Virtual tour of Harry Potter theme park

All levels of Harry Potter fans should be excited by the video below. Universal Orlando Resort and Warner Bros. have released the first-ever details of the eagerly-awaited The Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction, due to open in spring 2010. On the Universal Orlando Resort website you can view a map of the park as well as the video below that gives a virtual tour of what the resort may look like. The video shows rides that may be included to give visitors the full Harry Potter experience. The theme park will draw from ideas from the books and movies to be a fully immersive experience for any Harry Potter fan. Universal states you can buy guest packages currently for the Spring but recommends to sign up on their site to continue to get details about the theme park. Currently, tickets are not available specifically for when the theme park

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – Nintendo DS

Platform: Nintendo DS ESRB: E 10+ Genre: Third Person Action/Adventure Number of Players: 1 Publisher: Electronic Arts (EA) Release Date: June 30, 2009 Official Website Basic Idea as I See It – Playing as Harry Potter, this game takes players around Hogwarts, completing tasks and finding various items for friends and other students. There are bits of story in between the sets of missions that closely follow the movie, and a great many mini games to provide distraction and variety along the way. There are also opportunities to brew potions, duel schoolmates (Slytherins), learn charms, and collect wizard cards, gobstones, chess pieces, and butterbeer which can be used to swap for important objects to help complete the tasks at hand. Graphics: As far as the characters and familiar rooms go, they do vaguely resemble their movie counterparts. Though, since it’s on the DS and they are so small, that’s a

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