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JUNE 16, 2004 at 8:44 PM
Posted by CHEESER
Source: New Zealand Herald
A bunch of fan sites were mentioned yesterday in a New Zealand Herald article
detailing the different options available when considering a Harry Potter themed tour of the United Kingdom.
HP Fan Trips received a nod and was included among other tours, detailing their special "Quidditch" game and exclusive ride on steam engine #5972 (the actual "Hogwarts Express" train from the movies):
So great is the Pottermania that every possible place where scenes from the films have been shot has been carefully tracked, documented and placed on a tour itinerary for fans from around the world.
Unfortunately you've just missed HP Fan Trips' special 6-day tour, including a ride on the Hogwarts Express and all sorts of wizard activities, to mark the release of The Prisoner of Azkaban.
Among the many Harry Potter fan sites on the Internet which keep close track of places associated with the young wizard are: sites dedicated to actor Daniel Radcliffe who plays Harry Potter or DanRadcliffe.com, the Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator [that's us!], FictionAlley, MuggleNet, UK Harry Potter, Harry Potter Lexicon, DarkMark, Diagon Alley, Wizard News and the self-proclaimed official Harry Potter site.
The Herald goes into great detail about where you can find the real Gringott's Bank (Australia House), Platform 9 3/4 (King's Cross), and the entrance hall to Hogwarts (Christ Church in Oxford). Coincidentally, HP Fan Trips went to several of these locations during the trip, which you'll be able to read about (and see pictures of!) shortly.
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Witch
Points: 802
padfoot18 says:
Awesome. I wish I could do something like that. Lucky people who live in Britian get chances to do everything. Awwee the envy is just boiling inside. Oh well Maybe someday.
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 4:49 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1525
veta says:
Oh good, lucky I don't live in Endland so no way I would go on that! I really do hope other people have fun on the trip, and hope they got more interesting facts about the movie! Those people who went for it was very lucky!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 5:24 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1618
ziddy says:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I wanted to go!!! Loll... why didn't they tell us though? :( hmph!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 6:41 AM EST
Ron's Robe Designer
Points: 5793
meganwood89 says:
Its never fair, I don't live in England so I can't go. Its never in Australia, always in America or England!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 7:02 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1140
dan's girl says:
Hey no fair i wanted to go too ...ahhhh i a so envy the people woh got to go...lucky them...i wish i could have a ride in the Hogwatrs express....and sit where Daniel once sat...*whistful thinkning*
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 7:07 AM EST
Head Girl
Points: 449
Nemevii says:
Wow, that sounds like they definitely had something to be glad about! Unlike me! I wanna go on a trip like that. But it would also be helpful, if anyone could tell us some more about the places they did the filming, so if I would be in London, I would actually have the chance to go and see them on my own!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 7:37 AM EST
Student
Points: 287
CoRdUrOy_benji says:
Wow i wish i could go,it sounds sooooo cool!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 7:46 AM EST
Weird Sisters Cellist
Points: 2842
Sachi-hime says:
*cries* I want to go too! It does sound cool...
Ah well, there's always a next time! Goblet of Fire, perhaps?
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 8:02 AM EST
Points: 15101
xeon says:
Wow! Id like to get some more information on these trips. Like when they are, how much they cost, and so on. It sounds pretty cool!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 8:16 AM EST
Wizengamot Member
Points: 3231
Jencameby says:
That sounds like they had a real good time, I bet it was a blast to be able to do all of the those things, I can't wait to see the pictures. It would almost seem like I was there too.
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 8:37 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1158
Moonbake says:
Oh how great would that be! I totally want to go! What a great trip. Maybe if I start saving now I can go for the GOF opening! Yea right!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 8:41 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2303
padfoot5312 says:
Would like to see some of these things: the train, castle, etc.
But I live here in the USA, there’s the add expense of the fight over. Oh well, there is plenty for me to see here.
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 8:52 AM EST
Transfiguration Professor
Points: 2990
Choralee says:
It sounds like great fun! I wish I could have gone on a trip - at least some good would have come out of waiting for PoA to premiere.
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 9:27 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1059
DarkMagic13 says:
Aw, cmon. I didn't hear about that fan trip. I would have died to see where they filmed Harry Potter. I would have also died to have sat in the same seat as Daniel Radcliffe.
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 10:13 AM EST
Witch
Points: 676
Madame Rosmerta says:
I would love to go on one of these trips!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 10:20 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 42
Kaos says:
They need to come to the americas. But thats awesome, especially the train part.
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 10:22 AM EST
Witch
Points: 668
katiemac86 says:
I think they should bring the Hogwarts Express across the Atlantic for us American Harry Potter fans... That would be really cool to see
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 10:26 AM EST
Blink182's New Member
Points: 2876
Da_BombWiz says:
*Sigh*Just if I as living in the UK....nothing much seems to happen here,where I live...lucky people who got to go!!!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 10:31 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 81
Hermie says:
I think that would be so cool. I would love to be able to go on one of them trips. I wounder it there will be any more? If so where would you go to find out where,when and how much it was?
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 11:03 AM EST
Points: 6760
Zarry Sotter says:
Ugh, I wish I could've gone...It would've been so cool! Those who went are incredibly lucky. Hehe, and incredibly rich...Did you see the price tag on these trips? Woah, just a little bit more than I expected!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 11:18 AM EST
Witch
Points: 579
CurlyHermione says:
I would have loved to have gone on that trip. So cool to see where they make the movies.
I´ll be in London next year so maybe I could do my own tour.
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 11:32 AM EST
Vampire
Points: 2939
Dansgirl34 says:
That is so coooooooollll!!!! I wish i could have gone. Some people get all the luck but me.
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 1:16 PM EST
Chief Quibbler Editor
Points: 2926
The Obsesser says:
Oooh, I just want be on that trip, catch a plane from O'Hare to London, that would be great, absolutely bally great!
Ops, I just said o'hare...
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 2:12 PM EST
Keeper of the Faeries
Points: 5239
juliebug04 says:
I would just love to take a trip like this. I have never been overseas, on a plane or a train...I guess I have led a sheltered life, huh?!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 2:24 PM EST
Witch
Points: 587
Kathy Weezly says:
You aren´t alone......now, juliebug04!
Coz im heading to Spain this July!!
Yaaay!
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 2:35 PM EST
Heir of Slytherin
Points: 5499
Spazzingduck says:
I really wished I could have gone on that trip, but when I asked my parents about it all they did was laugh. I hope everybody that went had fun, though.
Posted Jun 17, 2004 at 3:10 PM EST
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