There already is
a Harry Potter theme park called “The Wizarding World
of Harry Potter” in Orlando, Florida
but they are building a Harry
Potter theme park in Universal Studios
Hollywood California as well,
which will be done in the next few
years.
The Florida took over four years to build, making an
estimated opening for the California park in 2016. It will cost over $200
million to build the park.
The park will most likely be similar to the one built in Florida.
The park in Florida even has a few
rides. The “Dragon Challenge” is a
roller coaster where a person gets to
pick one of two dragons and
ride. The “Flight of the Hippogriff”
is a ride that takes people past
Hagrids' house and around the pumpkin
patch. Because many of the rides
at Universal Studios Hollywood are
indoors it is possible that these
rides will not be built there;
however, there will be Harry Potter theme
rides even if they are not the same as
the ones at the Florida park.
One special attraction at the theme park is called “Harry Potter
and the Forbidden Journey.” This
attraction takes people through a
replica of Hogwarts where people can
see places like The Room of
Requirement, and the Gryffindor Common
Room. While the other rides
may not be built at the park in
California it is confirmed that the
recreation of the Hogwarts Castle will
be built.
There is even a Hogsmeade with shops and restaurants that are
supposed to be from the book. Some of
the places include a restaurant
called The Three Broomsticks where
people can get food and at the back
of the restaurant there is the Hogs
Head Pub where people can buy some
popular drinks in the Harry Potter
books including Butterbeer which is
one of the most popular drink sold at
the Florida park.
The drink is so popular that even students at Granite Hills want to see
what it tastes like. “I really want to
try Butterbeer,” Kristen
Krajnak (12) said.
They have a Honeydukes sweet shop where people can buy Cauldron
Cakes, Chocolate Frogs, and many other
treats found in the Harry
Potter World. There is also a Zonkos
joke shop where people can buy
Sneakoscopes and Pygmy Puffs. They
even have an Ollivanders wand shop
where a person can purchase their own
wand or get a replica wand of a
character in the Harry Potter films.
Hannah Senninger (12) is
“really excited to go to Ollivanders and
get [her] own personal wand.”
Krajnak is planning on going to the Harry Potter theme park on
opening day, with a group of friends
in costume. While the park in
California may have some different
shops it is likely that they will
keep some of them the same or at least
sell the same products in some
of them.