Our alarms went off very early that Monday morning because we had tickets to the Harry Potter Studios. Even though it is called the Harry Potter Studios London, it is not in London. Luckily, there are many ways to get there from London such as a bus, train, or Uber. We took an Uber from our hotel so we didn’t have to worry about travel logistics, but you can learn more about transportation to the Studios here.

When you first walk in, it’s just as magical as you think it is going to be. They invested so much time and energy to make every part of the lobby magical. We got there early to eat at the Studios before we started the official tour. We got tickets for the Afternoon Tea and I highly recommend splurging and getting the champagne add-on! The Afternoon Tea is set up next to the food court and designed to feel like you are at a little restaurant in Hogsmeade. No detail is overlooked from the food to the cauldron of sugar cubes! I found it to be worth the money and we left very full!

After tea, we then went through the doors to start the tour. I won’t give too much away but you start off in the Great Hall set and I was blown away by how big and magical it felt the minute we walked through the doors. The Hall had movie props set up and it really felt like we were at Hogwarts. The floors are the original stone from the first movie and were chosen so the stone would naturally age over time as they continued to film.

The Tour is designed so that you can walk through the rooms of sets and props at your own pace. There are areas with demonstrations to learn how they created magic in the films like the letters through the mail slot in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Halfway through the tour, there is a quick-service cafe to grab lunch and some butterbeer! The cafe patio lets out to the back lot where you can walk through 4 Privet Drive. There are also great photo opportunities in front of the Knight Bus and the Greenhouse sets before heading back inside for the second half of the studio tour. There really is so much to look at and it could take you days to see everything!

There is a great gift shop at the Hogwarts Express that has one-of-a-kind merchandise I haven’t seen before!

Walk through Diagon Alley that looks just like the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios. I seriously could not tell the difference between the two! The last stop is Ollivanders before you walk into a very large multi-room gift shop!

After the tour, we headed back to the food hall to grab dinner before taking an Uber back to our hotel. We found it hard to go back to our hotel and leave the magic behind!