The Making of Harry Potter Warner Bros Studio Tour it's an amazing tourist atraction where the young wizard fans can loose themselves in a magical world, in the same sets where the scenes of the life of Harry Potter were shot.
These studios are located very close to London, just about 30km and made their opening in 2012.
If you are either a big fan or you just like the books and movies of Harry Potter, than you cannot miss this experience, magical without any doubt, where you can explore all the corners of Hogwarts and relive the adventures of the young wizzard. You will be certainly amazed with all the techniques and all the tricks used by the movie producers as well as certain "magics" that were done during production.
There are severall possibilities to access the tour, however, the most used by tourists (and also by me) is the Harry Potter bus that leaves Victoria Station direct to the Studios. It is a doble decker bus all decorated with Harry Potter theme. Trust me, if you are a big Harry Potter fan, by the time you see the bus and start thinking about tour visit to the studios, a great feeling will come to you and you«ll be nervous and anxious at the same time, waiting for the magical journey to begin.
This is the easiest way to get to the Studios, however, you have limited time in there as the bus tickets are booked for specific hours. When you are planing your visit, be advised that you need a minimum of 3 hours (more for the really enthusiastic fans) to do the visit just inside the studios. If you are "crazy" about Harry Potter, for sure you will need much more than 3 hours inside so the Bus is not the best way as it only gives you a 4h/4h30 window to visit the place. You can allways rent a car and drive there, as i said, it is not that far from the city, and indeed it is closer to Luton Airport just 20km away.
The prices of the tickets are around 45 euros per person, it may seem a little expensive but take in consideration the coin conversion from English Pounds to Euro and also the fact that you can spend the entire day in the Studios exploring at your own rythm.
Between the exhibitions there is also a small restaurant that serves fast food and the famous butterbeers, the ones used in the movie.
All the scenarios and props were used in the production of the movies and in severall places you can see images and videos of the shooting scenes being made.
You can also bring some interesting souvenirs such as a video of you flying a nimbus2000 or the every flavour beens which are indeed every flavour, good and bad.
The most interesting points of this tour are definetly the marvelous Diagon Alley with all the shops and the Gringots Bank, and the Hogwarts Castle. Now that is a sight to be seen. An entire room is needed for the castle, it is huge and so detailed. During Christmas time they even cover it in "snow" like in the movies. It is an empressive piece of art.
The tour is huge you can visit Snape potions room, Hagrids hut or the dorms where Harry and Ron rested after their adventures.
It is indeed an absorving and very interesting experience, great for all ages from the younglings to the elder. And if you are not a Harry Potter fan you will become one that's for sure.
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See you next time!!!
