{"id":6699,"date":"2013-10-17T00:24:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T16:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2013\/10\/17\/europe-2013-day-03-iii-our-harry-potter-studio-tour-iii\/"},"modified":"2013-10-17T00:24:19","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T16:24:19","slug":"europe-2013-day-03-iii-our-harry-potter-studio-tour-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2013\/10\/17\/europe-2013-day-03-iii-our-harry-potter-studio-tour-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe 2013 Day 03 (III) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Our Harry Potter Studio Tour (III)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date:<\/strong> 04 March 2013 Monday<\/p>\n

12:45 PM Time for Butterbeer!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the highlights of the studio tour is to enjoy a cup of cold butterbeer. Butterbeer is a popular wizarding beverage which taste like butterscotch.<\/p>\n

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Ours!<\/p>\n

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Privet Drive<\/p>\n

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Knock knock…<\/p>\n

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Knight Bus<\/p>\n

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Hogwarts Bridge<\/p>\n

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Giant Chess pieces<\/p>\n

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Creature Shop<\/p>\n

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Dobby<\/p>\n

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Buckbeak<\/p>\n

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Welcome to Diagon Alley<\/p>\n

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White-card Models<\/p>\n

Before the start of the construction of the actual set, the Art Department create these white-card models, which helped the director and production designer with the size, scale and camera angles.<\/p>\n

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In the night…<\/p>\n

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Wands for sales. We didn’t get any since they are the same as those that we bought from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter @ Universal Studios Orlando.<\/p>\n

14:15 PM Leavingma<\/strong><\/p>\n

We completed touring the studio within the estimated 3 hours.<\/p>\n

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Moving on to our next destination.<\/p>\n

15:30 PM Premier Inn Bicester<\/strong><\/p>\n

We had problems locating the hotel and got assistance from a petrol kiosk near the hotel. We felt so silly after asking for directions! The hotel is just behind the kiosk…<\/p>\n

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A: Warner Bros. Studio Leavesden
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\nTotal travelling distance | time = 90km | 1 hour<\/p>\n

The hotel has a self service check in machine in the lobby. Check in process was real quick and simple. We got a room on the first floor.<\/p>\n

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Very simple and clean room.<\/p>\n

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Took a short rest before we start our SHOPPING!<\/p>\n

16:00 PM Bicester Village<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A: Premier Inn Bicester
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\nTotal travelling distance | time = 6.2km | 9 minutes<\/p>\n

No photos… Bicester Village outlet shopping centre consists of luxury fashion shops, homeware boutiques and discounted designer stores. The shopping centre is smaller than Woodbury Common Premium Outlets Mall and the discounts here were not as good. We only got a couple of towels from Ralph Lauren Home.<\/p>\n

18:10 PM Brewers Fayre<\/strong><\/p>\n

We got back to the hotel before dinner time. We decided to have dinner at Brewers Fayre, a casual dining pub restaurant next to the hotel. JR was lazy and insisted to drive over from one end (hotel) to the other end (Brewers Fayre) of the carpark! It is about 2 minutes walk to the restaurant but the drive took us > 5 minutes (start car, drive over, select carpark slot, park nicely).<\/p>\n

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Fish & Chips<\/p>\n

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BBQ Ribs<\/p>\n

A whole rack of BBQ pork ribs served with extra BBQ sauce, chips, coleslaw and a lightly dressed side salad.<\/p>\n

View my entire TRAVEL list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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