Harry Potter World in the Snow

[smellylittleorange]

Managed to get Dd into Harry Potter this year yay! Does anyone know when the Christmassy themed tours start exactly last year was around 18th November can't seem to find anything on the website could email them but rather have tales of how wonderful it is as well

Hi smellylittleorange - we went last year, I can't remember when I booked the tickets but it was about July~ish. So possibly the details aren't on there yet?

We went on the Saturday before Christmas (I have 2 DC , we bought a family ticket)
We're not huge HP fans, and there was a load of the characters I didn't recognise TBH.

The Hogwarts in Snow is the last exhibit , it is stunning. (Years ago we went to Alnwick Castle, I keep saying "Oh it looks nothing like that IRL" when I see the films .

It wasn't madly busy because you go in set group times, so plenty of time to wander (but my teenage DS is a pain in the bum , doesn't want to do anything with DH,DD and I . He kept rushing us along )
Next year, I won't take them on a Family Day Out, they're getting too old

Thank you 70isalimitnotatarget it's hard to find christmassy days out as they get older. DD is 10 so has just got into Harry Potter and is obsessive at the moment which I don't mind and her cousins who are 12 and 13 want to come. I will look out over the summer.

I am also aiming to go this year op, very excited

God I fucking love Harry Potter. Dp has never Watched the films, nor read a book dd (4) has watched the first one we're going to start chapters soon!!

70isalimit you remind me of Christmas!! I am nannyplumforpm and RunawayReindeer, so I've charttered to you almost every year since my dd's were born slight derailment

what is differenton the christmassy themed tours please? went for first timethis year and DC loved it... is there a big change for christmassy stuff?

starts on 14th November according to the website.

I booked today - the early tours are still available for lots of weekend dates.

The great hall is decorated and the castle is in the snow. We went on 27 December this year. I'm not sure it was so amazing we'd deliberately go again for the snow but worth seeing once.

How easy is it to get to if travelling up by train?

trip where are you coming from?

Plymouth!

Going by train is really easy - just jump on the dedicated bus outside Watford Junction station. £2 each, runs continuously and takes about 15 minutes to the studios.

Ooohh I'm from Plymouth

Yes very easy my parents come up to visit us all the time, you go into Paddington I think and then you can get anywhere.

The Paddington train comes up from Penzance at about 6am so would be with you about 7? You'd be in London for about 10:30 so you could do a 2pm tour quite easily... Although I would recommend staying the night before if you could because it could be a bit of a push.