It was nice to see Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, staying true to Luna's Ravenclaw house during today's press event in Osaka, while all the other dignitaries around her jumped on the Gryffindor bandwagon. (That's former First Daughter and current U.S. ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy on the left, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Universal Studios Japan president Glenn Gumpel in between.) Just once, for the lulz, wouldn't you love to see a politician rocking a Slytherin scarf at one of these events? Unless Tom Felton gets elected somewhere, though, I doubt we'll ever see that happen.
Part of the appeal of the Harry Potter franchise is the ease with which it draws people into its wizarding world, inspiring you to think of yourself as part of that world, and a member of one of those four Hogwarts houses. I love the story that Dave Cobb has told about finding Dr. Phillips High School students sitting around a table at the Three Broomsticks restaurant in Islands of Adventure, in full Hogwarts robes, drinking Butterbeer and doing their Muggle school homework in their daily afternoon ritual. It almost makes me wish I were in school again, to have a better excuse to do something like that! (FWIW, my sister went to Dr. Phillips, long ago, when it first opened, and we lived across the street from what was then only Universal Studios Florida and a huge parking lot.)
I'm willing to bet that many Theme Park Insider readers have a Hogwarts house scarf or T-shirt in their drawer or closet, a souvenir of a visit to Universal Orlando. Which house's stuff did you buy? Readers can find abundant "Which House are you?" quizzes littering the Internet, but we'll consider the House sorting questionnaire on J.K. Rowling's Pottermore site to be canon here. Whether you've been sorted as part of joining the Pottermore communtity or you've just decided on your own, tell us which Hogwarts house you consider yourself to belong.
According to Pottermore, I'm a Gryffindor, my son is Ravenclaw and my daughter Hufflepuff. Honestly, that's about right, as I consider our personalities. What's your favorite part of the Harry Potter franchise? Or tell us your Harry Potter-related travel plans, in the comments.
I mean, you have to sign up, buy a pet, buy a wand, and answer a bunch of questions, but the questions were really entertaining and the artwork on the cards was great!
I was put into Ravenclaw, which I was a little surprised at, as I would normally identify with Hufflepuff. A few things I remember were that I chose Power, Mind-Reading, The Forest, and a Barn Owl. Even if I could remember all of my answers, I wouldn't want to give away exactly what would make you a Ravenclaw.
That was fun.
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