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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ - Diagon Alley™
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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™
You definitely don’t want to miss this ride.
The adventure begins before you even enter Gringotts™ bank, as you pass beneath the massive fire-breathing dragon at the far end of Diagon Alley™!
Inside, walk past the hard working Goblins in the bank’s detailed marble lobby and keep a look out for the 4 chandeliers that are made up of nearly 62,000 crystals!
The inside of the bank is exciting enough, but just wait until you get to the vaults! You’ll be taken on a perilous journey through cavernous passageways that lead deep underground, trying to evade malicious villains along the way.
Min Height: 42”/3ft 6″/106cm
The Hogwarts™ Express*
It’s every Harry Potter™ fan’s dream come true – you can actually take a real train journey on the Hogwarts™ Express!
The Hogwarts™ Express connects the two lands of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™, so when you take the journey you’ll be travelling from Kings Cross Station in Universal Studios Florida to Hogsmeade™ Station in Universal’s Islands of Adventure or vice versa. Even the departing train stations are true to the Harry Potter™ books and films!
If you’re taking the journey from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ – Diagon Alley™, you’ll board the Hogwarts™ Express at King’s Cross Station. Just like in the books and films, you’ll walk straight through a brick wall onto Platform 9 ¾™ and be shown into your passenger compartment.
The view from the train windows and the overall experience are different depending on which way you’re travelling, so be sure to take the train in both directions! Along the way you’ll have views of the English countryside and London, as well as some unexpected surprises along the journey!
*To ride the Hogwarts™ Express you need an Explorer ticket – these include admission to both Universal’s Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Florida and are available to book with FloridaTix. Additional restrictions may apply.
Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC
This is the wand shop where wizards and witches can be chosen by their wand.
Ollivanders™ has a special collection of unique wands, as well as the original favourites. Some of the wands you’ll find here include:
- Interactive Wand: With this wand you can actually cast spells around different areas in Diagon Alley™ and Hogsmeade™and see the magic come to life before your eyes!
- Collectible Wands: Take home an authentic replica of your favourite character’s wand
- Special Wand Collections: Sometimes special limited-edition wands are available to commemorate the year or a special season.
Make sure you get to see (or even take part in) the wand experience, where a lucky guest has the opportunity to try out a few spells with various wands until the right wand chooses them!
Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes
You will want to buy one of everything in this colourful joke shop owned by twin pranksters Fred and George Weasley! Filled with magic tricks, jokes and toys, you can buy Pygmy Puffs, U-No-Poo, Skiving Snack Boxes, and more.
Madam Malkin’s Robes for all Occasions
Want to become a real wizard? The first step is to dress like one! Madam Malkin’s will kit you out with all the wizardwear you could want, as well as Hogwarts™ school uniforms and other apparel inspired by the four school houses of Gryffindor™, Ravenclaw™, Hufflepuff™ and Slytherin™.
Top Tip: If you only buy one thing from here, make it a wizard’s hat from the finest and most fashionable assortment in Diagon Alley™!
Wiseacres Wizarding Equipment
Come to Wiseacres for all your wizarding necessities! Here you can pick up crystal balls, telescopes, binoculars, armillary spheres, hourglasses and lots more!
Borgin and Burkes™
Enter if you dare!…… This infamous shop on the gloomy Knockturn Alley is home to a sinister collection of Dark Arts objects.
Here you’ll find ominous items like Death Eater™ masks, skulls, and costumes – perfect for performing some dark magic!
Magical Menagerie
Get your very own magical creature that’s straight from the pages of a Harry Potter™ book!
The Magical Menagerie is filled with plush toys of every kind of wonderful animal you could imagine (and some you couldn’t!), as well as wizarding pets like Crookshanks™, Fang, Buckbeak™, Fluffy and Scabbers™.
Choose from cats of every colour, Hippogriffs and unicorns.
Quality Quidditch™ Supplies
Everything you need to become a master of the wizarding world’s favourite sport! Quidditch™ fans will be in their element, with Quaffle balls, Quidditch™ brooms, Golden Snitches, Bludger bats, outfits and team souvenirs.
Leaky Cauldron
The Leaky Cauldron™ serves traditional British food such as cottage pie, fish & chips or bangers and mash. And don’t forget to try a frothy Butterbeer™!
Florean Fortescue’s Ice-Cream Parlour
Bored of the usual vanilla or strawberry scoop? This quaint ice-cream parlour is where you need to go! With fabulous flavours like sticky toffee pudding, apple crumble, Butterbeer™ and loads of other unique and wonderful chilly treats, you’ll have a tough choice on your hands!
You can also grab some breakfast here if you arrive in the morning; choose from continental breakfast foods, pastries, Pumpkin Juice™, teas and water.