Lately he’s been creating permanent buildings and grounds, starting with last year’s Diagon Alley expansion of the wizarding world at the Universal Studios Florida theme park, connected to Islands of Adventure by a real Hogwarts Express. He’s spent much of his career designing for such blockbusters as the Avengers, X-Men, Jason Bourne and three of the eight Potter films.īut film sets are meant to last a few days and only give the illusion of a real space through tricks of scenic design and camera and light work. The sorcerer behind the scenes is Irish architect Alan Gilmore, 44, supervising art director. “I feel the cast members have been much nicer,” she said. Ruzenka de Venedetto, 37, a Los Angeles attorney dressed as a mashup between “Frozen’s” Elsa and Potter’s friend Luna Lovegood, visited Universal’s wizarding world that opened six years ago and proclaimed the L.A. Jamie Cunanan, 33, an opera singer from La Cañada visiting with four other friends all dressed in Potter-inspired costumes, said she’s been twice a week since the soft opening, taking full advantage of her annual pass. That would bring the total to more than 8 million, based on 2014 estimates by the Themed Entertainment Association. “We believe they will see attendance in that park grow - between the ‘ Fast and Furious: Supercharged’ (a recently opened thrill ride) and ‘Harry Potter,’ (growth) will exceed 20 to 25 percent this year, with revenues following that kind of growth pattern,” Speigel said. Dennis Speigel, president of International Theme Park Services, said he doesn’t need to attend the opening festivities to declare the new attraction a hit.
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