Although I think Boris Johnson is a bit of an idiot, I kind of agree.

I totally agree with him,actually…

Cry moar London.

Since there is going to be a permanent set at Leavesden Studio with the Diagon Alley set being preserved, it could be the centre of a really big attraction. It doesn’t need to have rides to be worth visiting.

Why not? Maybe after the success of the one in Orlando they ll built one in London as well!
Europeans wont have to fly to the USA!

I am just puzzled why he has never talked about his concerns earlier on while the location was still to be discussed ? Now it seems a bit late ??

I agree with him entirely, but it’s a bit late now isn’t it? He should have expressed his opinion earlier, because they can’t really take the theme park down now and simply move it to London.

I agree completely!

Yes, he’s right, but I for my part, travel to England next week to l look at the film sets outside the studios like the Colleges in Oxford (Great hall, library …) and visited a lot in Scotland lile the viaduct (flying ford anglia in CoS), Alnwick castle (flying lessons, arrival of the Ford anglia…), Glen Coe and Glen Nevis (background for Quidditch and dragon flight in GoF) and so on. This is something you can’t transport to america…
And when they open Leavsden studios they will have their own attraction!!!

i totally agree. With it being in london you can get the proper experience. every staff member will be british. More of a chance of getting the off visit from one of the Harry Potter foalk. It could SNOW!! even the rain would be beautiful :(
i have done nothing but support the attraction in orlando, but their should be one in england too.

Great idea! Then I’ll get a chance to visit too :)

He does have a point!

I see his point, but then again despite my living in the United States and having tickets to the park already, I’ve also been to England recently and seen everything there as well. To me, it’s the best of both worlds. I get the theme park experience (which is totally different from actually seeing real shooting locations, inspirations, etc) and also got to see the “real thing.” I’ll definitely go back to England to visit Leavesden when it’s open, too.

When I first heard it was being built there I really did wonder why they decided not to do it here in the UK. They should make one here as well, I really have no idea why it’s in the US, maybe there’s not much space to do one here?

While I agree that it’s set in the UK, guess who approved all of this in Orlando? The film people and JK Rowling herself. To HaryRichardsPotter, every staff member in the section is British. They didn’t hire anyone who didn’t have a British accent. I don’t like the way he said this. He doesn’t have a say over this… While it would be authentic in England, it will attract more Harry Potter fans here than it would in England. Everyone knows that there are more fans in America than England. It’s not a matter of rivalry, it’s a matter of population. Ours is much bigger, and therefore, more people are fans here. The only reason he wants it in London is because he wants a money maker for their economy. The fact is that many people will fly here to Florida for this, and he knows it. They are getting the Leavesdan set, aren’t they? I’m just annoyed with him. I know that I wouldn’t be looking for some fowl to yell out about to move the park to America if it was built in England… It’ll feel like the UK and I really hope that noone does what the Mayor is saying, because it just annoys JK Rowling and the film producers. It just annoys me… Oh well, they can’t very well take down the attraction, it’ll be amazing to visit, I hope the Mayor realizes why it was built in America…