The last time i went to London back in 2010, Harry Potter Studios Tour was not open yet, not even the 'embedded HP trolley' thingy at King's Cross St, and i was so infuriated when i saw the USJ advertisement while i was in Japan in 2104 showing the opening date for Harry Potter World in USJ will only be a month after our trip. Frustated gilaa. So since then, i make a vow to myself that i am coming back to Japan just for this unforgettable experience unless i want to save a lot for California trip.
To get into the The Wizarding World, there are separate ticket for it, not that you have to pay more. But you have to get the timed ticket in the park or you can also buy in advance (with fast pass - yang ni kena bayar extra). Timed ticket means you can only enter that area according to your ticket only. Masuk ikut timing tu keluar ikut suka la nak pukul berapa. Sounds macam renyahh tapi in order to give the best experience to everyone, memang kena buat macam tu or it will be too congested inside.
So, we did bought the ticket pass which is mahal gila and not sure whether to call this lucky or unlucky, the day we went, tak ramai orang langsung, so we didnt need to use our timed ticket pon. Boleh masuk keluar bila bila masa je. Yeeeyyyyyyy!
Welcome to Hogsmeade !!
Drinking the butter beer
The butter beer is a must-try dekat sana, the taste is so soo lah haha since i dont really like butter-scotchy flavor but to fellow Muslim, fret not it is a non-alcohol drinks, so boleh minum dengan senang hati lol, and if you dont really want to spend inside here (which is ridiculous), you can just buy the drinks and you can have the glass as souvenir. 2 in 1 bebeh.
As for the rides, there are two of them. One is the Flight of the Hipogriff, something like a dragon roller coaster at Genting which is suitable for kids, which i didnt ride it because not worth the long queue, and second is Harry Potter and The Forbidden Journey. Ok, this one has been awarded for like 5 years as best ride in the world so i had a high expectation but turns out it was just okay lah. I mean they won it in terms of technological thingy which i dont really appreciated it haha, it was something like Transformer's ride in USS but with Harry Potter theme of course. You will feel like you re on a broomstick and flying across all the Hogwarts area trying to catch the Snitch. Niceee but kind of dizzy a bit sampai Reenco terus K.O lepas naik this ride -_-'.
But the attractions that i would recommend is the one inside the Olivanders. Remember the first time Harry went to the shop to get his first own wand? Haa camtu la the show, realll okay because we will be inside the dusty shop and they will choose one of the audience to be the 'harry potter' and choose the wand for him, and the thing i appreciated most is because since they can see some of the audience is not Japanese, they talked in english (campur2 Jepun) whichhh kalau dekat other attractions memang nann hadoo die nak cakap english. haha. So the feelings was muchh reall laha and even the performer is mat saleh not Japanse. I spend a lot of time inside the Ollivanders sebab nak tengok each one of the character's wand and i chose to buy Hermione and Harry's wand.
my wand
The reason you needs to buy the wand is bcause, inside the area there's a lot of places where you can play with your wand. When you bought the wand, there's a map inside showing the places where you can try all the spell and cast the magic yourself. Coooollll weeehhh like realllyyy cooolll! cannot describe tiba tiba keluar api lah tiba tiba pintu terbukak lah, tak kira la kalau dia tipu pon tetapppp coooll hahaha.
Aside from that, just enjoyyy the Hogsmeade itself, all the shops, the environment, the details of every each of thing and dont forget to tour around the Hogwarts castle where you can see the Dumbledore's office, the classroom, and also the Fat lady. The Hogwarts castle wehhhhhh is indescribable. Overwhelming gilaaaaa. I remember everytime i watched Harry Potter and Sorcerer Stone, when the students were soo mesmerized by the castle when they reached Hogwarts by the boat, yupp that exactly what i felt when i saw the castle. Like i want to stay there foreverrr! Dahlah ada Hogwarts Express someemoreee it really feels like i'm one of the Hogwarts student who went out for an outing at Hogsmeade that day hahaha.
Hogwarts Castle tour
Ford Anglia, Weasley's flying car
Hogwarts Wannabe Students
Hogwarts Castle
I went there twice, if only i could stay longer but i need to ride other rides as well in the USJ, bazirr la beli ticket mahal mahal kan. Hahaaa. If i went there alone by myself, i surely will buy 2 days pass so that i can spend the whole day in Wizarding World and another day for others rides. There's a show at the night time but i didnt went there afraid my friends will find me annoying for spending lots of time there haha, and we kind of a bit far from that area by the night time.
Other rides you should try in USJ is the Flying Dinasour, the besssstttt and scariest rideeee obviously if only we could ride it twice, and other things tu make sure naik je lah sebab tak takut pon. We rode almost everythings sampai Reenco dah naik boring tunggu kitaorang haha. Basicly, USJ is soo different than USS so every each of the theme/park are new to us, so semuaa canttiikkk and besttt gilaaaaaa. The one that i'm kind of regret is we didnt spend much time in Despicable area, padahal it is one of the famous attraction there. Too mannnyyyy peopppllle weeehh likeee crowded macam pegi Bazaar Ramadhan kind of crowded.
Some tips:
1) For Muslim, you can bring the packed foods inside, they didnt really check the bag at the entrance.
2) Ask to use the guest room at the entrance for Solat for a while, no need to solat tepi tepi locker.
3) For rides if tak nak beli fast pass, opt for single rider. Can savee so muchh timee queuing weh.
4) For butterbeers, there's two places you can buy, go for the one near to the Hogwarts Castle if the front one too crowded.
5) You can skip show at Water World because its the same as in USS.
Other than that, enjoyyyyy your experience there cause that what i did.
& Hogwarts, you will be missed!
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