Theme park attractions mostly based on movie franchises instead of generic themes

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Used to be that theme park goers would find themselves in the Wild West or Bavaria. But now the goal is to create walk-through versions of the universes fans see in popular franchise movies, TV shows and video games. For this we can thank the Boy Wizard, whose Wizarding World of Harry Potter changed the theme park landscape when it opened at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Florida in 2010.

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