OMG BEST IDEA EVER!! They should have a maze for the third task in goblet of fire! how frekin cool is that??? dude if they build this place i am so going for my honeymoon!

If this was done right (which would be hard to do)...it would be totally awesome. but everything would have to stay true to the books and not be commercialized AT ALL. If it is good...i would totally go. even though i'd be 20 by then haha. Actually, i'm sure all my friends would come with me:)

http://jimhillmedia.com/b logs/jim_hill/archive/200 7/04/16/monday-mousewatch -wdi-hopes-that-its-livin g-character-initiative-pr ogram-will-help-make-up-f or-the-loss-of-both-harry -potter-as-well-as-kuka-s -robotic-arm-technology.a spx VISIT THAT LINK!!!!!!! There is some information about this news story at that link!!!!!!!! Jim Hill Media always has the good stuff on Disney & other theme parks.

At least the rumours aren't about Disney this time. I couldn't stand it if Disney made an HP park.

I hope mad psycho obsessed fans design the theme park! Now they'd do something cool!

Umm ... o_o I think the idea of a theme park centered around Harry Potter is really too much. It would make the whole thing seem so commercial .... the movies are commerical enough, we don't need a Lord Voldemort's Revenge roller coaster *shudder* The only way I think this would work is maybe if they did one of those "walk through" things .... like letting park visitors walk through a wizarding world .... I think that might be kind of cool. Or maybe just ONE individual ride that is very elaborately constructed and stays true to the story .... like the Indiana Jones Ride, which I think does very well in being exciting, but not corny.

I really hope they don't make a Harry Potter themed park. I mean, I'd probably visit it if they did, but I honestly think it does sound a bit.... cheesy. I agree with diagongirlie, that if they were to do anything HP releated in a theme park, I would hope it is a very detailed ride, but not a theme park. I think that Harry Potter was meant to be a book, not a park.

Or ... how about a real-life recreation of Diagon Alley?? I think that would be the best!!

I wouldnt really like it if it were rides and things, i think it would be better if it were more like those exhibits museums have of their city's downtown in the late eighteen hundreds/early nineteen hundreds that have old fashoned movie theators and stuff...that would be cool. they could do hogmead, diagon alley, the leaky couldron...

Wow, I hope JKR doesn't sell out again.

I really don't like the idea. I mean, it would probably be lame! It would not satisfy HP fans! HP would lose its seriousness! C'mon; what if they have someone in a Voldy mask walking around and giving autographs and posing for pictures with little kids? AHH!! >=(! I think HP is best when left to the imaginations of the readers.

The more I think about this idea, the more I don't really like it. I think part of what makes Harry Potter so special is the way it exists in readers' minds, how it's special because it's NOT a part of the real world we live in. Even film is somehow an extension of that imagination. But a theme park? Definitely the "real world." At least nothing's confirmed yet. Ever heard of "Leave them wanting more?"

can't wait. yipee.

no no no don't make a stupid theme park...

Ah, I would go to a HP theme park but really that is going to far. Movies though grand are kind of bad enough and how they make the books into a theme park is going to probably be nearly impossible. (To make a park invented off of HP worthwhile to see anyway) Please let this be just a rumor.

that would be a very fun theme park i would absolutely luv to go there :)

Ooh how fun! Sounds like an adventure. Go Harry Potter Theme Park!

Man this rumor is nothing new to me. I emailed this to Mugglenet with a link to a roller coaster site 2 months ago. As an ACE member we hear a lot of stuff coming up the pipeline. Nothing was posted then. Bah! That said, I'd go in a heart beat. They already have an awsome themed roller coaster there (Dueling Dragons, a B&M suspended dueling coaster). I wish them luck.

that wud be awesome they could make one awesome ride out of a quiditch match

The only thing dumber than the idea of an HP themed theme park is the hordes of sheep who commented on this news saying how great of an idea it was. Seriously, think about it. This is LAME.

How awesome would it be if there actually WAS a Harry Potter theme park. I would go there so many times! It's still kind of odd I gues... I mean what rides would they have? Ah well- good enough for me!

I thought Jo's reps shot this one down. I hope it's just a rumor. I agree with everyone that says it's too much. I just saw an image of a guy in starry robes and a beard, taking pictures with little kids and saying 'Ho ho ho!' thinking he's acting like Dumbledore, and then a guy in a Voldemort mask running around saying 'Rawr! Grr... Rawr!' It would DESTROY HP.

How can you all think it's a dumb idea?!?! As long as it's created properly then it's a brilliant idea! WE COULD BRING THE WIZARDING WORLD TO LIFE!

OMG, I would love to go but I am from the Philippines and Orlando is Miles away from here..... too bad.... I haven't even been to disneyland.... poor me

lol, that would be sooooo cool!!!!! i would totally go but it might kinda ruin it... o well... and seriously what would they do????? lol, it would be funny... a "harry potter rollercoaster with the incredible sensation of flying on a firebolt broomstick"...

p.s. if they did they could not dooo naything stupid or cheezy cuz that would just ruin it...

Two words: OH YUCK!! :-(

i remember hearing some year or two back many rumors that disneyland might possibly make a h.p. ride. there are so many mixed rumors, though, it's hard to tell! either way i think the idea is rather cool, so long as they do the magic justice with whatever they choose to do.

i wish disney got the rights to harry potter theme park. it would be perfect! the strawberry fields!! (if you live near disneyland, you know what i'm talking about). universal is just a horrible place. they are desperate for anything right now. universal is going to make this harry potter thing to crap. they turn everything to crap. they have like 1 or 2 good rides and that is it. if disney got the rights, they would actually make it good. my opinion.

Squashing That BritishBelle... Those are all Disney-Related. I'm agreeing with vanishingAct 100%. I thought JK already said that this wouldn't be happenening? It's sorta like the rumour about her new book 'Harry Potter-Bewtiching Hour' (A gothic Romane about Harry and Hermione) and that she signed a 5 book contract with Raincoast... Or bloomsbury or Whatever.... WE know that Harry Lives (JK leaked this info out a little while ago) but we don't know that 'Mione and Ronnikins live yet.... It'd be kinda intresting but the Movies have already ruined the series (surprisingly, the 5th Movie is a lot like the book in many respects...) and I don't think JK would want her series intoa themepark! THis is alright for liek pirates of the Carribean and stuff but Harry Potter is just too magical and intresting and I don't think it would happen no matter HOW much they estimate it costing and all these facts... Hmm I think i'll write to JK (I want her to squash these rumours and I'm sure i'm not the only one) Lissie;;

Hogwartsempress, where did you get that Harry will live from? And POTC was based on the theme park ride, and not the other way around. :)

Awesome! That would be SWEET!

Actually this would be kinda cool. I live really close, so I have been to Islands of Adventure several times - greatest adventure theme park in Orlando. But if you don't understand IOA it's easy to think this would be lame. You should look it up. They have different Islands, like a Marvil superhero themed one, a cartoon themed one, and even one after Dr. Seuss. And Harry Potter would fit in perfectly with them. Hey, I've been on the Cat in the Hat ride at least seven times, and Dr. Seuss still captures my heart. I can see it now, themed like Hogwarts, or even Diagon Alley just like they do it in the movies...=]

I just visited Orlando this past week and there was a brief mention of this on the news there about a Harry Potter theme being built at Universal Studios in IOA but there was not much more details than that. I went to IOA 3 days ago and I could definately see how it could be done but I'm a little skeptical that it will happen. But I am impressed with how great IOA is and if they build it, I will absolutely go.

I really think that a theme park would be interesting...though I hope that it's not called 'Harry Potter World'. Imagine a baslisk roller coater and buckbeaks flying ride. They could be amazing.

IF they do this I am 100% travelling down to Florida... without a doubt in my mind

You know this is sort of hard to believe, you know. Before they said they would and told the public that JKR signed this thing for a HP themepark. But then she said she didn't. I don't know if I can believe this. It'd be very cool. But...I'd have to fly overseas. :p

That would be awesome!!! I hope they do make one!!!

That sounds fun. I want to go there, but I probably want, because I live in Denmark and it'll probably be in U.S.

Universal Studios *CAN'T* make a Harry Potter themed park area, and neither can Disney. Because Warner Bros. owns the rights. No way in the Spartan-Dining-Hall would WB allow Universal or Disney, their fiercest competition, profit off of what has effectively become *THEIR* (WB's) franchise. The closest we'll ever see to a Harry Potter theme park is maybe a ride or two at Six Flags since they already have Warner Bros. Licensed characters appearing at their park. They've got the costumed actors appearing as Taz, Bugs, Daffy, etc. They've got "Batman: The Ride," "Superman: The Ride," etc. There'll probably be a single roller coaster at Six Flags someday named and designed for something "Harry Potter-esque", but that's it.

Are they for real!?! OMG! I'd live there if they'd let me...hey!...perfect job for the college student? >idea

HOLY CRAP! is that for real??? OMG, hope it becomes true!!!

THIS WOULD COMPLETELY SUCK! How can anyone seriously support this hideous idea? It boggles my mind. The commercialism is sickening! If they made this ride I wouldn't be able to read the books without thinking about it. I would boycott the ride, and the books would forever be ruined for me. Can't the books just be enough? Why do we need movies, toys, clothes... and now, a theme park? Harry Potter is not a book series anymore; It's a business. JKR certainly doesn't need the money, so why would she sell out again? If she did this it would be the epitome of selling out.

NO NO NO!!! They are really blowing this Harry Potter mania way out of proportion. I won't stand for it, they're just going to screw up Harry Potter and it'll be torture for all the real fans.

hmmmmm....never thought that I would say thins, but....A Harry Potter Theme Park would be going waaaaaaaaay too far. Somehow, I don't see JKR going a long with this. But I wonder---and someone please answer if you have one---would JKR have a choice if the park was based on the movies? She didn't sell the commercial rights to HP all together, did she?

If the ride(s) are based on the movies and not the books (Legally, there's a difference.), I don't think JK has to agree to anything for it to happen. And the bit "hogwartsempress" wrote about how they don't like the idea for Harry Potter but that it's okay for movies like Pirates of the Caribbean: Just FYI, PotC was a ride first, then it was a movie. ;^D

omg i agree with britishbelle;; harry potter themepark in universal studios??? thats making it way to commercial;; and havent they already demented the books enough????? i mean;; when i watch the movies with my fam that hasnt read the books i half to explain or change most of the wording and such because thay change the book sooo much!!!!! but if there is one place they can make the harry potter world real and stay true to the books while making a theme park;; disney would be wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yy better than universal. its so less, comercial and so much more fun!!!

i changed my mind. A_Sirius_Girl;; you put it the best,better then any1 on here Wanna be my bestest friesnd???????LMFAO JK i dont make friends through thte internet

I could seem them do this with great ease. Islands of Adventure is already seperated into like 3 theme lands, DC Comics-Seusland-and something else (dragons and sinbad or something), a Harry Potter Land would not be that farfetched. They could have a rollar coaster that is like riding brooms, some sort of interactive quidditch game, a 4d theater, HP themed shops, and other things.

that is sweet