
Actor Christian Coulson to Appear at Infinitus 2010
HPEF has announced today that actor Christian Coulson, who portrayed the character of Tom Riddle in the "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" film, will be appearing at the upcoming Harry Potter fan conference, Infinitus 2010, in Orlando, Florida. Taking part inContinued...
Infinitus Issues Call for Proposals
An update today from Infinitus, the Harry Potter symposium being held next year in Orlando, Florida. There is now a call for proposals for the convention, seeking "presentations, papers, moderated panels, and workshops on any topic relating to the Harry Potter novels and/or the fan community." The HPEF alsoContinued...
Third Annual Quidditch World Cup Event Due this Month at Middlebury College
Calling all Quidditch fans. Great news today as the Third Annual Quidditch World Cup event is due to take place again on October 25th at Middlebury College in Vermont. According to the Facebook page for the event "26 teams from around the country and beyond will competeContinued...
Registration for Infinitus 2010 Now Open
Attention Harry Potter fans! Registration is now open for Infinitus 2010, a Harry Potter symposium taking place next year in Orlando, Florida July 15-18th. If you act quickly you can take advantage of the early bird price of $165.00 (USD) which includes include two meals, access to the Ball and all formalContinued...