Are these the secrets of Harry Potter?

Although Universal Orlando revealed details about itsWizardingWorld ofHarry Potter expansion, questions remain. We know it’s under construction at Universal Studios and will open next year. It will consist of London scenes from the Potter films and J.K. Rowling books. Here are 10 things still unknown and hints about the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter — Diagon Alley.

A coaster, dark ride or thrill ride? Universal Creative senior vice president Thierry Coup wouldn’t say. But Theme Park Insider website editor Robert Niles, who said he has seen its blueprints, called it a hybrid. “It’s really taking a coaster ride in a new direction,” he said. “They’re all about mashing up different ride experiences to create something unique.”

Potterheads were alarmed by the presence of Ollivanders in the original Wizarding World, set inHogsmeade at Islands of Adventure. That didn’t align with Rowling’s fiction. In Diagon Alley, “we’re going to be pretty authentic to the stories, to the fiction,” Coup said. “We’ve always said the

Hogsmeade Ollivanderswas an annex.”

A train or a virtual train linking Islands and Universal Studios? We expect more than a shuttle. “Things will happen” along theway, Coup said.

Universal says it’sworking on the logistics. One can’t predict next year’s park admission, but a one-park pass now costs $89. A two-park pass sells for $123.

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