the portion of the wizarding world of harry potter in universal's islands of adventure at the universal orlando resort opened to the public on may 28, 2010.
the portion of the wizarding world of harry potter in universal's islands of adventure at the universal orlando resort opened to the public on may 28, 2010.
when did the portion of the wizarding world of harry potter in universal's islands of adventure at the universal orlando resort open to the public?
may 28, 2010
along with the new theme park, the resort also opened a florida version of universal citywalk from universal studios hollywood. citywalk orlando, but with different venues and design. universal also opened the resort's first onsite hotel in september 1999. loews portofino bay hotel (originally portofino bay hotel, a loews hotel) was operated and partially owned by loews hotels but was also partially owned by universal and the blackstone group. the two theme parks, citywalk, and the hotel were branded as universal studios escape, however the name was quickly changed to universal orlando resort. in december 2000, hard rock hotel opened as universal orlando's second onsite hotel. despite its name, the hotel is owned by loews hotels, like loews portofino bay hotel and is not affiliated with hard rock international. in 2001, loews royal pacific resort opened. in the midst of all these openings, two parking garages were constructed and the popular water park wet 'n wild orlando was acquired. in 2003, rumors began swirling that a harry potter themed attraction would be coming to universal or one of the disney parks. on may 31, 2007, universal, in partnership with warner bros., officially announced "the wizarding world of harry potter" would be added to its islands of adventure park. just over three years later, on june 18, 2010, the seventh "island" at universal's islands of adventure, the wizarding world of harry potter, opened.
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the wizarding world of harry potter is a themed area spanning two theme parks—islands of adventure and universal studios florida—at the universal orlando resort in orlando, florida. the area is themed to the "harry potter" media franchise, adapting elements from the film series and novels by j. k. rowling. the wizarding world of harry potter was designed by universal creative from an exclusive license with warner bros. entertainment.
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