Last year, Universal ran an ad that kicked off its million ticket giveaway promotion. This year's commercial will promote the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal's Islands of Adventure, though it will also promote the resort in general. But what caught my attention was the screen grab Universal released from the ad:
Broomsticks? Where in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will theme park visitors be riding broomsticks? Will that be the theme of the Kuka arm ride vehicles on Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, or will the B&M Inverted Coaster seats on Dragon Challenge be themed to broomsticks? (We already know what the ride vehicles look like on the Flight of the Hippogriff family roller coaster.)
Update (Feb. 2): Here is the ad:
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Commercials are always exaggerate themes of what you really experience or ride on in the park.
Remember the Surrender ads? They don't let you ride with Captain America on the ATVs and you don't run and shoot aliens on the streets of New York in Men in Black.
It would also be like saying you stand in tower of terror while a bellhop operates the drops.
It makes sense, too, since Harry rode his broomstick in the challenge.
I agree with the anonymous poster, though, in that putting a little broomstick decoration on each seat won't overcome the fact that you're still sitting in that bulky suspended coaster train. It won't look anything like that picture, folks. (Nor will riders be issued Gryffindor Quidditch kit before riding, I assume.)
side note, does anyone know if they will be selling maggie smith posters????
MOTHER TO YOUR WORD.... strike that, reverse it
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