A Day in the Wizarding World

If you’re not a fan of the Harry Potter films, you can close this post right now because it’s all about our trip to the Warner Brothers studios and the Harry Potter tour.

It was absolutely fabulous! We saw props, costumes, sets, miniatures and masks. We got to fly broomsticks and have our face printed on wanted posters. It was so fun.

Depending on which way you go, the Warner Brothers Studio is about 60-75 minutes outside of London. So, we left at 8:15 for our 10am timed tickets. While the first few rooms were crowded, after that people spread out so by the time we got to Diagon Alley near the end of the route, we were practically by ourselves.

Here are a bunch of pictures and videos without a lot of narration because, if you’ve seen the films, they’re self-explanatory.

This dragon is in the main lobby.
The room under the stairs where Harry lived with the Dursleys in the first film.

Here are some costumes worn by the actors.

Ron’s dress robes from the ball in HP and the Goblet of Fire.
Hermoine’s dress from the same film. Emma Watson was tiny.
The Malfoys from the final film; HP and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Harry and Sirius Black from HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the 3rd, and some people say, best, film.
Professor McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore and Professor Snape.
Professor Quirrell, Doloras Umbridge and Mad Eye Moody.

And, of course, Hagrid.

Robbie Coltrane was only 6’2″ so they had a rugby player who was 6″10 stand in for him. But that still wasn’t tall enough, so they put him on stilts.

We had our picture taken.

These are some scary witches.

And I flew over London.

I don’t like heights, so I was so glad when I landed.

Christina made the broom move.

She got it on the first try!

We also saw many of the sets.

Part of the great hall. This set was gigantic, holding 400 people. They needed every inch of that for the cast, crew and all the equipment.
Gringotts Bank
The Weasley residence…the Barrow.
Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
Professor Snape and the Potions Classroom.
Diagon Alley was incredible.
The Dursley’s house with Aunt Marge about to explode.
Bellatrix’s vault at Gringotts.
Dumbledore’s office.

We saw lots of creatures.

Aragon
Buckbeak
Hedwig was Nora’s favorite. She bought a stuffed owl at the gift shop.
And everyone’s favorite elf, Dobby.

And then there were the vehicles.

Christina on a broomstick.
The triple decker bus from HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Hagrid’s motorcycle.
The Weasley’s flying car.

Nora tried to get to platform 9 3/4.

To catch the Hogwarts Express.

The famous train.

One of my favorite spots was the model used to film Hogwarts. It was absolutely gorgeous.

The bridge to Hogwarts that was destroyed during the second battle of Hogwarts in the final film.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Harry used a Petronius charm to get rid of the dementors.

We ate lunch at the Backlot Cafe with, of course, Butterbeer.

I liked it. Had a bit of a root beer flavor to it.

I’ve got about 100 more pictures, but I think this is enough. You can probably tell from the photos that we had an absolute blast! If you’re a fan of the films and are in London, this is a must do experience. Christina and I had just as much fun as the kids.

Tomorrow we’re staying in London and seeing the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. We decided to do a tour which is 2 1/2 hours long so we should get all the scoop on this famous event.

2 thoughts on “A Day in the Wizarding World”

  1. Although I am not a Potter fan, I loved those photos and it looks like a really cool place to visit. The sets are so detailed, and you KNOW I am a fan of details in art! Thanks for sharing all of the photos.

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    1. I talked with woman today who went to HP with someone who didn’t like the movies and even they loved the studio tour. It really was incredible.

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