The Making of Harry Potter

About 30 minutes outside of London, Warner Bros. built a studio. It was here that all eight Harry Potter movies were filmed. Of course, some portions were filmed on locations throughout the UK, but some key set pieces are still housed here. This was Ground Zero, so to speak. After the books and movies became such a sensation, Warner Bros. decided to store the props rather than destroy them after production ended on Deathly Hallows, Part 2. Now the tour is allowing the public to walk through the sets and view the props. It is truly awesome! I'm so glad we planned to do this. We were at the studios for nearly four hours.  The scale model of Hogwarts is absolutely amazing and the perfect tour finale. Pictures really don't do this justice. 

These are just a few of our photos. Dave's phone died, and he has a ton more we can't get to at the moment. 

Bonus: They serve Butterbeer! And I bought a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the UK version of Book 1 with the original title.