The London Harry Potter Experience – Part Four

In this part of the visit to London’s Harry Potter Experience we get to see one of the houses where Harry lived, the Hogwarts Express and a huge chess set.

Now if you haven’t read them yet, these are the links to the previous parts. Part One is here. Part Two is here and Part Three is here.

The way to get to Hogwarts is via the Hogwarts Express which, as any Harry Potter fan knows, is boarded on Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station. It is also a great photo op.

Once you are magically transported to the proper platform at Kings Cross Station there it is, the Hogwarts Express. The engine is a beautiful creation of the locomotive.

The engine combined with its tender is pretty big. Let’s step aboard the train.

Inside one of the compartments made for the movie sit two “dummies” modeling clothes the twins wore, and a bunch of their magical toy inventions.

This is the covered walkway used in the film. They did not build the whole thing as everything else was added via computer graphics.

Yes, it’s a home. It was built for the movie. But as you can see, something flew out of the roof of the house.

Inside the house you can see one of the rooms. Here they wanted to represent the scene in one of the movies when Harry Potter got all those letters – they flew in via the fireplace. Harry’s guardians tried to keep him from getting them via his owl. But magic finally succeeded in getting the letters delivered.

Living quarters on board the three-story magical triple decker Knight Bus where Harry Potter spent some time when he was picked up wandering the streets of London.

You might remember the game of Wizard’s Chess from the first Harry Potter movie. They were actually built for the characters to climb on and put on a set, then enhanced with computer graphics.

Time to continue on to Part Five of the London Harry Potter Experience.

That’s it for this segment. If you missed out, here are the other stories from my trip to London:

A visit to Westminster Abbey and Big Ben.

Boating on the Thames.

The Power of the Tower of London – Part One.

The Power of the Tower of London – Part 2 – The Crown Jewels and Torture.

Touring London’s Tower Bridge.