Waner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour
Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Took Erika and a friend to visit the Warner Bros Harry Potter Studios as an early birthday treat.
London September 2020
John's Pictures

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Erika and her friend, dressed appropriately for the occasion, on arrival.

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In the entrance hall of the tour, with an impressive dragon overhead.

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The cupboard under the stairs.

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The entrance to Hogwarts.

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The Great Hall at Hogwarts, today in Slytherin colours.

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The head table.

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One last picture in the Great Hall before we were ushered on to the self guided part.

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Some costumes from the Yule Ball scene in the Goblet of Fire.

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A mock up of the make up department.

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The taps from the prefect's bathroom.

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The Gryffindor boy's dormitory.

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The Slytherin common room.

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Erika tells me this is from the Prisoner of Azkaban, but I don't remember it.

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Dumbledore's office.

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The dungeons where potion classes are held.

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Erika and a broomstick.

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Hagrid's cottage.

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The Burrow, where the Weasleys live.

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An odd perspective trick - Erika's friend looks tiny!

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The forbidden forest.

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This was really quite spooky!

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Buckbeak the Hipogriff.

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King's Cross.

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The Hogwarts Express. I think Chie and I were much more excited about this than the kids were.

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Erika and her friend in the Hogwarts Express experience.

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Dinner at the Backlot Cafe. Hotdogs and butterbeer.

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Erika and I really liked the butterbeer.

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Although Erika's friend was a bit less convinced by it.

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The Knight Bus.

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Privet Drive.

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The Hogwarts Bridge.

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Mr Weasley's Ford Anglia.

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In the technical effects bit.

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Gringotts bank.

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I thought this set was quite impressive.

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Gringotts vaults.

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Gringotts Mint.

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Gringotts Bank after it gets wrecked by the dragon.

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Diagon Alley - possibly my favourite bit.

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There was a huge model of Hogwarts near the end of the tour which was really impressive.

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...and finally a mock up of Olivander's Wand Shop where every wand box had a name of a member of the cast.

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...and now the gift shop, with a similar selection of wands.

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The Lego bit of the gift shop.

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Amazingly we managed to persuade the girls to leave just a little after 7pm (we'd promised to have her friend home by 8) so here's a couple of parting shots.

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The Zipcar I'd used today safely returned to where I picked it up, just 2 minutes before the end of the booking. The timing had really worked perfectly today.