Little Potterhead

On Friday I turned 22, cue Taylor Swift...


And what did I do to celebrate being one more year into adulthood? Oh, well I was very much the child and made a little journey down to London to ask why I never got my Hogwarts acceptance letter from the Harry Potter Studio Tour.

I know, exciting right! All of which was tolerated by the lovely Elliot, who can't understand my huge tiny obsession with the world of wizardry, silly Muggle.


Warning *Spoiler Alert* If you are planning on travelling down here, look away now. This post is picture heavy!

We started our tour with a short video which then lead us into the Great Hall. On each side there were costumes from each house, including the one that Robert Pattinson wore from the Goblet Of Fire... *steals*

Then we entered The Big Room. This took you on your own little tour through the Gryfindor common room, Snape's potions class and Dumbledore's office. This was my favourite room as I love all the hand written memories vials within the Pensieve. 

The exhibits then went through to some of the scenes from the later films, including Umbidges' office, costumes from the Draco family and death eaters masks.

After you go through all the sets, you take a quick walk to the courtyard where there are a number of sets to see including the The Night Bus, Privet Drive and Godric's Hollow. However, our focus was turned mainly to the butter beer. This was part of the tour that I was really looking forward to. The Butter Beer was smooth, tasty and sweet, everything I expected and more. 

Once we had replenished, we made our way through to the next part of the tour, this included 2 rooms filled with the masks, accessories and mechanics created for the films. 

After checking out all of these creatures and saying hello to Buck Beak, you then enter Diagon Alley. Strolling through the streets where Olivander's, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes and Flourish and Blott's.

Once you've had your fun there, you then get to take a look at just how much detail went into everything in the films. Detailed blue prints and sketches lead you through to some gorgeous art inspired and created from the films.

The grand finale of the tour takes you through to the largest scale Hogwarts! It's the most magical part of the tour and the amount of detail put into the castle is just incredible. 

Then it's time to really get excited. Shopping time. You make your way through the wand room and immediately want everything in sight. House scarves, jumpers and gloves accompanied by wands, hats, capes and toys. My favourite part though was obvious going to be the sweets and chocolate section. Chocolate frogs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans and Chocolate Wands made there way into my basket. 

I cannot begin to tell you how much fun it was! The Harry Potter Studio Tour is perfect whether you're a fan of the films, books or both. It brings to life everything in the film and shows just how much effort was put in to allow us into the magical world of Harry Potter. 

I'm so glad that Elliot brought me here and I had such a fun birthday!