Disney Thinks It’s Magical? Ha!

I’m so torn on the issue of this upcoming Harry Potter theme park. On one hand, it’s butchering all aspects of the imagination we had while reading the books by turning it into a corporation’s real-life money-making machine. On the other hand, drinking butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks would be sooooooooo cool…

When a theme park called The Wizarding World opens next spring in Orlando, Harry Potter fans will be able to get fitted for a magic wand at Ollivander’s Wand Shop, stroll through the village of Hogsmeade, and eat at the Three Broomsticks restaurant, according to artists’ renderings. The park is intended to be a  “completely immersive environment” that recreates the whole wizarding world imagined by J.K. Rowling. A ride called Forbidden Journey will take fans through scenes in the movies, and one called Dragon Challenge (“definitely for the brave”) is based on the Triwizard Tournament. A third ride is called Flight of the Hippogriff… (The Telegraph)

Really, this whole issue has made me feel like I’ve been confundus charmed… What, too geeky?