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igDana isn't even back from her trip to France and I've already got an idea of where she'll be going next (three years from now, the year we finally let her leave Seattle again).

The folks at Warner Brothers and Universal Studios Orlando are teaming up to give us a Harry Potter theme park set to open in Orlando in 2009.

As reported on MSNBC.com:

Visitors can stroll about Hogsmeade, discover the mysteries of the Forbidden Forest and explore Hogwarts castle.

"(Visitors will) be able to sense the sights, the sound, the touch and the feel, the smells and really immerse themselves in this authentic world," Williams said.

Stuart Craig, the Academy-Award winning production designer who has worked on the Harry Potter movies, is leading the creative design on the park to ensure it remains true to the look and feel of the films.

“Our primary goal is to make sure this experience is an authentic extension of Harry Potter’s world as it is portrayed in the books and films,” Craig said in a press release.

The Wizarding World will feature rides, shops and restaurants all based on the fictional world of Harry Potter.

Thursday, May 31, 2007
by imaginary liz

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1   imaginary char said on May 31, 2007

igChar is to Harry Potter as igLiz is to Bjork.

2   imaginary liz said on May 31, 2007

I love logic equations (and ones that rhyme are doubly fun)!

igChar is to Hogwarts Heaven as igLiz is to Sasquatch 2007

3   imaginary dana said on May 31, 2007

I love Harry Potter madly, truly, deeply, but I've gotta say an Orlando theme park freaks me out more than a little...

Home in two more days!

4   Joseph Riippi said on May 31, 2007

Does LIz hate Bjork AND Sasquatch!????

Was Sasquatch! awful and no one told me? I heard just that "arcade fire was awesome" (which I doubt...there is very little remarkable about that group live except that everyone seems to hear something I don't) and that Bjork ruled (which, yeah, I'm sure...)

But what about Patrick Wolf? How was he? What about Common Market and Gabriel Teodoros? What about the Dandy Warhols? What about Grizzly Bear? Smoosh? Did Interpol suck like I'd expect them too? Was Sarah Silverman an idiot like always?

And what the fuck is Incredibly Strange Wrestling?

5   Joseph Riippi said on May 31, 2007

and......I just found Phil's article....oops.

I read the blog first, so sue me.

6   imaginary liz said on May 31, 2007

No worries! We have more Sasquatch coverage a coming! Beastie Boys, Viva Voce and more will be posted in the next couple days!

I've read that the Patrick Wolf piece of the Sasquatch pie was amazing.

As for me and American Music Festivals -- I'm a Euro/UK Festival and PopFest girl all the way. Move over Coachella and Bonnaroo, the countdown to the Athens PopFest has begun!

7   imaginary char said on May 31, 2007

I loved Sasquatch!

8   imaginary char said on May 31, 2007

Wait, did you just trick me into posting that I "love" something in a blog string about Harry Potter? Evil.

9   imaginary ash said on May 31, 2007

You know by now that every time you say Harry Potter, I say Harry AND THE PotterS...

10   imaginary liz said on May 31, 2007

Dang -- and now I can't find that picture that embracey posted of Mr. Potter in his recent theater stint. That'd be super funny here.

11   imaginary embracey said on May 31, 2007

Oh yeah. They're here. One is below.

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