Sunday, 2 December 2012

Harry Potter Studio Tour

 I have been a lazy blogger and have not done a post in AGES so I have now decided to do another post about something recent.
 If you hate Harry Potter then boo you, but you still would enjoy this studio tour.

You watch a short film before the start and then the Magic begins!
You see the actual Great Hall and and the snake door in the Chamber of Secrets film and the chess pieces and Potter Cottage and you get to see how the goblins' heads are made. You can even taste butter beer! One of the highlights of the tour was seeing the model of the Hogwarts castle where they filmed parts of the series when it wasn't up close with people. Right at the end just before the gift shop there is a tribute to all the people who were a part of the film whether it was painting a prop to acting as the main character there was a wand box for everyone (you couldn't open them unfortunately). The gift shop was awesome but everything was so expensive. There were chocolate frogs, Hermione's Yule Ball dress (£250) and wands that were just like the originals (£25 so there was no chance I was buying one but I was going for Bellatrix's one) and there were house scarves (too dear to mention prices). In the end I just went for a simple but effective poster with Voldemort and  Harry facing each other with the Elder Wand between them saying 'It All Ends...'