UK Itinerary 2018: Day 10 - Warner Bros Studio Tour London

As early as 9AM, we were already out. We decided to drop by the National Gallery ( free entrance) before our tour since the meetup point was just nearby.







Inside the national gallery were paintings from some the history's best painters like Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Michaelango, Van Gogh, Monet, and Rembrandt.



















This should be one of Rembrandt's works..







 I think this was one of his disciples..


This should be from Monet.. 



And of course Van Gogh's




and Leonardo's



We left National Gallery by 11.30AM. We wished we could have eaten something before our tour, but there was no time because our timing was 12NN (which we kind of regret and there was not much food around the meeting place). At the Original Tour store, we met with a representative from the tour. He verified the tickets and coordinated where our tour bus would be. The bus was running late and we only  left the area around 12:40PM (because the driver somehow was stuck in traffic). 






We reached Warner Bros Studio Tour Parking lot at 1400.

The parking lot for coach buses


There,  we were met by people from Evan tours who gave us the entry ticket to Harry Potter. Our schedule was from 1430 - 1500. There's a security check upon entering the premises.

Entrance to the studio ( The lot is still far back)

We ate first at the cafe before entering the tour.


We managed to enter before that timing at 1450. The first thing you'll see is the Triwizard Cup..


Tri-wizard Cup

 and of course Harry's bedroom under the stairs ..

Harry's Bedroom Under the stairs


 and then you'll be ushered the Grand Hall at Hogwarts..

















 To the bedrooms








 and Dumbledore's Office..





 and some of the props that they used in the movie..
table>  and some of the potion labs..









 to Quidditch ..







The Burrow


Malfoy's Mansion


The Ministry of Magic






The grave of Tom Riddle




 to Hagrid's Hut

 Gringott's Vault


Professor Trelawney's telescope












The forbidden forest




Platform 9 3/4










After that is a much needed break at the canteen. You can eat your (any food that you have brought in) snacks at this point and buy butter beer.


Then it's off to the outside and continue the tour. Next stop: The Knight Bus 



Privet Drive



Hogwart's Bridge ..


The Chess Pieces 



Then back to the second part of the exhibition 


Diagon Alley



And some artworks and mock up on how they do the props.


The final pièce de résistance is the Hogwarts Castle scale model. It was breathtaking.


and finally to the end of the exhibition, leading to the Olivander's wand shop ... 


Fantastic Beasts



The handprints of the young stars, Emma Watson , Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint




Outside the Warner Bros Studio London are the majestic statues from the Wizard's Chess.  




This is one of the shuttle buses to the Warner Bros Studio. (This will not take you back to city centre)

Not our bus!

We managed to finished at 1720. We slowly went around the shop from 1720 - 1815 and boarded the bus before the 1830 departure time.

We were drop off at Victoria Station.




and we called it a day.

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