Best. Idea. Ever.

A new theme park -- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter -- will be built at Orlando's Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure, opening by late 2009.

Universal plans a 20-acre "Wizarding World," a little bigger than the average size of its themed "islands" at Islands of Adventure. Part would be carved away from what is now "The Lost Continent" island, and the rest would be land now used for employee parking and park support, outside the back fence.

The new, "seventh island" would feature reconstructed and rethemed attractions, and all-new ones, Scott Trowbridge, vice president of Universal's Creative Studios, said in an interview. The Hogwarts castle and locations from Rowling's Forbidden Forest and Hogsmeade village will be created as backdrops to attractions, shops and restaurants.

I wonder how early they will sell tickets. For this, there's no such thing as "too early."