St. Patrick's Day Event in the Leaky Lounge
The Leaky Lounge, our discussion forum, is today holding a St. Patrick's Day celebration. The designated forum will remain open for the rest of the week and features discussions about Irish actors, green crafts, limericks, Irish recipes and more. You can find the St. Patrick's Day forum at this link.
St. Patrick's Day Edition of The Quibbler Now Online
As it's St. Patrick's Day today, the brand new March issue of The Quibbler is aptly themed and now available for download. The Quibbler is The Leaky Cauldron's monthly publication for "news that no-one else will publish" and March's edition covers a Dark plot to interfere with Earth's weatherContinued...
"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...
"A Very Potter Sequel" to Debut on Stage in Michigan This May
An announcement has been made via the Team StarKid Twitter page regarding the debut of the followup to last summer's "A Very Potter Musical," "A Very Potter Sequel." The sequel will be performed live for the first time May 14th through the 16th in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where theContinued...
Ellen DeGeneres Show Makes Call for Knowledgeable Harry Potter Fans
As a follow up to our post about the Ellen DeGeneres Show taping from Universal Studios Orlando and broadcasting a 'sneak peek' at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park, the talk show's website has put out a call for those knowledgeable in everything Harry Potter.Continued...
New Books for Harry Potter Book Club and Jo's Book Nook
Both of our book clubs on the Leaky Lounge have chosen new books to read for the month of March. The Harry Potter Book Club is reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and you can find the forum at this link, where you will find all sorts of polls, prompts and more to discuss as youContinued...
March 2010 Craft Along Now Open
Yesterday, the Crafty Witches launched a brand new environmentally-conscious Craft-Along, in time for the upcoming Earth Day on the 22nd of April. The challenge for this month is to turn your favourite Harry Potter book into a small reusable bag, enabling you to better help the planet by turning down the plasticContinued...
Hogwarts Express Arrives at Wizarding World Theme Park
Universal Orlando has released the first official high res image of the Hogwarts Express at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. The high res image can be seen right here in our Image Galleries. Universal notes:
The Hogwarts Express arrives at Hogsmeade Station as The WizardingContinued...
Sneak Peek of Wizarding World of Harry Potter Due This June on NBC
A sneak peek at the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park will air this summer on NBC, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Slated to air on the American TV network Sunday, June 6, "The Making of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter" program will "viewersContinued...
New Wizarding World of Harry Potter Ride, Height Restriction Information
BehindtheThrills.com has posted an update which details information from a newly released Universal Orlando Resort 2010 brochure about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. Of interest from this new brochure are details about the height restrictions forContinued...
Preview of Wizarding World of Harry Potter on Ellen DeGeneres Show in April
The Orlando Sentianal blog has an article online which reports that the Ellen DeGeneres Show will be taping an episode at Universal Orlando Resort which will possibly feature a look at the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. According to the blog, a mediaContinued...
March Featured Crafter of the Month: Pren Wilcox
Our Crafty Witches and Wizard have chosen crafter Pren Wilcox, a.k.a archerpren, as March's Featured Crafter of the Month. Pren has used her talent with sewing and knitting to produce crafts such as a hand sewn Beauxbatons costume, a Golden Snitch ornament, a Fereverto charm and some Shrinky DinkContinued...
HPA's Second Annual Accio Books Broadcast with Maureen Johnson, Lauren Fairweather, Paul DeGeorge, and Brian Ross Today
Join the Harry Potter Alliance for their second annual Accio Books Campaign live broadcast today at 4:00pm EST featuring Maureen Johnson, Lauren Fairweather, Paul DeGeorge, and Brian Ross as they kick off their book drive supporting the Continued...