Vote of the week: Which Hogwarts house are you?

April 18, 2014, 11:03 AM · It's no stretch to declare: theme park fans love Harry Potter. After inspiring a new generation of kids to fall in love with reading and busting box office registers around the world, Harry Potter's success in driving theme park attendance shouldn't have surprised anyone. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter has helped attract record numbers of visitors to Central Florida, while helping Universal Orlando increase its market share relative to both Walt Disney World and SeaWorld Orlando. Record revenue from admissions, hotel bookings and merchandise sales helped NBCUniversal buy out its former partner Blackstone Group to take full ownership of the Universal Orlando Resort. Now Universal is expanding The Wizarding World around the Muggle world, with today's announcement that Universal Studios Japan will open its version on July 15 this summer, and the announcement earlier this month that Universal Studios Hollywood's version will open in 2016.

Harry Potter announcement in Japan
Photo courtesy Universal Studios Japan

It was nice to see Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, staying true to Luna's Ravenclaw house during today's press event in Osaka, while all the other dignitaries around her jumped on the Gryffindor bandwagon. (That's former First Daughter and current U.S. ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy on the left, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Universal Studios Japan president Glenn Gumpel in between.) Just once, for the lulz, wouldn't you love to see a politician rocking a Slytherin scarf at one of these events? Unless Tom Felton gets elected somewhere, though, I doubt we'll ever see that happen.

Part of the appeal of the Harry Potter franchise is the ease with which it draws people into its wizarding world, inspiring you to think of yourself as part of that world, and a member of one of those four Hogwarts houses. I love the story that Dave Cobb has told about finding Dr. Phillips High School students sitting around a table at the Three Broomsticks restaurant in Islands of Adventure, in full Hogwarts robes, drinking Butterbeer and doing their Muggle school homework in their daily afternoon ritual. It almost makes me wish I were in school again, to have a better excuse to do something like that! (FWIW, my sister went to Dr. Phillips, long ago, when it first opened, and we lived across the street from what was then only Universal Studios Florida and a huge parking lot.)

I'm willing to bet that many Theme Park Insider readers have a Hogwarts house scarf or T-shirt in their drawer or closet, a souvenir of a visit to Universal Orlando. Which house's stuff did you buy? Readers can find abundant "Which House are you?" quizzes littering the Internet, but we'll consider the House sorting questionnaire on J.K. Rowling's Pottermore site to be canon here. Whether you've been sorted as part of joining the Pottermore communtity or you've just decided on your own, tell us which Hogwarts house you consider yourself to belong.


According to Pottermore, I'm a Gryffindor, my son is Ravenclaw and my daughter Hufflepuff. Honestly, that's about right, as I consider our personalities. What's your favorite part of the Harry Potter franchise? Or tell us your Harry Potter-related travel plans, in the comments.

Replies (8)

April 18, 2014 at 1:45 PM · I'm a Muggle, but not just the one that isn't a wizard. A Sucker, Dupe, Mug who's tricked into parting with one's cash. I hope the end result is worth it.
April 18, 2014 at 5:53 PM · Hmmm, well, this is embarrassing.....I voted Hufflepuff, which is where I really, truly have always felt I'd end up. I'm a hard worker and very loyal to those who earn it. But, well, I just went and signed up with Pottermore for the first time, just to see what it would say..... I got sorted into SLYTHERIN!!!! I am now completely traumatized and may never visit Pottermore again......
April 18, 2014 at 6:41 PM · I truly had no preconceived notion of what house I belonged to. I haven't read any of the books but did see all the movies. I went to Pottermore and registered, went through all the steps to join Hogwarts and at the Hat sorting I was assigned to ... Hufflepuff! I kind of like it since their animal is a badger. Quiet but nasty when bothered.
April 18, 2014 at 6:47 PM · I decided to go to Pottermore.com and do the official Sorting Hat ritual. I'd never been to the site before, and found that it was actually pretty cool.

I mean, you have to sign up, buy a pet, buy a wand, and answer a bunch of questions, but the questions were really entertaining and the artwork on the cards was great!

I was put into Ravenclaw, which I was a little surprised at, as I would normally identify with Hufflepuff. A few things I remember were that I chose Power, Mind-Reading, The Forest, and a Barn Owl. Even if I could remember all of my answers, I wouldn't want to give away exactly what would make you a Ravenclaw.

That was fun.

April 18, 2014 at 6:48 PM · Pottermore sorted me into Hufflepuff. Makes sense, I guess--I'm a particularly good finder.
April 18, 2014 at 7:09 PM · My passionately Slytherin daughter was proud that I was sorted into Slytherin as well.
Would have never registered on Pottermore without the curiosity provoked by your poll!
April 19, 2014 at 2:46 PM · Shouldn't there be a 'none of the above' option?.... :)
April 20, 2014 at 12:37 PM · The results of the poll look off. I am thinking there is a lot of self-determining which house you are in rather than having the Hat sort you. I think there should be close to 25% in each house.

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