Wizarding World of Harry Potter @ Hollywood

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I should warn - NERD ALERT!

This post contains excessive excitement over Harry Potter fandom :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :smiley:

I visited Universal Studios at Los Angeles. This was my first time at any Universal Studio. I was thrilled to be there but more so because they had ‘Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ as one of their major attractions.

Hogwarts Castle
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This section is built separately and you can actually, literally, create and feel magic inside by way of interactive wands that is sold inside. These wands perform basic magic spells like Wingardium Leviosa etc. when pointed at certain windows/items inside this section.

However, even without this wand you can feel the surreal :slight_smile:

First I got myself clicked with the Hogwarts Express to mark the start of my journey to the entire experience.

Hogwarts Express Whistle Whistle
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There are a few rides inside the section, one of which took us to Hogwarts Castle

Going inside the ride which takes you to the Great Hall of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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In the wait line for this ride we found all of these:

Dumbledore's office (Could not find Fawkes)
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Points Calculator, and of course Gryffindor is winning
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Entrance to Dumbledore's Chambers
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Mirror of Erised, although it did not show what I desired :P
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This ride was absolutely amazing with so many effects that it felt like I was actually on a broom chasing something through Forbidden Forest. It was so brilliant that we felt compelled to do this one twice :smiley:

Next we went to Hogsmeade Village

Enterance to Hogsmeade (Checkout the Butterbeer Vendor in the background)
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There in the village, there is an entire experience show at Ollivander’s Wand Shop where you can actually see how a wand chooses a wizard

You can visithttps://youtu.be/7cNrFx7EfkA

Zonko’s Joke shop

Decoy Detonators - A speciality product by Weasleys Wizard Wheezes
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Zonko's Joke Shop
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There is Gringotts Bank ATM to withdraw some Galleons

Gringotts Bank ATM
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Honeydukes will fill all your Chocolate Frog and Pumpkin Juice apetite

Pumpkin Juice in Bottles Capped with Pumpkin Shaped Closures
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Multiple Candies
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Chocolate Frog and All Flavored Jelly Beans
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Finally we completed our journey with a meal at Three Broomsticks and without a doubt Butterbeer was a part of it

The ONLY Vegetarian Option at Three Broomsticks, Although Butterbeer made up for the lack of Spice in Food
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Three Broomsticks
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This was a wonderful experience for me and I would like to visit the Harry Potter Studio in UK sometime :slight_smile:

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Thank you so much for sharing @Kavita1 ,

This place looks like you are indeed in the wizards world. How cool is to be able to move stuff with your wand :). What was your favorite thing?

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Thank you @VasT for the like.

My favorite thing was Butterbeer :slight_smile:

And yes I will keep in mind the limit of photos I can upload, I did not know that.

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Thank you for your prompt reply @Kavita1 . It was my pleasure to read all about it since I am a huge fan of the books and the saga movies.

When did you visit it? Was it crowded?

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@VasT I visited in May 2017. Since it was a weekday it was not heavily crowded and average wait time for each ride/attraction (without privilege pass) was 10-15 mins

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That’s so good to hear, with so many wonders to see you don’t want to lose time :).

Well, I wish you get to go to the Harry Potter Studio in the UK as soon as possible @Kavita1 .

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Wow @Kavita1 ,

This was an epic experience! Thanks for sharing it with us. I love the details and the photos and now I have a new dream to visit the World of Harry Potter myself.

I had the chance to see King’s Cross station in London during one of my trips and that was the closest I got to being a part of the wizard world from the books.

By the way, did you see any other Hollywood attractions, especially the most famous of them all - the Hollywood Sign?

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@MoniDi its my dream to visit London and Harry Potter Studio there :slight_smile:

I was in LA for 2 days and I did see the iconic Hollywood sign while on Hollywood Boulevard :smiley:

I also had the chance to visit Disneyland as well :slight_smile:

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Sounds great @Kavita1 !

I hope you write a whole new post about your experience in Disneyland, too! I am excited to read it.

And here is an interesting post The 10 most reviewed places by Local Guides, I hope you will find it interesting.

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@MoniDi thanks for sharing this post, it is exciting to know I have already visited 4 of the said 10 :smiley:

This list gives new travel goals :slight_smile:

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@Kavita1 Really you sound a big fan of Harry potter.

Epic photos and amazing discription.

Thanks for sharing.

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I am indeed a huge fan of Harry Potter series @Sahilmsk2208 . Thanks for the compliment, it means a lot to me :slight_smile:

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Hi @Kavita1 ,

I am not a fan of Harry Potter, but this attraction is the best in the Universal Studio. I visited it one year ago and really enjoyed.

Thank you for sharing!

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@Andrey_K this attraction is sooo good for a normal person (not a fan of Harry Potter), so u can imagine how exhilarating it would be for an actual fan :grinning::grinning::grinning:

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