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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts in Diagon Alley at Universal Studios Florida (in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter) is an indoor steel roller coaster themed around the Harry Potter franchise! Today, we’ll cover the history of the Harry Potter attraction, and touch on the decision to construct Diagon Alley at the Universal Orlando Resort.
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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts details by Coasters 101 -
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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts SCRAPPED Original Story by Orlando Informer -
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Daniel Radcliffe says he’s done with Harry Potter by the Daily Beast -
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Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey + The Escape from Gringotts tropes by TV Tropes -
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10 Things Harry Potter fans didn’t know about Diagon Alley at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter by The Travel -
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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts ride at Universal Studios by IMDB -
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Ride Review: Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts by Theme Park Insider -
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Harry Potter, the Making of Diagon Alley Parts 1-6 by NBC -
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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts Queue and Dragon by the DIS -
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Harry Potter and The Escape From Gringotts - Full Queue Walk-through by J.P.L. Studios -
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Wing for Gringotts Dragon being installed in Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando by Attractions Magazine -
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The Vision of Diagon Alley by Universal Orlando Resort
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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts - Behind the Scenes by Universal Orlando Resort -
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Ride footage, photos for Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts at Universal Orlando by Attractions Magazine -
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter -- Diagon Alley by Universal Orlando Resort -
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Grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter with Daniel Radcliffe & other movie stars by Attractions Magazine -
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[@YesterworldEntertainment]

Hey All! Apologies for the take down / re-upload, the last one received a Copyright claim from WB, and mix that with a few aspects of the initial post we weren’t 100% happy with, and we decided it was best to re-edit a HP footage heavy portion and re-release it today. Apologies for any inconvenience, but we hope you enjoy the episode!!

[@pakasack]

Friggin WB lol jk

[@tessbolick6605]

ohh, this is a re-upload. I thought this was going to be more info about how the scrapped version would have gone and was confused at why there hadn't been anything new yet. Guess that's on me for not fully realizing.

[@ThatOneGuy-22]

No biggie this was still a great vid

[@ariellabellaboo3217]

Thats alright, we understand. And yes the video did make my day, and watching it helped me feel a bit better.

[@MoneyBin309]

I started watching this and had the most wicked sense of deja vu. Thanks for clearing up my metaphysical dilemma

[@geekhotel1785]

By playing Bill Weasley in Escape From Gringotts and General Hux in Rise of the Resistance, Dohmnall Gleeson is the only person to play a character in both a Disney and a Universal attraction

[@okamimo]

Don't forget Chris Pratt, Jurassic World and Guardians of the Galaxy

[@coltonandjen]

Our of date now, Chris Pratt is in both the California and Florida versions of Universal and Disney with Jurassic World and Mission Breakout in California and Velocicoaster and Cosmic Rewind in Florida

[@bkppppppp]

They should of given Rupert more to do since he was actually there

[@santanasbananas]

ShinyPrettyFancy I agree, but the reason the creative team had such a difficult time designing this was because JK insisted the storyline stayed canonical. Ron wouldn’t really be able to host the ride or do much more since he was technically away with Hermione and Harry looking for the horcrux.

[@Viking_Luchador]

@@santanasbananas and as we learned from Fantastic Beasts, she has the utmost respect for established canon and doesn't just do whatever non-sensical thing she wants

[@AWasteOfSpace-sz2os]

JK Rowling: you can’t mess with pre-established characters and plot points from the books that is my job

[@marcomotroni]

2001 A Waste Of Space 😂😂

[@whysoserious6685]

Lol I mean she did creat it so she can do what she wants right? Is this about the black girl for the play?

[@whysoserious6685]

@@woodbooger6506 So it is about the black girl and a gay Dumbledore or you wouldn't have said she is a revisionist. I have yet to see a Egyptian movie without white english men or Scott's and that's actually history not fairy tales and you didn't whine about that revisionist tactic. It's a fucking book about wizard's get the fuck over it. You right winger's are always talking about the left complaining and playing victim but ur bitching about diversity of wizard and witches that aren't even real and is for for kid's. She created the world and can make change's regardless of her reason's. No one is playing me especially over Harry Potter fairy tails trust me lol

[@TECfan1]

@@whysoserious6685 Exactly. Just look at the backlash over a black Little Mermaid. It's a fairy tale...like it matters.

[@whysoserious6685]

@@TECfan1 lol right atleast you feel me......what's the saying....... "equality feel's like oppression to those in power". He erased his comment because he knew it was bs and hypocritical. It's crazy how a black mermaid and gay wizard can cause so much bitching and controversy.

[@timrob12]

It's great to see Bill at Gringotts in this ride, as the books and the movies always mentioned him working there, but we never got to see it.

[@SirBlackReeds]

This ride doesn't get the credit it deserves. Despite Disney wanting us to believe that the new Guardians of the Galaxy coaster will be the first storytelling rollercoaster, Universal actually beat them to that punch with Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™.

[@breakfastburritos19]

Wait, what about Hagrid’s Motorbike adventure too? How could the guardians of the galaxy be the first?

[@SirBlackReeds]

@@breakfastburritos19 It's what Disney said during a press release, at least according to a Jim Hill podcast, "Universal Joint Episode 12: Why it’s time to stop bashing Universal for its screen​-​based rides" to be exact. I found an entry that talks about it on DisneyParksBlog. Looking over it though, maybe Jim Hill was paraphrasing.

[@quietdemon8138]

Meh I’m more of a guardians fanatic than a wizard type of dude I like Potter just not as much as Bruce the shark

[@Donillini]

Rock n Roller Coaster isn’t a story Coaster?

[@SirBlackReeds]

@@Donillini Nope.

[@iamontda]

Yesterworld: The wait time for the ride reached up to six hours Hagrid's Motorbike Adventure: Hold my beer

[@cryptidofoz]

If this ain't the fuckin' truth. My brother went to the opening day for Hagrid's ride and it was an all day experience for him. I was not willing to stand in Florida summer for that nonsense. I stayed home lol.

[@thefairytail7171]

I'm so impatient lmfaoo all I think about when thinking of theme parks is wait time pfft.

[@ognick22]

Mannnnn I just came back from a 5 days stay there and when I say it was “at capacity” literally 4 of the 5 days I stayed it was no joke. One of my favorite rides though so it’s well worth it lol

[@winnermatt1180]

Hold my ButterBeer

[@CurtisRodProductions]

I was lucky since at night during the fireworks they opened it with a 30 minute wait time This was June 2019

[@AvoidTIMtation]

We really need a video on the disaster that is Fast n Furious Supercharged. Really wanna know the decision making behind that ride

[@randomethingscatstoo3118]

AvoidTIMtation 😂😂😂😂😂😂that ride is awful!!!!

[@breakfastburritos19]

AvoidTIMtation omg yes! That ride is the worst thing I’ve ever rode! First off, the line wait said 20 minutes but we literally ended up waiting almost 2 hours for that shit fest. (Which happened to be a sorry version of a ride, the fuck? That thing was like a minute long? Not to mention 90% was half naked women dancing???) it was the saddest looking ride in that park.

[@nighthawk7x203]

I have never felt more dissapointed than the second I got off the damn "ride"

[@LlamasAreBest]

I agree. It’s the worst ride I’ve ever been on. I’d rather go dit on the tee-cup ride for the whole day, and I hate those.

[@MattBrayton]

Fun fact. Most team members agree with you. None of us like it either. Kinda dropped the ball.

[@dustytheloneranger]

It'd be funny if they got Elijah Wood when Radcliffe said no

[@daviewz9335]

🤣

[@alyssashane5569]

i just love how the dragon on the outside of the building breathes fire. it made my whole day when i saw that!

[@Folap]

FYI, the single riders lines and possibly the fast pass one as well skip pretty much all of the pre-show elements.

[@MasterKenobiWan]

They've been cutting the photo opportunity a lot recently too since it's staffed by Amazing Pictures.

[@lunahetfield]

Folap i've been on the single riders and its soooooo much shorter! i was able to get on the ride, in just minutes!

[@Folap]

mintty kookiie candy torchwood:3 It’s nice but just beware that the single riders line skips the bank entry part with all the troll tellers and also the elevator part, you go straight to the main ride.

[@TheRealConcertKing]

Yeah, I did single rider because the regular line was so long and I missed all of the pre shows and still had to wait like 40 minutes in a single rider line entirely full of large groups of people.

[@kyoko2752]

Fast pass lane goes along the same basic route as the normal line, but much shorter wait time. (My hubby and I had fast passes our first two days there two weeks ago)

[@brycevo]

I could have sworn I just watched this... Must've been magic

[@raphaelmarquez9650]

Or the work of Killer Queen.

[@somerandomname7602]

Raphael Marquez KILLA QUEEN DAISAN NO BAKUDAN BITES ZA DUSTO

[@orcatwar9810]

hahahahaha ZA WORLDO

[@dancersupreme3023]

I want there to be a interactive quidditch ride if that could be possible. In my mind that would be super fun- if the possibility of it turning out is high.

[@dumbjedi2545]

That would be sick if they made that. that would be thrilling or even like an experience like in one of the film's when they went to the quidage tournament, when they like spun in the sky hit the ground and watched that dope tournament til Mr. No nose and his army of people hadda mess it up. I could see Disney making a ride like that. Because I can't see people going on like fake brooms around an area being lifted, for safety reasons but if they got people to be able to sit in a cart of some sort and had all around video playing the scenery I think it would be dope.

[@FeatheredWingz]

I wish we had seen more of Bill Weasley in the films. (At least he wasn't almost completely edited out like Charlie, though.) Still, I liked the whole Weasley family in the books and wish more of their dynamic was shown. So it's nice Bill got some time to shine in this ride's narrative. Domhnall Gleeson playing Bill was a revelation I only recently learned. Alastor Moody was played by his father, Brendan. (On a meta level, that makes Bill being the one to inform the Order of the Phoenix about Mad-Eye's death in Deathly Hallows Part 1 even darker.) He seems like an actor with a range for sure. I first heard his name attached to General Hux, the character he plays in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. That character more resembles an extra evil Percy Weasley in his kiss-up stage lol!

[@ash-tj5rl]

Thankyou for that fact, now I know you can kinda see it!

[@LordofFullmetal]

To be fair, there were a LOT of Weasley children. And there were a LOT of other characters who were more important than Charlie. It's hard to juggle that many characters, so sometimes you have to cut some.

[@bridgetmistryable]

Do the history of MR. TOAD'S WILD RIDE DISNEYLAND(-1955)

[@VaisFilmsProd.]

Yes!!!! I was going to ask if he can do Mr. Toad!

[@kylemorello4787]

I would love that!

[@bridgetmistryable]

@Pink Freud thank you

[@PrimeStoneToons]

Me too

[@matts.6904]

And definitely WDW's defunct version too!

[@ThomasS17]

In case someone reads this before going on this ride, some tips from my experience: - Try to get first (or second) row, I was last row twice, it makes some scenes a little harder to see and you don't feel the water where it should be. - Try to get on the first cart, if you are on the second, you see the first cart in front of you, which takes a little bit from the experience. - Don't make the safety bar too tight, we got stuck at the end of the ride (where the carts park for a moment before you head to the exit) for 25 minutes and had the safety bars locked pretty tight, which made our feet fall asleep after a couple minutes, and that hurts.

[@largol33t1]

Um, I've been on it and you do NOT get a choice of where you sit. The attendants tell you which row to sit in. I went alone twice and was put in the second row every time.

[@SorasShadow1]

Went to Universal a few years ago & tell ya the truth? I remembered absolutely nothing from this ride. I remembered that I'd gone on it, I've got pictures from the line to prove it, & I really loved the theming in Gringotts itself but I had absolutely no memory of the events of the ride till they played in the video. I can remember those little stage shows they put on in Diagon Alley & the village just fine, and I vividly remember whatever ride that was in the castle but completely forgot the one with the _dragon_ Though tbh, the biggest thing i remember from the Hogwarts castle ride was going in as a solo rider & needing to run on the moving platform to catch my ride. All while the staff were like "gogogogogo!", that was fun.

[@GeekTruth64]

I’ve been subscribed to both of your channels for a little while and just now realized you manage both. Seriously didn’t even connect the two there. Good work man, keep it up.

[@theoneandonly8037]

so j.k rowling insisted there could be nothing that interfered with continuity of the books for the ride? hahahahahahaha that's funny coming from the person who every other day makes up some new thing

[@thecreatoroflaziness]

theoneandonly well Dumbledore was coded gay .

[@MegaDeathRay10]

Politisch Interessiert he loves cock and ball torture too

[@TECfan1]

But really...what actually interferes with pre-established plot? It's popular to say she changed a bunch of stuff...but I yet to hear what she actually changed. Reveling things about characters is not changing...it's just establishing previously unknown details.

[@GJameso]

@@TECfan1 Easy example: time-turners in Cursed Child work in a way that directly contradicts PoA.

[@ninjanippledog725]

How do any of the things she say mess with continuity? You just sound like a whiny bitch

[@GeekRemix]

Been waiting for the last few days for the reupload!

[@scotsmith2391]

I finally understand the story line of the ride. Up until now it just seemed like a hodge podge of Death Eaters, Voldemort and the trio throwing spells around and the cart careening about. Thank you for that.

[@moon_marina]

When I went on the ride last time, after bill asks: “are you okay?” a girl screamed: BETTER YOU ARE HERE and honestly I will never forget that

[@ZephyrHills]

Ive rode Escape from Gringotts twice, and Ive never seen the pre shows or all the stuff before the ride as I always used the single rider queue as it was always an hour or less wait rather than 6 hours :') So seeing all the preshow stuff was really interesting to see, Thanks! :)

[@someoneout-there2165]

I know what you mean. When I was there regular line was lime 1 hour and single rider was 1 minute or automatically board. 🤣 I understand the want for wanting to ride with friends / family the first time or two but after that why not just save hours of time and go through the other line?

[@soccer3564]

Great overview, just rode both new rides and the train a few days ago. They were amazing!

[@amywarren5565]

Can you do a history of Disneyland railroad?! Why does it have the Grand Canyon and prehistoric scene? And why is Peter and wolf playing during the Grand Canyon scene? I’ve always been curious.

[@samdow9440]

HOLY CRAP! I separately subscribed to this account and BattlefrontKnight without realizing any correlation until you plugged this video in your latest Battlefront video. Mind. Blown.

[@aninterestingpenguin9374]

I’ve been subscribed for a little bit, and I was quite surprised to see you mention this video on your battlefront channel when the video randomly popped up in my KZbin recommendations. I’m not sure if I should say that video sent me, or that I came here from enjoying your yesterworld videos.

[@TycoonTitian01]

Went recently and loved the ending remarks on the ride

[@NarzoX]

I went to orlando a month ago and rode this and it was awesome. Last time i was in orlando was in 1994 so it was a great experience.

[@the13throse]

I remember waiting in line for maybe around 2 hours to ride this on my first and so far only visit to this park. Honestly, I remember it being worth the wait. My biggest regret is not being able to go on it more than once due to the long lines

[@largol33t1]

The roller coaster Hagrid's is so bad that I gave up. Went at rope drop and it just kept breaking down again and again. After nearly FOUR hours in line and hearing more delays and seeing the empty cars go around for another half hour, I gave up. it's a disaster and should be either rebuilt even if it takes a month or two or torn down and replaced. The ride is hardly new, it opened over seven months ago and is still plagued with all kinds of problems.

[@LisaF777]

Should have gone as a single rider. My wait was 5 mins

[@MicheleKlinger]

This is my favorite of the Harry Potter rides in the parks. I had no idea there was a whole other story originally planned for the ride, among all the other behind the scenes details.

Great video! well done

[@palliecat]

The intro always gets me going :D

[@FireMonkey9]

Hi Quinn! I had no idea that you were on this channel. pretty cool

[@deferdfive0928]

I went on this ride last year, it was great.

[@sunnygirl523]

love this ride and even my mom and grandma said this was the smoothest ride at the park 😍

[@ronineditor9920]

Amazing video, thanks for this... we were just there, totally amazing.

[@BlytheKala93]

I helped open this park and remember having to help give out water and sell food to folks in the Gringotts line. There were days where it literally never moved. We couldn't even ride it for the employee preview but it was so fun the second we got to

[@meh_cromancer]

The Reupload starring Bette Midler

[@Maximusprime24]

Literally my favorite ride at Universal Studios/Island of Adventures

[@missyrose2154]

Forbidden journey is still my favorite but this is a close 2nd

[@Nick-ty9vy]

It was forbidden journey for me until hagrids came.

[@TheRealConcertKing]

When I went on the ride for the first time last November, I was really disappointed. As a die hard Harry Potter fan, and a massive fan of Forbidden Journey, I was expecting to love Gringotts but I left it heartbroken because it was just not that great. One of the biggest problems I had with it was the arbitrary shoehorning in of Voldemort. He served no purpose and was cast aside so flippantly, it really undermined his character as the ultimate villain of the franchise. And there's no way he would have encountered Harry there and just ran away like that. The ride was almost entirely screen-based, when I was anticipating much more physical sets like FJ. I knew it was more screen heavy going in, but I didn't think it was going to be like 95% screens and 5% sets. The original version probably would have been a lot better because it wouldn't have screwed with the HP canon like the current ride does. They should have stayed true to the story and made a better ride that actually made sense.

[@kjdraws9159]

it’s such a cheap ride. this is why i’d rather go to disney more

[@TheRealConcertKing]

@@kjdraws9159 I doubt it was cheap. It probably cost well over $100million. There were just elements that were poorly executed, especially in comparison to the elements that were done very well. Also in comparison to Forbidden Journey which is possibly the best dark ride ever made.

[@kjdraws9159]

TheRealConcertKing you’ve raised some good points, and i absolutely agree with them. it’s just that universal sticks with virtual reality rides more than physical ones. gringotts is partially physical, but they could’ve done a lot more. i’m glad nothing bad happened with hmcma

[@cdherrington88]

Meh.. I thought it was pretty fantastic.

[@troyarrington5492]

They should just made it a coaster

[@Cha_Cha_Chai]

How is JKR gonna tell an amusement park to stay true to the essence of her work and then hop on Twitter the next day to completely retcon said work????

[@largol33t1]

I've stopped reading any new books or seeing any new Harry Potter-based films since she went all weird, claiming Dumbledore was "supposed" to be gay all along and that Hermione was "supposed" to be black. Seems she conveniently forgot that she did mention in one of the books that Hermione was definitely NOT black.

[@charlessoutherton8946]

@@largol33t1 the only mention of Hermione's skin was in the Prisoner of Azkaban book where they greet harry in diagonally, it just said that she looked tanned and Ron had more freckles, in nowhere in the book apart from Kingsley Shacklebolt is skin colour mentioned for any character and when they were preparing the film script for the Half-Blood Prince in 2008/9 Rowling told Heyman that Dumbledore was gay so I don't get why people are so upset by this. She left a completely open look for the characters in the way of skin colour and sexual preference and her main focus for her storytelling was the plotline. It's only in recent years that people have become so obsessed and sensitive to skin and sexual preference information.

[@TheRealSweedie]

@@charlessoutherton8946 because people are racist and homophobic. Simple as that...

[@thoughtengine]

@@TheRealSweedie Simple? Real life? I believe you overestimate your chances.

[@thoughtengine]

@@charlessoutherton8946 Some people really just don't want a gay character, it's true. They also have not heard all the background information for the set-up, and think it's just Rowling pandering to the Twitter hate mobs who keep demanding stupid things BECAUSE INCLUDE!!!!! pretending they're saving the world and still hating just the same when they get them. I haven't heard any of it, but I also don't remember a reason he *couldn't* be gay... Some people are sticklers for continuity and also missed the fact that there's no reason Dumbledore couldn't be gay. Then again, some continuity errors are massive and if you have an entire series of films where you've used a white actress, making her suddenly black is a sideways hit that leaves you with a production like an abysmal end-of-year primary school play. If Rowling wanted her black she should have cast a black actress for the movies. And, some people just don't want any noticeable changes, at all costs. For them it will automatically suck, whether it objectively does or not.

[@jerrod7361]

It kinda bugs me that actors who made a life time living can't come back for a few days of filming with basically old friends. Just seems disrespectful to the fans and source material

[@YesterworldEntertainment]

I've personally always felt that way too :(

[@princedonovaughn1182]

Yeah it would seem like not the big a deal especially for fans and what you basically owe an entire career to but it seem like Daniel and probably Emma don't really want to associate with Harry Pottee anymore now that they aren't under contract. Which is kind of sad because Daniel will always still be Harry to most people even if he does other amazing and different roles.

[@princedonovaughn1182]

The more I think of it he still didn't escape being in the ride, so he might as well have gotten paid for it.

[@alexyadayada4487]

It sucks that they didn’t want to come back but I can understand that they didn’t want to be known just for that role.

[@jerrod7361]

But They Still are, you can't hide from your first huge. I mean maybe one day they'll do something bigger but I doubt it Potter is this generations Star Wars @@alexyadayada4487

[@MasterKenobiWan]

The new (technically fourth gate, if you count Volcano Bay) has been rumored for a long time until the leak this year. The main rumor for Potter though is the Ministry of Magic (MoM) of anyone has time to read further into it. Most sensible since we have Hogwarts and now the Forbidden Forest taken care of. It's only time before Lost Continent bites it too... :/

[@ferbbe02gamingXD]

They currently are having construction on the 4th park which is named "fantastic worlds". Its a hub to stem park as well

[@xBloodxFangx]

I get that J.K Rowling wanted the ride to both be true to the original source but also not interfere with cannon story plot (even though she is going back now and changing things herself.) I always felt that theme park rides were always just in their own storyline. Its a ride, after all. Its not really suppose to be taken seriously as cannon to the movie / books. Its just suppose to be faithful to the source material and entertain.

[@jtbackup4553]

Do a history of Rip Ride Rockit

[@katiebarnett3135]

just rode on the ride a few days ago so good

[@UltimateCybress]

Great video! Love your stuff. Could you do Kim Possible World Showcase?

[@landomando1034]

Holy I had no idea you owned the battlefront night channel as well. Huge fans of both

[@marckleinhenz159]

Glad my article could help provide some background info. =)

[@Bermondseybob]

If you've got a 3D telly and have the glasses to hand, the 3D footage actually kind of works! It's not proper 3D, but you can see some of the effects working.

[@goob_goob_gooby_goob]

Cash Banooca 2: Escape from Gringotts Steak house

[@CaleMcGowan]

Morgan the Magnificent CYOAR! 👍

[@lunahetfield]

Morgan the Magnificent LOL

[@jstyxx4110]

In 2014 I was stuck on this part of the ride. I got to see the screens and what it’s like below the ride. I case no one knows, you’re about 25 feet off the ground for the ride, and the ride can self-right when on a hanging segment.

[@PrimeStoneToons]

Can you please do The History of Mr Toads Wild Ride At Disneyland and Walt Disney World

[@matts.6904]

Any chance you'll do a video on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (both DL and WDW versions)?

[@cyborgasylum7353]

Gringotts is such a short ride

[@qa986]

Love Harry Potter!

[@DoctorNumber10]

Everyone in the comments getting mad about JKR's rants about Dumbledore's sexuality or Hermione's race but they're all complete ignoring the most insane rectoning where she explains how witches and wizards use the bathroom by taking a dump literally anywhere and the magic it away, after she wrote a whole book where a bathroom was literally the center piece of the whole plot.

[@rafaewald]

Thanks

[@michaeleisner4758]

Universal Studios, I remember when I stole...err..borrowed their studio park idea. In the long run, it was a great idea. DHS is about to get even better with the addition of Galaxy’s Edge. Everybody loved Toy Story and I know everyone will love Galaxy’s Edge

[@andrewreegs6319]

Hey, didn't you resign 15 years ago?

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

@@andrewreegs6319 I think he's talking about when he stole the idea from Universal and made his own studio park, and that he's happy for what Iger has done for the park

[@Blaziken36]

@@AverytheCubanAmerican Why are you on every KZbin comment section???

[@mikhailpreda]

You mean Bob Iger's everything is obscenely priced, cheap, plastic looking, and pretentious Star Wars (but not the Star Wars you know) area? Yeah! People love 200 dollar plastic lightsabers and 8 dollar coconut milk, I'm surprised you didn't do it in the 90s!

[@MarioKartFan108]

Can you do the history of the Railroads at Disney Parks (Disneyland Railroad, WDW Railroad, Western River Railroad etc.)?

[@rmannayr2129]

Escape from Gringotts Starring Bette Midler!

[@Lilo-bc9wz]

Hayride ride is like mummy revenge except you're outside and not inside where it's dark, plus it goes forward and backwards

[@Ryan15T]

I remember while riding Escape from Gringotts, My foot actually hit something below the ride vehicle while it was moving. It didn't hit hard enough to cause any damage, But I felt it for sure. No one seemed to care..

[@brittanynguyen3794]

I need to get on that ride.

[@princedonovaughn1182]

Honestly the fact it contradicts canon so hard is really annoying but not more annoying then the fact the Wizarding world part of Universal references guests as muggles and contradicts canon I feel much more.

[@SALshaNoma]

We are all muggles, what's the issue? You want they should pretend you're a witch or wizard?

[@elphaba4674]

To think Disney could have owned all this! Im glad the mouse missed out!

[@legoghostyoda]

idk... seeing what they’ve done with Galaxy’s Edge and Pandora has me wondering how cool a Harry Potter land could’ve been

[@espo221b]

@@legoghostyoda those are only cool because of Potter's influence. There are videos that talk about Disney's plans for Harry Potter, and it wasn't good. There is a reason JK went to universal.

[@largol33t1]

I'm glad they missed out. They would have ruined Diagon Alley. Disney's plan was terrible: They did NOT want to build Hogwarts Castle and they wanted the entire "land" to take up a FRACTION of the size it is today. There would have been no way to fit Diagon Alley into Fantasyland. That's how misguided they were. Thank god Universal gave Rowling a lot of power to determine how everything in the park would look. She was insistent that Diagon Alley be large enough so that nobody could see the other parts of the park over the rooftops. That way visitors would be immersed in Harry's world. Smart psychological trick there. Interestingly, someone did marketing research on both theme parks. Universal sells more cups of butterbeer than all the drinks Disney sells in Galaxy's Edge! I'm not surprised. When I went there, the butterbeer stands were crowded and this was in January, which is basically the off-season!

[@starsINSPACE]

I like videos about how IPs or similar concepts are used at multiple parks with different owners. You should compare Universal's Wizarding World of Harry Potter to Disney's Avatar and Star Wars Lands...since those happened partially because of Disney seeing the success of HP at Universal after not getting the rights to HP for themselves.

[@kirkcore9996]

Dewit!!! Love your battlefront knight channel!

[@kiddes4630]

I was just at universal studios Orlando it was sick I got picked for olivanders wand expireance

[@rogergoza3180]

Wonder what another expansion could bring, I can’t think of many non muggle set pieces other than maybe the Weasley Burrow and the ministry that have yet to be used

[@daweaselgeek1430]

Roger Pessimistic The rumors are that it would be themed to Fantastic Beasts, so likely a Wizarding New York like with the London section.

[@largol33t1]

They could also do a ride based on Tom Riddle's past or make a replica of Godfrey's Hollow. I wish they would at least make a land based on the Ministry of Magic. Imagine the kinds of rides they could cram into that.

[@theweirdone242]

Can you talk about the island of adventure halloween event, island of fear. The jurassic park scare zone jp extinction, and project Evilution

[@OldMovieRob]

Looks like a lot of fun, but I wonder what the wait times are like, particularly in the summer.

[@largol33t1]

In the "off-season" (January and September) expect wait times of under 30 minutes IF you go in the mornings on a weekday. I have no idea what it's like on weekends, I planned my visit for January from Monday to Wednesday. I don't know if weather played a factor, temperatures were unusually cold for Florida at that time of the year. I stayed at Cabana Bay Resort and people were angry that Volcano Bay was closed because of unexpectedly cold weather. There are two massive trade-offs for going off-season: in September, that's hurricane season. The airport was closed on the very day I planned to go! I was forced to cancel (ALWAYS ALWAYS buy cancellation insurance!). I waited until January and was shocked by the weather reports: it wasn't going to hit 70 degrees in the mornings. I dressed in long-sleeve shirts and wore jeans the entire time I was there. If you stay at Cabana Bay, the pools are all heated so that wasn't a problem and I did go swimming twice.

[@SALshaNoma]

I went during Christmas and the waits were worse than when I had gone in July. There might be a calendar you can look up to see when their slow times are. Try to go when kids are in school and not on breaks.

[@jonathonnord4954]

Is the narrator Kevin Perjurer of Defunctland? I enjoy both channels. Just curious if Kevin regularly narrates for Yesterworld. Could be my speakers, but it sounds like him to me...

[@Lach90]

Fuck yeah double drift is back!

[@jstyxx4110]

I was on the ride when it broke down. Believe me the projections flash out of order, spooky shit.

[@binx2638]

I think many would agree it should have been a crazy rollercoaster..

[@Crimson-1997]

Gringotts was my favourite harry potter ride

[@Rebel_Friend]

What do you think of Galaxy’s Edge?

[@xBloodxFangx]

Those are not trolls. They are Mooks, larger (stupider) versions of goblins, usually used as muscle or enforcers.

[@thedisgruntledkakapo]

See, I didn't mind the storytelling, the screens, the set up, etc. My issue was it being in 3d. If you are going to turn people facing straight down suddenly, don't give them glasses that can fall off and ruin their experience. The first time it happened to me, I thought it was just the glasses were a bit too stretched for my wee lil head. Second time the same thing happened. Now instead of enjoying the ride, I have to be conscious of holding my glasses at certain parts.

[@SALshaNoma]

As someone that use to wear regular glasses, 3D was unwatchable and I ended up really not liking this ride.

[@roddimus09]

How about the part in the elevator with the knights?

[@theojenner1902]

Joe Rhodes face in this video is priceless

[@TheWolfwiththeDragon]

Why is scrapped in the title? I thought that this was going to be a video about a ride that never happened or a ride that was a failure.

[@joosoo]

Because the original concept was scrapped. There's plenty of whiny Harry Potter fans who don't like the ride because of the addition of Voldemort.

[@jstorm7922]

Are there two different people that do the narration for this channel?

[@fredMplanenut]

The detail in Diagon Alley and in Gringotts is fantastic escapism, and I wasn't a fan until I visited.

[@alextirrellRI]

So I went on this for the first time a few weeks ago. I was by myself so I took the single rider line -- you miss so much of the story that way! I had no idea what was happening -- didn't help that the audio wasn't very clear either.

[@ender7278]

They should've made an attraction that involves running between various goblins to obtain various paperwork. A true experience in bureaucracy.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

just looks like an old bank before the mine

[@theojenner1902]

Also can we consider a waterpark as a gate? That would mean WDW has 6 parks/gates

[@Sillyzombie666]

What is it with all of the theme park ride channles doing harry potter rides this month

[@maxnorwood1870]

I remember when we rode they let us skip the whole line because they were scared we were too big to fit in the ride vehicles 😂

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Why is Joe rohde in the universal interview lol??

[@MasterKenobiWan]

I screamed after noticing him. How does it nut turn into a giant shitting contest if you do Disney and Universal together?

[@quietdemon8138]

MasterKenobiWan this is the weirdest fucking comment I’ve ever seen and that’s saying something

[@encinobalboa]

Daniel Radcliffe will always be known as Harry Potter, period. If Danny manages to get another roll, fans will always say, "that's Harry Potter!"

[@MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

And? He has more than enough money to never act again. It's his decision.

[@SALshaNoma]

This is why he does the throw away fun movies, because he can and they are glorious.

[@alejandromolinac]

@@MrStGeorgeIllawarra Yeah.... It's not like these dummies ever go broke.

[@bountyhunter6693]

Dew It!

[@MetropolisKid]

for a second there i thought on was on the defunctland channel😏😏

[@SeizeTheDay95]

While they did cast a PHENOMENAL voice double for Daniel Radcliff, Emma Watsons, was not so fortunate...

[@TheRealSweedie]

I think this ride is my favorite of the Wizarding World rides, even including Hagrid's. I just love the setting, the preshow/queue, the story, really everything about it is just so good! Hagrid's is definitely more thrilling, but I feel like this is a little bit more magical :)

[@javiersalgado9702]

DEWIT!

[@velociwyatt9080]

If jk Rowling still disagreed with universal, they could changed the plans to west wallaby Street from wallace and gromit. Escape from gringotts would become a Wallace and gromit ride, the train become a Shaun the sheep ride themed to a hayride, knockturn alley would become mossy bottom farm and be connected to the Shaun ride, the wand experience would become testing Wallace's inventions, the leaky cauldron would become a cheese emporium, the ice cream parlour would be themed to a matter of loaf and death with other pastries, the fountain of fair fortune would become a Shaun pizzeria since the flock likes pizza, the hopping pot would become a were rabbit salad bar, the knight bus would become Wallace's car which would be a Wallace and gromit meet and greet, the dragon would become the rocket from a grand day out crashed onto Wallace and gromit's house which would keep the fire thing with it coming from the bottom of the rocket, borgin and burkes would become a Shaun farmers market, the shops would become stuff like Wallace's invention shop and gromit's gifts.