In the meantime, Universal is installing the fire-breathing dragon atop Gringotts this weekend, and the resort released a couple of teaser videos this week, one showing the animatronic goblins in the Gringotts lobby and another offering snippets from the show scenes aboard the Hogwarts Express. There's also a nice description of the show on the train, in both directions, over at Orlando Informer. And for more news, previews and leaks about Universal's many Harry Potter lands around the world, visit our Wizarding World of Harry Potter page.
We don't typically cover water parks, but water park fans visiting Orlando this summer might be interested in trying the Ihu's Breakaway Falls at Aquatica, which opened this week. The new attraction features four unique waterslides down from an eight-story tower. Three of four start with a straight vertical drop from a breakaway box, thus the name.
Don't know that we've mentioned this one in the update before, but Jerry Rees, a director who's worked on more than a dozen Disney theme park attractions, from Back to Neverland and Cranium Command to Mystic Manor, has listed on his website a "mystery attraction" he's working on for Epcot, debuting in 2016. It's described only as a "next-gen larger-than-life interactive spectacle." Let's hear your wishes for this project, in the comments.
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It will supposedly utilize Mystic Manor tech inside of sleigh ride vehicles.
Consistency, my boy, consistency.
Failing that it is a long, long tunnel playing "it's a small world" for a queue that circles the entire park and keeps people in line for hours. At the end is yet another gift shop with the same merch as every other Disney gift shop.
The main hiccup for Imagination is that Kodak co-owned the rights to Figment and Dreamfinder. Which makes me ask questions like:
1. Did Kodak sell back the rights?
2. Is Kodak even still a company?
My wish for the project is that Disney starts filling Future World with stuff like this:
http://gizmodo.com/disneys-pixelbots-turn-a-flat-surface-into-a-moving-dot-1574551137
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The imaginative aspects of Mystic Manor would be perfect for the Imagination Pavilion although Mr. Rees would have to adjust things to better fit with the Future World theme. He could even reuse the Imagination Institute, Figment, and Dreamfinder if he wanted.
I'll never make it to Hong Kong, so bring MM to the states, Mr. Rees! You've got the know how, so make it happen.