Uh-Oh! Comcast is suing Harry Potter

Nah, they're just be recasting the current attractions with younger, newer, cheaper rides. ;-)

The nominees for best TPI response to a trash THC discussion post are ...

Leaving CityWalk ... The moving walkways are down ... BUDGET CUTS?! ... I blame WDI

Revive Lost Continent!

I know I'm in the minority in that I'm really not that invested in Harry Potter. So , as I once heard someone say, "Let it go.".

Don't get me wrong. I love all the buildings and ambience but I just don't understand adults walking around with wands muttering "spells" in mock latin.

Maybe it's because I went to a school in England co-founded by Elizabeth 1 in the 16th Century and where the Masters wore capes and had power absolute.

I also know that it doesn't make sense that I like most other IPs at the Parks but for me Harry and his posh mates are simply " odiosis ac puerilis".

Anyway I'm sure Harry et al will survive in the Parks despite these rumblings as it is so popular and a TV series will doubtless cement it's place for at least one more generation.

Personally I'd rather have Back to the Future and Jaws but maybe I'm just getting old ?

Maybe Disney can secure the HP rights after they leave the Universal parks in 2035.

NAH! Disney was wise enough to realize Potter wasn't a good fit. As TEA/AECOM consistently shows (and Mr. Iger has confirmed) without paying JKR a dime, the WDW parks continue to slap around the now empty Comcast parks.

Comcast desperately needed Potter. Disney never did.

The delusion is strong with you, sir. Passed on the book, movie, and theme parks rights... apparently, you don't watch the YouTubers showing the Disney parks empty either.

How's that Disney Plus service going? They lost 1.2 million subscribers on the last price hike and are now 14B in the hole.

Meanwhile, Butterbeer sales alone have paid for Epic Universe. All because Disney was smart enough to pass on the theme park rights. Desperation is a stinky cologne, my friend.

I guess Disney was also smart enough to shed half of their stock price since March 2021... you never seem to mention that.

NB: "Meanwhile, Butterbeer sales alone have paid for Epic Universe."

Me: And the source that confirms this assertion?

I love Potter and Universal. The parks are a LOT of fun, but it is crazy talk to say Disney parks are empty. There is no longer a time of the year that is not busy. Only less busy. Early October or February? Still busy.

There are many criticisms for both places, but both are tons of fun.

First week after Labor Day is usually very quiet at WDW.

So, you worry about the Butterbeer comment and avoid the tanking Disney stock... got it.

Not worried about anything ... Wondering whether or not your Butterbeer claim is accurate or if you are just making stuff up

I think the butterbeer comment was meant to be hyperbole, that's how I took it- but Disney made a mistake to pass up on Harry Potter. There were plans, I believe, for some Fantasyland attractions that JK Rowling denied. If HP would've been successful as a land at, say, Disney Hollywood Studios, then Disney wouldn't be "saved", it would be suffering with the same issues that it does now. However, butterbeer is a much more iconic drink than blue milk, which says a lot about which land is performing better.

God willing, someday the absolute truth will come out about whether or not the Walt Disney Company actually passed on adding Harry Potter attractions to its themeparks.

TH, you are correct about one thing. HP would not have worked at Disney. We'd have Voldemort and the Dementors doing the running man dance like poor Darth Vader with his sequined glove and those Stormtroopers.

When I saw that video, that was the day I knew Disney killed Star Wars. They would have ruined HP as well.

Butterbeer paid for the new park because I said so. I funded half of that park myself.

If you use the Google on the internet machine, you can easily find the story and names of the people who passed on the HP book rights, movie rights, then theme park rights. You'd rather pretend this information doesn't exist, just like the TEA/AECOM numbers... unless it favors your narrative.

This seems like a worthy subject for research. The weeding through the anonymous posts and "unnamed" sources to try and put together some semblance of an accurate accounting of Potter/Disney/Whomever owned Universal ... Intriguing.

Also, since the first book was released in 1997, the book rights were likely first negotiated in 1995 or 1996 -- almost three decades ago. If Disney did pass on the book, that would've been on Mr. Eisner's watch. That would mean the current leadership should be granted some immunity from criticism, no?