Well this weekend has been another exciting one. I went down to London for the weekend to have a look around Kingston-upon-Thames, as my brother is planning on going to university there. It was pretty nice place, right on the Thames and had some nice nearby towns. Though it was so strange to see the urban expansion of the city. We visited "Villages" which had a small centre and village green, but with no surrounding countryside, just housing developments. There is so many of these villages just swamped by housing developments.
Whilst we were down there, we visited Harry Potter Studio Tour at Warener Bros. I'd seen so many people already visit and it did look fantastic. To actually see the props, sets and outfits from the movies I had seen so many times. Harry Potter was something I grew up with; when I went to Secondary School, Harry went to Hogwarts and though the films were a little spaced apart, the books also fitted in with my life as I was growing up also. It was done quite well and the booking scheme made sure that it wasn't too busy as you were walking around so you could really get a good look at everything. The first set you went into was the Great Hall and it was fantastic to walk into there were all those films and memories had been made. Though the majority of sets had been moved from their original location to fit into the tour it was interesting to see how they are made and used in the films. There was lots to see, from Ministry of Magic, Hagrids Hut, Potions Classroom and Gryffindor Common Room. Also, we got to walk up Diagon Alley and managed to see the massive model used for the exterior shots. It looked huge and yet so real! The model was so grand and it was good to walk around and try and see if you could point out certain points of the castle. There are sections however, that have been modified for certain films, as you can expect. You also got to see further behind the scenes stuff as well as a few outdoor sets.
There was also an opportunity to grab a Butterbeer! It was so different to what I expected, though not alcoholic, I did think that it might be warm, but it was very cold and froffy, it tasted like Vanilla and was actually quite nice!
Overall, the experience was great, it was a bit of a shame you couldn't walk onto the actual huge sets but you got a good idea of the scale. There was numerous sections where you could get on a broom and green screen and have a video/picture of yourself on it, or a poster/newspaper with your face on it and undesirable number 1, but these were hefty prices. The shop at the end was amazing, there was so much stuff to buy but it was heavily priced which was a shame. You could buy a chocolate frog or bertie botts every flavoured beans at a price!
It was a lovely day though and had a great time, would definitely recommend to everyone has grown up and loved the films!
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