The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is set to open in spring 2010
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is set to open in spring 2010, Universal announced today. A sprinkling of details — including a broad opening date — about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter was revealed by Universal Orlando on Tuesday. “Universal has given me the great honor in revealing to the world that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be opening its gates, spring 2010,” said actor Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy in the Potter films and was in Orlando for the announcement.
Tuesday’s peek provided a few new tidbits and renderings of the new area within the Islands of Adventure theme park. It confirmed some previous reports about the expansion that’s expected to cost more than $200 million but left much of Universal’s planned magic still in the dark. Notably absent: details about Wizarding World’s only new major ride so far, called Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. Released today were two videos and a set of renderings for the planned park. View the renderings in our photo gallery.
“This is really just the tip of the iceberg,” Mark Woodbury, president of Universal Creative, said of the announcement about the 20-acre area that will re-create scenery from the J.K. Rowling books and subsequent films about a boy wizard.
