Theme Park Bits: $1,000 Universal Bonus, Four Houses of Hogwarts Light Up a New Castle, R.I.P. Epcot Monorail?

In this edition of Theme Park Bits: What possible downside could there be to a $ 1,000 bonus for Universal employees? Find out more about the new projection-mapping experience coming to Florida’s Harry Potter castle. Are monorails running through Future World at Epcot about to become a thing of the past? Get the lowdown on […]

Harry Potter Day: Back to Hogwarts but WHY were Ron and Neville so bad at magic?

New witches and wizards will be taking the Hogwarst Express at 11am. Famous offspring Albus Potter, Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy all start at the famous school in 2017. None of them wan to follow in the early stumbling footsteps of Ron and Neville. However hard they tried, their spells never seemed to go right. […]

Watch the Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle Show at Universal Studios Hollywood

While Disney and Universal continue to lock horns in the theme park cold war that promises to bring all kinds of ambitious goodness to parkgoers in the coming years, the Mouse has the advantage in one key area: nighttime entertainment. For many visitors, a day at Disney is not complete without an evening fireworks show, […]

Harry Potter shock: ‘Snape did NOT die at the Battle of Hogwarts’

Fans will remember from the book and film when Voldemort orders his snake Nagini to kill Snape, thinking the Potion Master was the master of the Elder Wand – having killed Dumbledore. Bravely having served as a double-agent, the hero in died in front of Harry in the Shrieking Shack at the Battle of Hogwarts. […]