The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a new themed land within Universal Studios theme park based on the Harry Potter books and movies. The land includes one new attraction, as well as two themed rides and multiple shops and restaurants.
What we did.
A true partnership between Nassal, Universal Creative, and Warner Bros. was necessary to achieve what the Wizarding World of Harry Potter has been world-renowned for. A THEA award winning land, Harry Potter took Universal Creative to new heights and was welcomed with overwhelming response. Since Orlando was such a huge hit, Universal quickly decided to create these lands in Japan which opened four years later, and then in Hollywood, opening in 2016.
How we did it.
For Orlando, Nassal completed all carved stucco, faux rockwork, themed retail in Hogsmeade Village, as well as all of the exterior of Hogwart Castle and interior queues for the feature attraction “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey”. For Japan and Hollywood, Nassal took on a similar role for all themed environment scope inclusive of Hogsmeade Village, Hogwart’s Castle, and the show set scope for “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey”.
Due to the desire to control art direction locally in Orlando, Nassal took a different approach to the fabrication of Japan and Hollywood. While in Orlando we were able to hand-carve the majority of the land, Nassal was tasked to pre-fabricate as much as possible in order to achieve a high level of finish, while adhering to an aggressive schedule.This resulted in over 42,000 parts and pieces for each park, fabricated and scenically completed by Nassal’s fabrication team in Orlando, and then shipped to their respective sites for instillation by the local contractor with Nassal keeping a very close, and supervisory role. This approach allowed us to optimize our delivery process while increasing the overall value to the client.
