A concern about Harry Potter land

cdub, I friend at work just got back from Universal on sunday, i'll try and get some info from her on how her trip was there. Just from what I heard so far, it was really, really crowded.

Good question. You're right that that part of the park was easier to get in/out of because it was in the back.

I think that as long as Harry Potter land is new, it's going to be packed. And from what I've seen, it's too small to hold all that many people. I think we're going to try it out in October, but we're steadying ourselves for some crowd management.

I expect TWWOFHP to be jam packed for at least a year..but by then the new movies will be out..so maybe that will prolong the craziness. I can't wait to go but I think we won't try to make it down there for at least a year!

Okay people, I talked to my friend at work yesterday for a bit about Harry Potters World yesterday. She was at Universal last week. They had a 15 minute wait to get into universal and once they got in there, there was a 3 1/2 hour wait to get into Harry Potter World. She said the line was over half way around the inside of the park. People in the lines that had been in before said the store at times had over 2 hour waits to get into them.

The good news is that she talked to an employee and they told her to wait till after noon to go in and the line is only about 15 minutes or less to get into Harry's World. She is not really a Potter fan, never saw the movies or read the books, but said the HP ride was really good. Wait for Butter beer was to long and not worth waiting for so she didn't try it. I'm going to try to get some pictures from her.

Oh my good heavens!!!!!!! That flips my thinking completely. I would have guessed that you should go in the morning to beat the crowds. Thanks for the news, MrHub.

You have GOT to be kidding! Who would stand for 3 1/2 hours to get into a theme park area (not even on a ride)! That's seems un-doable to me.

I can't even shop for 3 1/2 hours.

Universal have posted thier first rise in visitor numbers last month for quite a while. It's being attributed to Harry Potter.

I believe that! I'd need an extra "lounging in the pool day" after that!

The stuff I'm seeing makes it sound like its downright bedlam. Who has a guess on how long before all this dies down a little?

I went to the wwohp in June about 5 days after it opened to the public. I arrived after 3pm and walked straight to the back of the park. I spent about 7 hours in wwohp. I rode forbidden journey twice ( 1 time single rider). I spent about 3 hours in line total for forbidden journey. I walked right onto dragon challenge. I did not wait for Ollivanders nor did I eat in Hogsmeade. It is beautiful and for the most part well themed. The queue for forbidden journey was my favorite. I actually liked it better than the actual ride. However as a HP fan I think I was expecting more. It is certainly not a stand alone park.

Do you think it could be a stand-alone park with some expansion, or will it never rise to that level?

Thanks for your insights!!

IMO it would need a lot more to be a stand alone park. There are only 3 actual rides and of those only 1 is new.

In past wdw trips we would go to universal every other year or so and even then it would only be one day. I think I was hoping wwohp would make universal an every trip kinda place. It didn't and I was disappointed in that. I did love it however I wanted more.

In past wdw trips we would go to universal every other year or so and even then it would only be one day. I think I was hoping wwohp would make universal an every trip kinda place. It didn't and I was disappointed in that. I did love it however I wanted more.