Some of you may or may not know that I have been a huge fan/Potterhead for as long as I can remember.
As A child one of the most exciting things was when JK Rowling released the newest Harry Potter book, and then the film followed a few months later. I would force my Mum or sometimes even my Grandparents to take me after school to the cinema to see them, and sit until the very end (yes, even until the credits had finished, just in case there was a little mini-scene at the end that was vital not to miss...).
Once all the books were out and I had read them all about ten or more times over, it then came the dreaded moment when the last film was out and then I knew it was all over. It was a strange feeling seeing the last roll of credits of the very last film, sat in the cinema, sort of like shock or maybe even a bit of nostalgia, it was upsetting yet such an amazing ending to an amazing journey.
For anybody who doesn't like Harry Potter or has never understood people who get emotionally involved in a film or book series, its incredibly hard to explain how much it takes an effect on your life, it literally becomes a part of your childhood. I have been told/asked many times before,
'You're so sad because you read Harry Potter'
'Harry Potter is rubbish, why do you like it so much?'
or the classic
'Get a life!'
But even as a child I never cared what people thought, it kind of made it more exciting to like something none of your friends do, something to go home too after school and get lost in.
So when the Harry Potter Warner Brothers Studio Tour opened up in 2012, I felt like all my christmasses and birthdays had been bundled up in a bag and poured on top of me all at once. I could potentially go the real places they filmed and walk into the Great Hall, and see all those amazing places that had been cluttered into my imagination for so long.
This is my second visit to the studios, I originally visited when it first opened and I think I was much too over-whelmed to appreciate where I was, (I pretty much spent the entire day with my mouth open not knowing what to look at first!)
So this year my sister and I decided to re-visit but during the Hogwarts In The Snow season and oh my goodness, it was truly magical...
(Prepare yourself for a mammoth amount of photos, I got a bit excited when selecting my favourite ones to put in, hehe!)
- SPOILER ALERT -
The next couple of photos show the big finale of the studio tour so if you are planning on going DON'T LOOK, it will ruin it for you :(
The castle model is absolutely beautiful. The detail in all of its features is incredible and the entire set up is just amazing. It can't really be appreciated properly unless you are there looking at it, but you can still see it pretty well in the photos, (also the lighting in there was amazing ;) )
It was the most amazing day, any hardcore Harry Potter fan needs to go here, especially during the winter to see everything decorated for Christmas, and the snow sprinkled all over Hogwarts.
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