Otter's Journal: Injured hobbit; Hogwarts tourism

A pair of nerd-interesting stories from the BBC today:

• Harry Potter theme park to open at Universal Orlando in 2009.
• An actor in the London Lord of the Rings musical was injured by the hydraulic stage platforms.

i'll be there

[stoolpigeon]

more information from the local paper [orlandosentinel.com]

I think this is going to save Universal's park here in Orlando.

Re:

[Otter]

Send me some butterbeer!

the worst news

[subgeek]

i think the worst news about the injury that an actor received during a performance of the lord of the rings musical is that there is a lord of the rings musical.