As a follow up to our post about the Ellen DeGeneres Show taping from Universal Studios Orlando and broadcasting a ‘sneak peek’ at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park, the talk show’s website has put out a call for those knowledgeable in everything Harry Potter. In the “Be Part of the Show’ section, …read more!

Both of our book clubs on the Leaky Lounge have chosen new books to read for the month of March. The Harry Potter Book Club is reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and you can find the forum at this link, where you will find all sorts of polls, prompts and more to …read more!

Yesterday, the Crafty Witches launched a brand new environmentally-conscious Craft-Along, in time for the upcoming Earth Day on the 22nd of April. The challenge for this month is to turn your favourite Harry Potter book into a small reusable bag, enabling you to better help the planet by turning down the plastic carrier bags offered …read more!

Universal Orlando has released the first official high res image of the Hogwarts Express at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. The high res image can be seen right here in our Image Galleries. Universal notes: The Hogwarts Express arrives at Hogsmeade Station as The Wizarding World of Harry Potter continues to develop …read more!

A sneak peek at the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park will air this summer on NBC, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Slated to air on the American TV network Sunday, June 6, “The Making of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter” program will “viewers a sneak peak [sic] of the Universal Orlando …read more!

BehindtheThrills.com has posted an update which details information from a newly released Universal Orlando Resort 2010 brochure about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. Of interest from this new brochure are details about the height restrictions for the individual rides at Wizarding World, as well as what each ride is expected to entail. …read more!

The Orlando Sentianal blog has an article online which reports that the Ellen DeGeneres Show will be taping an episode at Universal Orlando Resort which will possibly feature a look at the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. According to the blog, a media release from Universal says “Ellen hopes to explore the …read more!

Our Crafty Witches and Wizard have chosen crafter Pren Wilcox, a.k.a archerpren, as March’s Featured Crafter of the Month. Pren has used her talent with sewing and knitting to produce crafts such as a hand sewn Beauxbatons costume, a Golden Snitch ornament, a Fereverto charm and some Shrinky Dink stitch markers. An interview between one …read more!

Join the Harry Potter Alliance for their second annual Accio Books Campaign live broadcast today at 4:00pm EST featuring Maureen Johnson, Lauren Fairweather, Paul DeGeorge, and Brian Ross as they kick off their book drive supporting the Delta Center for Culture and Learning and Mississippi Delta region of the United States. Each year, HPA comes …read more!

There are a few updates to bring you today regarding the continued construction at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park at Universal Resorts Orlando. Thanks to BrianOrndorf.com, new images of the Hogsmeade areas of the park show us a plethora of new signage now hanging before the shop fronts which read “Tricks & …read more!