Thursday, November 18th, 2010
The Themed Entertainment Association has honored Universal Orlando with four of its annual THEA Awards for the theme park’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure.
The awards for Wizarding World, which opened in 2010, were announced during the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) convention held in Orlando.
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter was recognized for two awards. One was for outstanding achievement in a “new theme park land” and another was for “thematic integration of retail, food and beverage experiences.”
The Wizarding World’s new state-of-the-art ride, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, also received two awards. One was given for outstanding achievement for a “featured attraction” and the other for “technical achievement.”
Universal was praised for the overall magnificence of the new theme park area and for the level of detail involved in the creation of the Wizarding World.
