Thank-you for the feedback. Appreciate it.There's a room where you can get a picture with all of the Hogwarts letters flying out of the fireplace, you can see Harry's cupboard under the stairs, there's a sorting hat you can put on and it tells you your house, a potions classroom, and other lab, I think it was maybe Newt Scamander's? They also have a flying car suspended above one of the rooms, and some virtual reality broom riding stuff we didn't do because we didn't plan on buying their video of it.
Overall I thought it was very well done. I don't know if someone would be happy with the admission price for *just* the Harry Potter stuff, but there's quite a lot of other attractions on the tour as well. It was well worth the visit to us.
Thank-you for sharing. Sounds like my girls will love this opportunity as huge fans of both Harry Potter and Gilmore Girls. Can't miss this tour I guess!We loved it! We did it back in 2019, and unless things have changed, they had a lot of props and costumes from Harry Potter. I don't want to spoil it for you, but we were really impressed by what we got to see. There is also an area at the end where for an extra price you can get pics and short videos flying on a broom in front of a green screen and then they add in CGI backgrounds. We did that and DD loved it.
As far as Gilmore Girls, none of us had ever watched the series. Our guide threw out a bunch of shows at the beginning and asked if there were any fans of them, and we had a couple of huge Gilmore Girls fans on our tram. I felt like a big chunk of our backlot tour was Gilmore Girls- houses, filming spots etc. LOL. So, I would suggest telling your tram guide you are Gilmore Girls fans and asking if they can point out some of the filming spots for you.
If you are interested in the making of tv and movies, I highly recommend the Warner Brother's tour.
This is good to know. Thanks for taking the time to share. I asked my daughters last night if they would be interested in it with the chance of seeing Gilmore Girl sets and the Harry Potter sections and it was a very enthusiastic yes! With the information about the DC Superhero section, my husband will be happy. From what I am reading, this is the type of experience that will make everyone in our family happy, and to make some nice memories. Thank-you everyoneWe went in December of 2021.
As others mentioned, at the beginning of the tour, the guide will ask everyone in the vehicle what their favorite show(s) are. This is to help tune the tour towards what people on the tour want to see. The guides will do their best to customize it.
I found the Harry Potter stuff very interesting. There is also a large DC Superhero section that was nice to go through.
Note that for the guided tour guide section, almost every tour will be different, based on what people say they like, and what is available that day. For example, there is a couch from the show Friends near a fountain outside, that was from the show's credits. It was not available when we were there due to weather, but normally they have you take pictures with it if you wish. If their is filming or a crew, of course you will not be able to visit that section, etc.
The second part of the tour (The self guided section), is almost always exactly the same, other than any new exhibits they have.
We will be there next Saturday! So looking forward to it. Must have been a fascinating place to work.Just booked us for end of October. This will be my first time back in a long time (I used to work at WB Studios in Product Development). Taking the hubby for his first visit. Can't wait to see the old place again.
We will be there next Saturday! So looking forward to it. Must have been a fascinating place to work.
Your post is interesting....I work with someone who used to do what you do and she talks about the extreme stress she was under. Totally changed careers 180.It was, but it was also stressful. We did movie merchandise, as well as other stuff like the Looney Tunes postage stamps, etc. ALWAYS busy!! Never any downtime.
Your post is interesting....I work with someone who used to do what you do and she talks about the extreme stress she was under. Totally changed careers 180.
It must have been a very creative environment. My work is pretty dry and boring and stressful Was there a favorite product sample you got to keep and still have?It's a lot more stressful than people imagine it. They think it must be fun, and there are some fun aspects to it, but definitely hard meeting deadlines/expectations. The fun part came when companies would bring in their product samples for us to review. Usually got to keep them. And watching movies at the Lot's theater with friends was a lot of fun. You'd see the occasional celebrity, but they pretty much stayed in their lane, so to speak.