Any truth in this?

[Jim Ferer]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Sarah" <seven_uk03 at h...> wrote:
> Hi, new person here! I found the following article posted on 
> www.hprama.co.uk (?). Can anyone tell me if there is any truth in 
> this? I was set on buying my own little castle and grounds after my 
> masters and setting up my own role-play summer school. But if they 
> are going through with this then there doesn't seem to be much 
> point! :(   
>  
> (folds arms and stomps off in a sulk)
> 
> 
> >>>Harry Potter theme park in store?  
> Posted by JAMES
> Source: Screamscape via The Leaky Cauldron 
>  
> Information garnered from an open lunchtime meeting between Bob 
> Gault and the staff of Disney may have revealed that Disney is in a 
> preliminary stage of constructing a Harry Potter-themed park. Gault 
> revealed that the Potter theme park has been completed as a  rough 
> draft and the Disney staff is now looking into building a 
> Lord of the Rings-oriented park....it seems the head of Universal 
> Orlando was having an open Q&A lunch session with his staff a few 
> weeks ago when he was asked if Universal had any plans to pursue 
> either the Harry Potter franchise or Lord of the Rings for possible 
> future park projects. Bob Gault's answer was that "Disney has Harry 
> Potter wrapped up" and that Universal was instead checking into Lord 
> of the Rings.<<<

I think it would be the first time Disney undertook any project that
involved paying royalties to someone else.  They've generally avoided
that, including paying royalties they were supposed to pay. Disney has
a long and tawdry record of stiffing artists.