Buying Harry Potter toys at Harry Potter land

Harry Potter chocolate frogs

With over one million visitors already at the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter, it's been a big success. Many new Harry Potter toys, collectibles and apparel has been made that you can only find there.

In fact over 600 licensed Harry Potter toys and merchandise items were made as it opened and more has been added. Most of those items can only be found there or on Universal Studios new online store.

The most popular Harry Potter toy has been the Harry Potter wands and character wands at Ollivander's magic wand shop. But there is much more to find here in all the different shops at Hogsmeade village.

Harry Potter posters, figurines, shirts, books and more can all be found here. There's lots of Harry Potter candy to be found too, like those chocolate frogs and flavored jelly beans.

But the Harry Potter toys and Harry Potter collectibles are the most popular. The fact that you can only buy them here give them a special draw. So if you visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, make sure you buy your favorite Harry Potter toys and collectibles.

Harry Potter theme park a big success!

Hogswart's Castle, home of the forbidden journey ride

Soon summer will be over, but Universal Studios has been very happy with the success of the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter. A week ago they were saying how they already had their one millionth guest inside the new Harry Potter land.

Now with summer over it will slow down, but not as much as most years. I predict they will have a busier than normal fall as more people come to see the Harry Potter park in the fall.

They have been very busy selling all of their over 600 licensed Harry Potter toys, collectibles and merchandise. Harry Potter wands have been a huge success as they have been running out of them almost every day.

The new Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride has also had rave reviews, adding even more to the new land of Harry Potter.

I went on the ride several times so far and it's really fantastic. If you go make sure you ride the forbidden journey ride!

Also don't forget to drink some of that Butterbeer, found only inside Hogsmeade village. It taste great; try both the regular and frozen kind.

So if you can, visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter this fall. It will be a little less crowded and not as hot. I'll be there too!

Youtube video of Hogswart castle from different angles

Well everyone, I finally got to go on Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride, and boy was it fun! Above is my youtube video I made of Hogswart castle. I took different angles of it and shot close-ups with my 70X zoom lens.

As you can see they did a great job in making Hogwarts castle very detailed with everything in it. It sits in the back end of Hogsmeade village, which is done very detailed itself.

Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey is a very fun ride that takes you flying all over around the castle. It's a lot like the spiderman ride at Universal Studios, only better.

So make sure you check it out. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a great park for Harry Potter fans. Enjoy this youtube video of Hogswart castle!

The wizarding world of Harry Potter now open

Well in case you missed it, The wizarding world of Harry Potter theme park at Universal Studios is now open! The grand opening was on the 18th and boy was it crowded!

They had two lines going out to the entrance of the whole Universal Studios complex, that's how many people showed up. The wait was around 6 hours to get into the new Harry Potter land.

Then once inside you had lines to every shop, beverage cart and ride! Needless to say I did not go that day. However now that the big hoopla is over I will be going and giving a first hand account on everything.

So stay tuned to new pictures and even some Harry Potter youtube videos that I will take. Below are a few new pictures I took today in fact. If your a Harry Potter fan, make sure you visit the new wizarding world of Harry Potter at Universal Studios!

Harry Potter and the forbidden Journey youtube video

Well everyone, they are finally letting regular guest into the new Harry Potter land at Universal Studios! It's part of their soft opening, working out the bugs so to speak.

Now so far they are not giving any clue as to when they will let anyone in, or how long they can stay in. They just open the doors and let a few in when they want to.

Above is a new youtube video someone took of the line going into the new Harry Potter and the forbidden Journey ride, the center piece of the park for most.

You can see the talking pictures, lots of cool effects and even the main characters greeting you. So check out the video and I'll try to make my own soon!

New visits to the Harry Potter world at Universal Studios

We are getting closer and closer to the opening of the new Harry Potter land at Universal Studios. People from the group Orlando International Pow Wow, a travel and tourism industry group got to take a sneak peek at some of the park.

They got to walk around the park and even go into some of the shops. No, they did not get a peek at any of the rides, including the big secret Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride.

They were able to buy some butterbeer and even purchase a wand. Mostly they just got to see lots more details of the new park. Overall most seemed impressed with the tour.

So the soft opening of Harry Potter Land should be very close at hand. Notice I said soft opening, not the grand opening. I predict a soft opening could come as soon as the last week of May.

May 28th Harry Potter vacation packages

Harry Potter fans have been keeping a close eye on when Universal Studios will open up the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter land. They have been tight-lipped about telling when it will open. But now we have a much closer open date!

That's because Universal Studios has been starting to offer new vacation packages tied in to the Harry Potter attraction. The new deals are good starting May 28th. So, if they give vacation packages upselling how you will see the Harry Potter attraction, then it's clear it will be open at least by May 28th!

But they always have a "soft" opening before that, so they can work the bugs out of the new rides and so on. They want to be sure everything is working good before they invite guest to stay and see the Harry Potter attraction.

The packages begin at $285 per adult for four nights at select hotels near Universal. A more higher end package with those Potter-specific extras and hotel room on Universal property starts at $645 per adult.

So you can be sure they want to have it open and going, getting the kinks out of it before those guest arrive so as not to disappoint them. That being the case, I'm going to say I think they will have a soft opening for Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction by the first or second week of May.

I'll be taking more videos of the construction over the weekend and will post them on here. Some parts of the Harry Potter world really look done on the outside. So look for a new video of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter land here soon! ;)