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* AbsenteeActor: Much of the Hogwarts staff is not seen, but most notably Professor Snape. This is because Alan Rickman turned down the offer to appear in the ride, as [[IAmNotSpock he didn't want to always be associated with the character]]. (Not that he ''wasn't'' in the end, mind you.)
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Moving some of these to the new Trivia page for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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* DemandOverload: When the ride and the surrounding area first opened, lines just to get into the area were so long that they went outside the park and circled around [=CityWalk=]. News reporters had quite the field day.
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* SequelGap: It took Universal Studios Hollywood six years to finally receive their own version of the ride.
* TroubledProduction: As mentioned below, J.K. Rowling originally wanted Disney to develop a Harry Potter area, but after numerous disagreements she reluctantly went to Universal to do the job.
* TroubledProduction: As mentioned below, J.K. Rowling originally wanted Disney to develop a Harry Potter area, but after numerous disagreements she reluctantly went to Universal to do the job.
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** Disney originally had taken interest in building a Harry Potter ride. What were their plans? Only one ride for it was going to be made, that would've involved guests using wands and firing at interactive 3D screens (this concept later became the basis for ''Toy Story Midway Mania!''). You can imagine why J.K. Rowling went to Universal instead.
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!!!General Trivia:
* Universal's ideas for a Harry Potter attraction go all the way back to ''1999'', when they first envisioned it as a stunt show.
* The budget for the ride clocked in at $94 million, making it surprisingly cheaper than some of Universal's other rides.
* After the midnight showing of ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' at the Universal Cineplex 20 theater, Universal allowed all of the attendees into the Hogsmeade area until around 5:00 AM, to commemorate the occasion.
* Of all things, J.K. Rowling was encouraged to let Universal build Harry Potter by Dr. Seuss' widow, as she had been very impressed with what Universal did with her late husband's work in the ''Seuss Landing'' area at Islands of Adventure.
* Universal's ideas for a Harry Potter attraction go all the way back to ''1999'', when they first envisioned it as a stunt show.
* The budget for the ride clocked in at $94 million, making it surprisingly cheaper than some of Universal's other rides.
* After the midnight showing of ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' at the Universal Cineplex 20 theater, Universal allowed all of the attendees into the Hogsmeade area until around 5:00 AM, to commemorate the occasion.
* Of all things, J.K. Rowling was encouraged to let Universal build Harry Potter by Dr. Seuss' widow, as she had been very impressed with what Universal did with her late husband's work in the ''Seuss Landing'' area at Islands of Adventure.
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* Universal's ideas for a Harry Potter attraction go all the way back to ''1999'', when they first envisioned it as a stunt show.
* The budget for the ride clocked in at $94 million, making it surprisingly cheaper than some of Universal's other rides.
* After the midnight showing of ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' at the Universal Cineplex 20 theater, Universal allowed all of the attendees into the Hogsmeade area until around 5:00 AM, to commemorate the occasion.
* Of all things, J.K. Rowling was encouraged to let Universal build Harry Potter by Dr. Seuss' widow, as she had been very impressed with what Universal did with her late husband's work in the ''Seuss Landing'' area at Islands of Adventure.
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* AbsenteeActor: Much of the Hogwarts staff is not seen, but most notably Professor Snape. This is because Alan Rickman turned down the offer to appear in the ride, as he didn't want to always be associated with the character.
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* AbsenteeActor: Much of the Hogwarts staff is not seen, but most notably Professor Snape. This is because Alan Rickman turned down the offer to appear in the ride, as [[IAmNotSpock he didn't want to always be associated with the character.character]]. (Not that he ''wasn't'' in the end, mind you.)
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* SequelGap: It took Universal Studios Hollywood six years to finally receive their own version of the ride.
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* DemandOverload: When the ride and the surrounding area first opened, lines just to get into the area were so long that they went outside the park and circled around [=CityWalk=]. News reporters had quite the field day.
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* When the ride and the surrounding area first opened, lines just to get into the area were so long that they went outside the park and circled around [=CityWalk=]. News reporters had quite the field day.
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* TroubledProduction: As mentioned previously, J.K. Rowling originally wanted Disney to develop a Harry Potter area, but after numerous disagreements she reluctantly went to Universal to do the job.
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* TroubledProduction: As mentioned previously, below, J.K. Rowling originally wanted Disney to develop a Harry Potter area, but after numerous disagreements she reluctantly went to Universal to do the job.
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* [[ProductionNickname Development Nickname]]: Project [=StrongArm=], which refers to the KUKA arm technology that holds the ride vehicles.
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* [[ProductionNickname Development Nickname]]: AbsenteeActor: Much of the Hogwarts staff is not seen, but most notably Professor Snape. This is because Alan Rickman turned down the offer to appear in the ride, as he didn't want to always be associated with the character.
* ProductionNickname: Project [=StrongArm=], which refers to the KUKA arm technology that holds the ride vehicles.
* ProductionNickname: Project [=StrongArm=], which refers to the KUKA arm technology that holds the ride vehicles.
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* [[TroubledProduction Troubled Development]]: As mentioned previously, J.K. Rowling originally wanted Disney to develop a Harry Potter area, but after numerous disagreements she reluctantly went to Universal to do the job.
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* [[TroubledProduction Troubled Development]]: TroubledProduction: As mentioned previously, J.K. Rowling originally wanted Disney to develop a Harry Potter area, but after numerous disagreements she reluctantly went to Universal to do the job.
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* PropRecycling: The Hollywood version of the ride features some of the actual props from the movies being used in the queue line.
* [[TroubledProduction Troubled Development]]: As mentioned previously, J.K. Rowling originally wanted Disney to develop a Harry Potter area, but after numerous disagreements she reluctantly went to Universal to do the job.
* [[TroubledProduction Troubled Development]]: As mentioned previously, J.K. Rowling originally wanted Disney to develop a Harry Potter area, but after numerous disagreements she reluctantly went to Universal to do the job.
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* Of all things, J.K. Rowling was encouraged to let Universal build Harry Potter by Dr. Seuss' widow, as she had been very impressed with what Universal did with her late husband's work in the ''Seuss Landing'' area.
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* Of all things, J.K. Rowling was encouraged to let Universal build Harry Potter by Dr. Seuss' widow, as she had been very impressed with what Universal did with her late husband's work in the ''Seuss Landing'' area.area at Islands of Adventure.
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This is talking about one ride, not the whole area.
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** An early concept for the area shows a much more underwhelming take, where it would've had the Lost Continent facades, such as the Enchanted Oak Tavern, being retained and just slightly plussed a little. Universal obviously realized that this wasn't going to be good enough.
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** Years earlier, the technology used for the ride was to be utilized in a ride based off the ''Film/VanHelsing'' film, and would have sat on the same space ''Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey'' sits on, but the under-performance of the film killed the ride before it could move past the drawing board.
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* After the midnight showing of ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' at the Universal Cineplex 20 theater, Universal allowed all of the attendees into the Hogsmeade area until around 5:00 AM, to commemorate the occasion.
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* After the midnight showing of ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' at the Universal Cineplex 20 theater, Universal allowed all of the attendees into the Hogsmeade area until around 5:00 AM, to commemorate the occasion.occasion.
* Of all things, J.K. Rowling was encouraged to let Universal build Harry Potter by Dr. Seuss' widow, as she had been very impressed with what Universal did with her late husband's work in the ''Seuss Landing'' area.
* Of all things, J.K. Rowling was encouraged to let Universal build Harry Potter by Dr. Seuss' widow, as she had been very impressed with what Universal did with her late husband's work in the ''Seuss Landing'' area.
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* When the ride and the surrounding area first opened, lines just to get into the area were so long that they went outside the park and circled around [=CityWalk=]
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* When the ride and the surrounding area first opened, lines just to get into the area were so long that they went outside the park and circled around [=CityWalk=][=CityWalk=]. News reporters had quite the field day.
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* When the ride and the surrounding area first opened, lines just to get into the area were so long that they went outside the park and circled around [=CityWalk=]
* After the midnight showing of ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' at the Universal Cineplex 20 theater, Universal allowed all of the attendees into the Hogsmeade area until around 5:00 AM, to commemorate the occasion.
* After the midnight showing of ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' at the Universal Cineplex 20 theater, Universal allowed all of the attendees into the Hogsmeade area until around 5:00 AM, to commemorate the occasion.
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!!!Specific Trivia Tropes:
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!!!General Trivia:
* Universal's ideas for a Harry Potter attraction go all the way back to ''1999'', when they first envisioned it as a stunt show.
* The budget for the ride clocked in at $94 million, making it surprisingly cheaper than some of Universal's other rides.
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** Disney originally had taken interest in building a Harry Potter ride. What were their plans? Only one ride for it was going to be made, that would've involved guests using wands and firing at interactive 3D screens (this concept later became the basis for ''Toy Story Midway Mania!). You can imagine why J.K. Rowling went to Universal instead.
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** Disney originally had taken interest in building a Harry Potter ride. What were their plans? Only one ride for it was going to be made, that would've involved guests using wands and firing at interactive 3D screens (this concept later became the basis for ''Toy Story Midway Mania!).Mania!''). You can imagine why J.K. Rowling went to Universal instead.
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* [[ProductionNickname Development Nickname]]: Project StrongArm, which refers to the KUKA arm technology that holds the ride vehicles.
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* [[ProductionNickname Development Nickname]]: Project StrongArm, [=StrongArm=], which refers to the KUKA arm technology that holds the ride vehicles.
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* [[ProductionNickname Development Nickname]]: Project StrongArm, which refers to the KUKA arm technology that holds the ride vehicles.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Disney originally had taken interest in building a Harry Potter ride. What were their plans? Only one ride for it was going to be made, that would've involved guests using wands and firing at interactive 3D screens (this concept later became the basis for ''Toy Story Midway Mania!). You can imagine why J.K. Rowling went to Universal instead.
** An early concept for the area shows a much more underwhelming take, where it would've had the Lost Continent facades, such as the Enchanted Oak Tavern, being retained and just slightly plussed a little. Universal obviously realized that this wasn't going to be good enough.
** Voldemort was originally going to have a physical appearance in the ride, but was cut. He would later finally get his theme park debut in ''Ride/HarryPotterAndTheEscapeFromGringotts''.
** A scene involving the giant chess pieces was planned, but cut due to budget.
* [[TroubledProduction Troubled Development]]: As mentioned previously, J.K. Rowling originally wanted Disney to develop a Harry Potter area, but after numerous disagreements she reluctantly went to Universal to do the job.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Disney originally had taken interest in building a Harry Potter ride. What were their plans? Only one ride for it was going to be made, that would've involved guests using wands and firing at interactive 3D screens (this concept later became the basis for ''Toy Story Midway Mania!). You can imagine why J.K. Rowling went to Universal instead.
** An early concept for the area shows a much more underwhelming take, where it would've had the Lost Continent facades, such as the Enchanted Oak Tavern, being retained and just slightly plussed a little. Universal obviously realized that this wasn't going to be good enough.
** Voldemort was originally going to have a physical appearance in the ride, but was cut. He would later finally get his theme park debut in ''Ride/HarryPotterAndTheEscapeFromGringotts''.
** A scene involving the giant chess pieces was planned, but cut due to budget.
* [[TroubledProduction Troubled Development]]: As mentioned previously, J.K. Rowling originally wanted Disney to develop a Harry Potter area, but after numerous disagreements she reluctantly went to Universal to do the job.
