[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Any truth in this?

[bumbledore]

Well, if those theme parks become as expensive as Disney, I for one, will
not be attending.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ferer" <jferer at yahoo.com>
Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Any truth in this?


> --- 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.
>
>
>
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