Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Price-gouging at Hogwarts

The NY Times recently posted an article about what they describe as the "unexpected, turbocharged success of the $265 million Potter playland" (i.e., Universal's Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Florida). The article and its accompanying photographs make the park look pretty cool... but I can't help but think about the blogger FoodJunk's recent reviews of two Harry Potter-themed foodstuffs: Pink Coconut Ice and Pumpkin Juice. Neither one of 'em sounded enticing, and their ludicrously high prices left me feeling rather depressed about the park as a whole.

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey thanks for the mention!

8:42 PM

 
Blogger Yulianka said...

Dude, thank YOU. Those Storm Trooper photos always brighten my day...

10:29 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Aww I'm glad

4:18 AM

 

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