Wizarding World Portraits & Food

I am sorry to say that I have let this blog sit sad and empty for a good few weeks. I have been busy working on other websites and upcoming projects. Today seemed like a good day to hop on over and give a little bit of life to this blog once again. All I can say now is that I am extremely impressed by the reports that we are hearing from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. If you haven't read the reviews posted by MuggleNet staffers, you need to go and check them out now! I'm not sure yet if I am more excited by the thought of the "Forbidden Journey" ride or the food that is going to be served at the Three Broomsticks. There are two main things that just make me want to see the ride, the portraits and the 3d versions of Dumbledore. According to MuggleNet, the portraits look just like oil canvas (how do they do it?, yet move just like in the movie! I cannot wait to stand right underneath them and maybe give it a poke or prod, just to see how it feels! From the sound of it, the queue itself is going to be the most memorable part of the castle. I'm glad that they are giving people the choice of riding or not, that way everybody can at least see some of Hogwarts. Normally I am not into being hit, dropped, blown, or whatever else that is going to happen to be during the ride, but for Harry Potter, I would do anything!

The second thing that inspires a dangerous kind of desire inside me is the food and menu. The Butterbeer, cauldron cakes, feast, treacle tart, and cornish pasties just beg for a bite, even through the computer screen. I made the mistake of reading the report before breakfast and before I knew it, I had to go and get something to eat! I think the one thing that I worried about when they announced the park was if they were going to 'Americanize' it. But after reading the reports from some UK fansite owners who said that the food was pretty darn authentic, I am hopeful that they kept the authentic flair to the cuisine. It would be an enormous let down if they didn't "theme" the food, since the cuisine in the books is something of an ongoing theme throughout all 7 novels.

June 18 cannot come soon enough, although I do not anticipate being able to actually go the park until 2011. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, I am sure that I will be able to go on a nice "virtual" trip the day that it opens.