The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
At 1:30pm we dutifully made our way to the Harry Potter area and they let us in even though we are a bit early. Once inside, I was pretty amazed – they have managed to recreate almost perfectly Hogsmeade village and the Hogwarts school, complete with the Hogswart Express. Wow, it would have been worthwhile to dress up in Hogswart uniform for this (which by the way is available for sale).
We posed for photos in front of the Hogswart Express with the conductor who was very charming. I didn’t think he was so charming afterwards when he decided to take a break after posing with us, to the consternation of the queue waiting patiently behind us.
We wandered up to the school, and it was very impressive just as we remembered it from the movies but not quite to scale. The queue for the ride was 200 minutes but there is a walk inside the school that didn’t have a waiting time. This was more impressive than I thought it would be because they have recreated many of the interiors from various scenes in the films, including the animated portrait gallery, the classroom and others.
