Harry Potter Studio Tour
The trip to the studio was pretty arduous. Getting up in the morning was of course the hardest thing we did that day, given our club run from the night before! We took the Underground to London Victoria, where we took the Overground to the Watford Junction stop. From there, we were taken on a bad-ass Harry Potter bus. Behold:
Magic Harry Potter Bus
As for what we saw on the tour… For non-Harry Potter lovers–which is the entirety of my family–there is really not much to say. It was certainly completely unreal to be walking through the Great Hall where great banquets and dinners were hosted for Hogwarts students, magical to see Professor Dumbledore and Professor Snape’s offices, crazy to get to stand on the Knight Bus, unbelievable to sit in the Weasley car!! Michelle took a picture of herself on a broom which I thought was really cute. Can you believe that visiting the studio was all the sightseeing that we got to do that day?? It was very time-consuming.
Approaching the studio
Magic Harry Potter Bus
The studio lobby
Neville Longbottom poster
Harry’s cupboard under the stairs
The Great Hall
The Great Hall
The Great Hall
The Great Hall
The Great Hall
The Great Hall
The Great Hall
The beads that almost made the UK declare a bead deficiency! But not really…
Yule Ball sculpture
Yule Ball costumes
Chocolate food for the Yule Ball
Wigs
Make-up
Wigs
Sirius Black’s tattoos
Fleur Delacour’s Wardrobe
One of the prohibitory signs
Ron and Harry’s beds
Ron Weasley’s Bed
Gryffindor Common Room
Wands
Gryffindor Common Room
Gryffindor Common Room
Gryffindor Common Room
Invisibility Cloak
From the clock tower
Dumbledore’s office
Dumbledore’s office
Dumbledore’s office
Dumbledore’s office
Goblet of Fire
Golden Egg
Some artifacts
Snape’s Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom
Professor Lupin in the DADA classroom
Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom
Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom
Moving Portraits
Moving Portraits
Hagrid’s Shack
Door into the Chamber of Secrets
Weasleys’ house
Weasleys’ house
Weasleys’ house
Rita Skeeter’s office
Rita Skeeter’s costumes
Ministry of Magic
Death Eaters
Lucius, Draco and Narcissa Malfoy
Death Eaters
The staircase built for the Hogwarts stairs illusions
Magic is Might sculpture
Broomsticks
The Knight Bus!
The Knight Bus!
Harry’s House!
Covered Bridge
Weasley Car!
Buckbeak!
Wishing I could go!
I was there last summer, and as a huge Harry Potter fan I was absolutely amazed. I spend over four hours there without looking at things very long or twice, there was just so much to see! HP fan paradise ❤