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Just ahead sits the “ice castle” from the Goblet of Other popular sets include the Gryffindor common
Fire Yule Ball, overseen by a towering mannequin room, meant to evoke the warmth of the home poor
attired in a long…very, very long…gown fashioned for Harry really never had; the Potions Classroom, filled
Madame Olympe Maxime, the half-giant headmistress with 500 individually labelled bottles of stuff banned
of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. Walking beneath by 21st century pharmacies (“Bouncing Spider Juice,”
a scale model of the timber-framed ceiling of the Great anyone?); and the Weasley kitchen, where signage
Hall, we approach a display of the Prefects’ Bathroom instructs aspiring wizards to simply “wave your hand”
taps, which seem to have sprung a rainbow-colored to iron a dress, knit a scarf, or chop a bunch of car-
leak from 53 real bronze spouts. rots. (It’s easier than “abracadabra” here, but sadly, the
When we arrive at Harry and Ron’s dorm room, with magic touch will have worn off by the time I return
its absurdly small wooden beds, it’s hard to resist the home).
tug of nostalgia. “Aw, remember when they were just There are plenty of other interactive opportunities,
little?” I sigh, sounding for a moment like their own including wand choreography lessons, where young
wistful mother. In fact, as the boys grew, the film crew Harry and Hermione wanna-be’s practice waving their
had to get creative, framing shots so you couldn’t see enchanted twigs; bucking broomsticks which, thanks
their legs dangling over the end of the bed. to the aid of a green screen, make you feel as though

Children share a moment with an ani-
matronic Buckbeak in the Forbidden
Forest. Opposite: The Goblet of Fire on
display in Hogwarts Great Hall.

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