At the age of 7 my aunt gave me the first three books for my birthday. I loved them so much that I would have my mom read them to me at night over and over. Ever since then I have been a mad fan. I've gone to every midnight premier and book release, been to London just to see the places where they filmed the outdoor shots for the movies, and even had a Harry Potter themed 18 birthday party. Needless to say I was completely obsessed.
Now back to my journey to leavsden. I had been wanting to do this tour since I first heard that they were opening up the sets to the public. It had always been my dream as a kid to be a student at. Hogwarts or at least be in the movies. Walking into the main lobby was overwhelming. It was like I was 7 years old again making my mother read all those stories to me. But I had no idea that it was about to get a lot more intense. They had us all file into a cinema room to watch a short film about the studios and when the film ended the screen lifted up to revel the great hall doors. That's when the first tears hit. I was like I was a first year being brought in to be sorted. The man doing the first portion of the guided tour asked if it was anyone's birthday, to which I almost said it was, just so I could've opened the great hall doors. When he had gotten all the people with birthdays up there, he counted to three and pushed the doors open. The great hall, to. My surprise, was a lot smaller than I thought it was going to be, but cool none the less. They had different houses costumes as well as teachers costumes, which were really cool to see.
Ok so fast forward to the end of the tour (I know you don't want to read about every detail of my trip). You have just walked through a model room that had tiny models of all the things he designers wanted to bring to life. It was cool, but nothing as impressive as what I saw next. You walk into this long hallway and turn and corner and then there it is. The giant model of Hogwarts that the filmmakers used as the actual castle. This was the defining moment of the whole tour. This is where I never wanted to leave. As I walked around the model the tears came. It was everything I had wanted and more. If I could've just stayed in that room forever, I would've. This was what I grew up on, this is what I have been dreaming of seeing my whole childhood. I was so into the model that when it was time to go I just couldn't. As I finally left the hallway leads you into the back of Olivander's with a
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