Common Orlando New Summer season 2024 Stuff: Harry Potter Present, Daytime Parade & Lagoon Spectacular with Drones!

Common Orlando Resort has introduced quite a lot of new, must-see leisure choices from day to nighttime in Summer season 2024. This publish shares a rundown of what’s coming quickly to Islands of Journey and Common Studios Florida because the parks gear up for the countdown to Epic Universe subsequent yr plus our commentary concerning the additions.

“We’re thrilled to debut an array of never-before-seen experiences for all the household to take pleasure in from day to nighttime,” stated Karen Irwin, President & COO of Common Orlando Resort. “These new experiences – coupled with the wonderful sights presently in our theme parks – will permit our company to create lasting recollections that can make this summer season really unforgettable.”

Since theme park followers have a tendency to love the entire “reply to the competitors” factor, I suppose you possibly can say that this announcement is Common Orlando’s response to Walt Disney World’s Summer season 2024 choices. CommuniCore Corridor and Plaza and the “¡Celebración Encanto!” sing-along that debut on June 10, 2024. That very same date, additions for Inside Out 2 and Lion King’s thirtieth Anniversary arrive at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom, respectively. Previous to that, there’s the “Disney Desires that Soar” drone present at Disney Springs.

In fact, none of what Common introduced is truly a solution to all of that. It’s been an open secret for some time that Common was engaged on a brand new lagoon present and daytime parade. It’s not like they only began creating these items within the final month after Walt Disney World’s announcement–that’s not how any of this works! We knew this was occurring–we simply didn’t know the specifics, although, so let’s run by way of these.

Listed below are all the main points concerning the new experiences coming to Common Orlando Resort beginning in Summer season 2024:

The highly-anticipated new DreamWorks Land will make its official debut on June 14, 2024 at Common Studios Florida. DreamWorks Land invitations company to discover the vivid worlds of a few of DreamWorks Animation’s most beloved characters from Shrek, Trolls and Kung Fu Panda. The brand new land will function interactive play areas, character meet ^ greets, an indoor present, distinctive treats and household photograph ops.

Company will have the ability to discover Shrek’s Swamp, benefit from the Trollercoaster, work together with Po within the Panda Village, encounter characters like Gabby from Gabby’s Dollhouse and a lot extra. Company can even be transported into the worlds of a few of their favourite characters in DreamWorks Creativeness Celebration – a multisensory dwell present that can convey beloved DreamWorks tales to life in new methods.

Beginning now, company visiting the parks can gear up for the wonderful leisure coming this summer season with specialty merchandise celebrating the brand new experiences, together with clothes, drinkware, headbands themed to beloved DreamWorks characters, and extra. The choice additionally contains new authentic interactive bubble wands impressed by Trolls and Jurassic World.

The bubble wands will activate enjoyable options when interacting with different wands and also will work together with choose Common Mega Film Parade floats when the parade debuts on July 3, 2024. Extra particulars might be revealed within the subsequent few months.

The waters of the Common Studios Florida lagoon will come to life with an all-new nighttime present, CineSational: A Symphonic Spectacular beginning on June 14, 2024. The exhilarating new present will have fun the emotional energy of music by leveraging the enduring scores and scenes from blockbuster movies which have impressed Common Orlando’s previous, current and future sights.

Movies featured in CineSational: A Symphonic Spectacular will embrace Harry Potter and Implausible Beasts franchise, Jurassic World, Jaws, Shrek, Ghostbusters, Trolls, Again to the Future, Common Monsters, Transformers, The way to Practice Your Dragon, E.T., Quick and Livid, The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film, Minions, The Mummy and King Kong.

Simply as awe-inspiring because the moments featured throughout CineSational: A Symphonic Spectacular are the spectacular assortment of applied sciences and particular results that convey the present to life. The following-level lagoon present will function 228 fountains that attain heights as much as 131 ft, unbelievable 4K projection mapping, an authentic composition that includes newly organized scores meticulously crafted to every scene, and greater than 600 drones – all coming collectively to envelop company in a panoramic show of unforgettable cinematic moments.

Starting July 3, 2024 a few of the most beloved tales from Common’s movies will leap off the display screen and land on the streets of Common Studios Florida for Common Mega Film Parade. This parade is a spectacular celebration of iconic motion pictures E.T., Again to the Future, Jaws, Ghostbusters, Jurassic World, Illumination’s Minions and Sing and DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls and Kung Fu Panda.

Common Mega Film Parade might be Common Orlando’s greatest daytime parade so far and mix 13 model new floats, practically 100 performers – together with dancers, skaters, stilt walkers, poi performers and extra. Common Mega Film Parade can even function particular results to create a jaw-dropping expertise the place company can relive traditional movie moments in a complete new means.

Company will watch in awe as they see the huge 16-foot Keep Puft Marshmallow Man atop the Ghostbusters float, the colourful Caterbus and large rainbows on the colourful Trolls float, a dwell marching drum line carry out the enduring film rating of Jaws alongside a float themed to the movie, and – for the epic finale – a Gyrosphere, Raptors and the fierce Tyrannosaurus rex aboard the Jurassic World float, and far more. Followers must also pay shut consideration to the parade to see if they will spot further particulars that nod to iconic components from the movies.

Common Orlando’s Summer season Tribute Retailer will complement the brand new parade expertise and have themed rooms, merchandise and photograph ops impressed by a few of the movies that might be seen within the Common Mega Film Parade. Extra particulars concerning the Summer season Tribute Retailer might be revealed quickly.

On choose nights additionally beginning June 14, company visiting The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade will delight within the nighttime extravaganza, Hogwarts At all times – an unbelievable new projection present that can take company on a journey by way of iconic moments of a faculty yr at Hogwarts – all set in opposition to the majestic backdrop of Hogwarts citadel.

From provide purchasing in Diagon Alley, and the exhilarating journey aboard the Hogwarts Categorical, to taking part within the Sorting Ceremony, celebrating the Home Cup winner and a lot extra, Hogwarts At all times will provide a visually gorgeous expertise to captivate witches, wizards and Muggles of all ages.

The Hogwarts At all times present can even function 4 completely different endings that remember every Hogwarts home and can culminate with a colourful pyrotechnic show. Followers must also hear for dialogue from beloved characters like Professor Dumbledore, Hagrid, the Sorting Hat and extra all through the present.

Turning to commentary, if we do ignore actuality and select to blindly assume that is Common’s reply to Walt Disney World’s summer season lineup…it’s a fairly spectacular response! Truthfully, if I had to decide on one or the opposite on the idea of solely leisure, I’d choose Common Orlando in a heartbeat. Heck, even including in sights and it’s a extremely shut name–however I’m additionally actually enthusiastic about Tiana’s Bayou Journey and have zero curiosity in DreamWorks Land.

For me, essentially the most thrilling leisure is CineSational: A Symphonic Spectacular. I’ve been an enormous fan of Common Orlando’s previous lagoon exhibits (those for HHN and Cinematic Celebration), and assume they do a great job of approximating World of Coloration in scaled again vogue. They’ve additionally featured spotlights, pyro, and projections on the buildings that kind the backdrop–arguably making them much more immersive than World of Coloration.

In actual fact, after I reviewed Cinematic Celebration, we gave it a 9/10 and known as it higher than 3 of the nighttime spectaculars at Walt Disney World (these would’ve been EPCOT Eternally, Rivers of Mild, and regardless of the DHS projections present was on the time). Take that method with up to date expertise and add drones…and I don’t see the way it’s not no less than nearly as good.

CineSational: A Symphonic Spectacular is certainly a high-floor leisure providing, and Common scores factors for getting drones into an in-park nighttime spectacular earlier than Walt Disney World. (Disney Desires That Soar sounds nice, however I’m nonetheless pretty satisfied it’s proof-of-concept for one thing in-park subsequent yr.)

My hope is that CineSational: A Symphonic Spectacular turns into ‘vacation spot’ nighttime leisure that finally ends up being held in the identical excessive esteem as Fortunately Ever After or Fantasmic. I’m actually, actually excited for it. That is my #2 factor for Summer season 2024 in Florida after Tiana’s Bayou Journey.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter citadel projections present ought to likewise be good. It is a tried and true method–taking projections and including these glorious scores–that has but to disappoint. Add pyro and it must be the very best model of the Hogwarts projections exhibits so far.

Then there’s Common Mega Film Parade. I’ll be trustworthy–I’ve been pretty underwhelmed by Common’s previous daytime parades. A part of that is most likely a matter of private bias, as I believe the Disney vault of animated characters and flicks is way stronger, and quite a lot of second (or third…or fourth) tier IP has ended up in Common daytime parades. I’ve additionally been pretty unimpressed by the floats, costume design, and just about every part.

Nevertheless, the corporate has accomplished a greater job lately with parades at Common Studios Japan and this one sounds prefer it has quite a lot of potential. A 16-foot Keep Puft Marshmallow Man and dinosaurs?! Signal me up. Pulling from each the dwell motion and animated libraries might be a sensible transfer–we’ll simply see if the standard is there on the set design and if the parade has stream to it. Common Mega Film Parade sounds actually good; even when it’s not, there must be some cool wow moments. And the summer season leisure lineup as a complete is actually, actually robust.

My solely actual disappointment with all of that is that it’s all listed as “solely on choose days/nights” on the official Common Orlando web site. I’m hoping (and assuming) it’ll all be daily and evening this summer season, after which go seasonal in mid-August and September as soon as the low season and Halloween Horror Nights begin.

(A little bit of an apart, however I do assume Common will get means an excessive amount of of a go on its quick hours–Walt Disney World could be completely eviscerated by followers if all of its parks closed at 6pm on Friday “nights.” Individuals have change into means too keen to carry up Common’s successes and sweep away their shortcomings. Which was nice when one was the scrappy underdog we held to a distinct customary. However there’s immediately quite a lot of “Common is thrashing Disney” speak, which suggests to me we’re–or must be–holding them to the identical customary.)

In the end, it’s not an actual “competitors” between Walt Disney World and Common Orlando to find out who wins Summer season 2024. It’s extra of a why not each?! state of affairs, with company being the actual winners. I’m nonetheless hoping Disney has extra up its sleeve to announce, besides, each theme park complexes have compelling slates of choices. It must be a good time to do each, particularly with the present ticket and resort offers, and the chance that that is the calm earlier than the storm of Epic Universe opening subsequent summer season.

To that time, it’s additionally actually savvy of Common Orlando to roll out a lot new leisure the summer season earlier than Epic Universe. If latest wait occasions information is any indication, Common is experiencing a shoulder season slowdown virtually similar to Walt Disney World. That would proceed this summer season whilst vacationer season arrives, as regulars and locals may take a “break” from Common within the lead-up to Epic Universe.

That’s just about precisely what we noticed again in 2019 with Walt Disney World pre-Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and Epic Universe is a complete new park. It wouldn’t be in the slightest degree shocking if locals let their APs lapse for a yr and vacationers take a yr off ready for that blockbuster new park. All of this leisure must be sufficient to entice individuals to go to, offsetting that dynamic to no less than a point. It’ll even be glorious counterprogramming for subsequent summer season when Epic Universe opens and Common wants to ensure company keep on-site and spend no less than 3-4 days of their parks.

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YOUR THOUGHTS

Which of the Summer season 2024 additions at Common Orlando has you most excited? Wanting ahead to CineSational: A Symphonic Spectacular, Hogwarts At all times, or Common Mega Film Parade? What do you consider DreamWorks Land at Common Studios Florida? Excited for the brand new motion pictures, characters, or improved placemaking with this reimagined space of USF? Every other updates you’d prefer to see to Common Orlando? Which motion pictures, video games, or characters do you assume Common ought to adapt into theme park sights? Do you agree or disagree with our commentary? Any questions? Listening to your suggestions–even once you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas beneath within the feedback!