Lapho u-John Hansen nomndeni wakhe beqala ukucwaninga izindiza namahhotela ngohambo oluya e-Orlando ngonyaka ozayo, babecabanga ngekhefu lasentwasahlobo. Manje, nokho, abahlelile ukuza kuze kube u-2011.
Umndeni awufuni ukubeka engcupheni yokuhamba yonke indlela usuka eBoise, e-Idaho, ngaphambi kokuthi kuvulwe i-The Wizarding World of Harry Potter e-Universal Orlando.
“Bengifuna ukuqiniseka ngokuphelele ukuthi i-Wizarding World izovuleka lapho sihlela ukuza,” kusho uHansen, ubaba wezingane ezimbili oneminyaka engu-46.
Akubona abakwaHansen bodwa abalindile. Abanye abantu abaningi - kusukela kubavakashi baphesheya kwezilwandle abazama ukuhlela isikhathi sabo sokuvakasha, kubaphathi bezokuvakasha bendawo abazama ukubikezela amathuba ebhizinisi angonyaka ozayo - bamagange ngokuthi i-Universal ibeke usuku lokuvulwa kwe-Wizarding World, "ipaki yetimu ephakathi kuka-$200million-plus" epaki yetimu. ” okusekelwe ochungechungeni lwezincwadi ezithandwa umhlaba wonke zombhali u-JK Rowling.
I-Universal, engasho lutho olutheni nge-Wizarding World kusukela yawumemezela eminyakeni engaphezu kwemibili edlule, ithembisa “umbono wokuqala ngqa” wale phrojekthi ngoLwesibili. Kodwa ngeke isho ukuthi ngabe lesi simemezelo sizofaka phakathi okuhlosiwe kosuku lokuvula okunembe kakhulu kunonyaka ka-2010, okuyikona konke esikunikeze kuze kube manje.
Okhulumela le ndawo yokungcebeleka unqabile ukuphawula ngesonto eledlule.
Umbuzo onomthelela omkhulu hhayi ku-Universal kuphela kodwa kuyo yonke imboni yezokuvakasha yase-Orlando, othinteke kakhulu kulo nyaka ngenxa yokwehla kohambo okubangelwe ukuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni jikelele. Abagqugquzeli bezokuvakasha babhange ku-Harry Potter ukusiza ukuqeda lokho kwehla.
I-Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau njengamanje amaphrojekthi ahambela e-Orlando azobonakala ngo-2010, ngemva kokucwila ngamaphesenti angu-9.1 kulo nyaka ezivakashini ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-44.5. Kepha lezo zibalo zingashintsha ngokuya ngokuthi ekuqaleni kuka-2010 - noma sekwephuzile kangakanani - I-Wizarding World of Harry Potter iqala ukudalulwa.
"IHarry Potter ishintshile kakhulu," kusho uMongameli wehhovisi lezivakashi uGary Sain.
Kukhona imikhondo. Isibonelo, inkontileka yelayisense ye-Universal ne-Rowling kanye ne-Warner Bros. Entertainment ithi ukuvulwa okuhle kwe-Potter kufanele kwenzeke ngo-Juni 30, 2010.
Kodwa ngalé kwalokho, kuye kwaba khona okungaphezu kokuqagela okuvame ukungqubuzana. Abanye abantu bathi batshelwe ukuthi i-Universal izovula isigaba sokuqala ekuqaleni kukaZibandlela walo nyaka; abanye bathi umsebenzi wokwakha usemuva kakhulu ngesikhathi.
Ukwenza abanye abantu bethuke: Imizabalazo ye-Universal ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka nge-roller coaster yayo entsha ye-Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit. Indawo ehehayo bekufanele iqale ivulwe kule ntwasahlobo kodwa ayizange iqale ukusebenza kwaze kwaba cishe amasonto amathathu ngaphambi koSuku Lwabasebenzi.
“Uma ukugibela okukodwa kungase kubambezeleke ngaphezu kwalokho ababekulindele emasontweni ambalwa, ngiyakwazi ukubona kalula ukuthi ‘ipaki eliphakathi kwepaki’ elingabambezeleka nakakhulu,” kusho uWendy Buckley waseClara, e-Ireland. U-Buckley uthe umndeni wakhe uqhubekele phambili wahlela uhambo oluya e-Orlando ngonyaka ozayo - kodwa walubhukha ngasekupheleni kwehlobo njengoba bebengenza kahle ngethemba lokuqinisekisa ukuthi bangavakashela i-Wizarding World.
“Sizozishiya izinsuku ezimbalwa esizozichitha ku-Universal kuze kube sekupheleni, ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi ithuba lethu elingcono lokuvuleka,” kwengeza u-Buckley.
Noma nini lapho u-Harry Potter efika, ochwepheshe bemboni bathi, umthelela womsizi womfana ku-Universal kanye nomnotho obanzi we-Orlando kufanele ujule.
Nakuba i-Wizarding World engamahektha angu-20 ingeyona ipaki yetimu ezimele yodwa - izoba yisiqhingi esingaphakathi kwe-Universal's Islands of Adventure - ama-boosters athi nokho iyisengezo esikhulu kunazo zonke kwezokuvakasha kwe-Orlando kusukela i-Walt Disney World yavula ipaki yetimu ye-Disney's Animal Kingdom ngo-1998. .
"Ngokungangabazeki, uHarry Potter ucishe abe nomthelela omusha epaki," kusho uRay Braun, iphini likamongameli omkhulu kwa-ERA AECOM, inkampani yokuxhumana eseLos Angeles eyenza ucwaningo lwezomnotho embonini yepaki yetimu. “Sicabanga ukuthi wuhlobo olunamandla kakhulu olungakaze lusetshenziswe kulo mkhakha.”
U-Harry Potter kufanele abonise ukuheha okuqinile kwezivakashi ezisuka e-United Kingdom, osekuyisikhathi eside kuyimakethe ebaluleke kakhulu yaphesheya kwezilwandle yase-Orlando kodwa edonsa kanzima kakhulu njengamanje. Izibikezelo zehhovisi lemihlangano nezivakashi eziya e-Orlando zisuka e-UK zizokwehla ngo-16.4% kulo nyaka ziye kubahambi ababalelwa ku-800,000, okuzolehlisa ngemuva kweCanada njengemakethe ephithizelayo ephakelayo emhlabeni jikelele.
Uchungechunge lwezincwadi eziyisikhombisa lukaRowling luse-England.
Kunobufakazi obuningi bomlingo wezezimali ka-Harry Potter ebhokisini lebhokisi. Amafilimu okuqala ayisithupha asekelwe ezincwadini enze imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5.4 zamaRandi emhlabeni wonke, ngokusho kwe-BoxOfficeMojo.com, isizindalwazi sokulandelela. Ama-movie amahlanu akleliswe phakathi kwama-box-office angu-15 amakhulu kakhulu emhlabeni wonke ake ahlala njalo.
Imiphumela iwubufakazi bokuthi abalandeli bakaHarry Potter bazizwa kanjani kulolu chungechunge - into abagqugquzeli abayilindele ngokugcwele ukuthi izohumushela ekubeni khona kwetimu epaki.
"Labo ngabalandeli abayizigidi ezingama-300 emhlabeni jikelele - abathembekile bomkhiqizo," kusho uSain. “Lokhu kuzosisiza ngempela.”
