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MARCH 29, 2005 at 1:18 AM
Posted by CHEESER
Source: HP Fan Trips
HP Fan Trips
has just announced the limited availability of 50 individual tickets to ride the Hogwarts Express train used in the official Warner Bros. Harry Potter films.
We have decided at this time to release fifty (50) seats on HP Fan Trips' exclusive ride on #5972 Olton Hall, which portrays the real-life Hogwarts Express train in Warner Bros.' Harry Potter films. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis and cost $199.
Included is a day-long adventure such as Harry and his schoolmates would experience on their way to Hogwarts. We'll be traveling from Oxford through the gorgeous Lake District up to Carlisle, and back. Activities on the train may include tea parties, special games, storytelling (by a professional performer) and discussions with your fellow fans.
This incredible offer is best suited for fans that live in the United Kingdom or are visiting there already. As we expect these tickets to sell out faster than a Firebolt, you can always guarantee yourself a seat by booking any of the HP Fan Trips 2005 tour packages. Each one includes the train ride.
Visit http://www.hpfantrips.com/2005/hogwarts-express/ for more information!
The following 2005 packages have reached their maximum of 42 participants each, and are now sold out:
Based on current numbers, the next to go will be Scotland Silver (just a few spots left) followed by London/Oxford Gold. Keep in mind the only significant difference between the package levels is the choice of hotels and other minor operational changes. The main reason they are split is so each group can be managed and moved about more effectively. (Can you imagine trying to coordinate cross-country travel for over 300 guests without Floo powder?)
More accurately, what is it not? It's not just another see-the-sights London tour with "Harry Potter" slapped on it. HP Fan Trips was created from the ground up by enthusiastic fans. We go places and do things no other group can offer. From our exclusive Hogwarts Express train ride to specially-crafted and professionally-guided tours of London, Oxford, Edinburgh and more, HP Fan Trips is the ultimate adventure for Harry Potter fans.
Visit HP Fan Trips online:
http://www.hpfantrips.com/
Discussion group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hpfantrips-friends
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Auror
Points: 2185
Potterfan5 says:
Ha, that would be the trip of a lifetime wouldn't it!
It sounds really great, we could all get our geek on, and pretend we are Harry and Co. traveling to Hogwarts!
Unfortunetly I won't be anywhere close to the UK at the time, so I probably won't be participating, but I expect detailed reports from all who go! :)
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 1:26 AM EST
Mischievous Fairy
Points: 4074
RogueBlack says:
oooh man! I would love to go there and travel by that train
*feels poor*
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 1:47 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1206
*Jinxed* says:
That sounds so cool! Oh how I wish I were a pom... and how I wish I had some money eh he... well if any of you lucky ones do actually manage to go on this, have lots of fun!
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 2:10 AM EST
Head Boy
Points: 475
Slimdoze3316 says:
Wow that would be great to go on that trip. Wish that i could be on that train. But unfortunatley i wont. Have a great time to all who go.
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 2:12 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1961
Wart says:
Arrrgggghhhh!!! Why is everything cool like this in the UK? Well I know why but it seems terribly unfair to people all the way across the ocean.......
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 2:12 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 366
Ayesha***Yumna says:
Its really cool!
Its also a big chance for me to write on the first page of comments!
The offer is really good...
I wish I could buy it...
but this wish is of no use!
It is just a dream...
that is very very very difficult to come true!!!
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 2:20 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1611
I_Love_Snape! says:
This is a very neat thing. I think that those who do manage to get a ticket should post here and tell us all about it!
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 2:30 AM EST
The Faerie Queene
Points: 3278
merri maven says:
Hopefully I'll be able to go within 3 years & coax one of my fellow HP-loving friends to go with me. I'd save up the money but would they?
I've already been on a UK tour, but I really like to go on another one that is geared to the Harry Potter books.
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 2:46 AM EST
Tom's Fave Aussie
Points: 3851
runaway mental patient says:
How awesome would that be!
I reckon that a few of those seats should go to sick children (like kids with cancer)...
I'd love to go just so I could see the scenery!
"If I do something bad,
And there's no one there to catch me,
Does that make me good?" - Bart Simpson
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 2:55 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1614
hermy-ninny712 says:
If only I could. That would be so nice. I guess it makes no sense to bring a tour like that to the States, but it would still be cool.
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 3:07 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1098
LilyP says:
Wow - if I wasn't already jealous of all who were going on the fan trip already - now I'm really jealous! What a great trip! That sounds like so much fun. If I only had the $$ and time!
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 3:38 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1246
TybaltTheCannibal says:
I bet that'll be a fun trip! I hope everyone who goes has a great time and then reports back to all of us here.
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 4:02 AM EST
Student
Points: 246
ToriLuv704 says:
Wow i wish i could go. Too bad I wont be in the UK! .. man this stinks!:(
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 4:02 AM EST
Unspeakable
Points: 3920
stocco says:
Sounds like a once in a lifetime opportunity. I could have affored $200, too bad it sold out so fast. That's too bad. Oh well.
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 4:11 AM EST
Witch
Points: 802
padfoot18 says:
I am so jealous that I am not in England, I love the USA but when it comes to everything Harry Potter related we get a little cheated. But sounds like a fun trip.
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 4:16 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 77
JPGGOD says:
Very Funny, I've More of That but may be I go Cuase I Remember That Nice Days (when i was a student)
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 4:30 AM EST
The Girl Who Lived
Points: 4219
Tacha says:
To be able to go would be awesome! But seeing as I live in Belgium and am a kinda penniless, I'll keep my fingers crossed for next year! Hope the Hpana'ers who are going will have fun and will give us extensive reports and pics!
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 4:33 AM EST
Student
Points: 216
Jassymine says:
Wow! That would be wicked to go to, but since I live in Australia, I very much doubt it will happen. Hope all the people who go have a great time!
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 4:39 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 17
KjS says:
Hey, runaway mental patient!
What a great idea of yours to give some train tickets to sick children. Personally, I would allocate a few to kids who have to live in run-down inner city areas - they're usually from poor families and could never afford to go on such a trip. I can't afford it either, but thank goodness I don't live in a run-down area - I actually live in Wales (UK) in a Hogwarts-type of landscape, so I guess I'm rich after all.
Anyway, you sound like a caring sort of person - so are you sure you're in the right house?! I reckon you'd be put out of Slytherin if someone like Snape read your post!
KjS
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 4:40 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 366
GryffindorsBeauty says:
Well iam all readdy going on it i have the full package welll hope to see you guys there!!
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 4:56 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1945
tsvety says:
oooh! The people who can go o one of these trips are lucky!!!!
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 5:10 AM EST
Witch
Points: 771
Weasley Witch says:
YAY! I live in the UK! This is sooooo cool! I don't live near Oxford, it's about eight hours away from where I live up north, but I live near enough to Carlisle! That's about three hours away! Ooooh! Warner Bros. have the best ideas ever!
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 5:27 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2137
True*R/Hr*Love says:
Oh my god, i must get one of those tickets!!!! I am soooooooo happy i live in England now!!!! Woohoo i am soo going to try really hard to get one of those tickets!!!
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 5:33 AM EST
Sly Slytherin
Points: 4753
Sly Malfoy says:
Wow, it be wicked to be on that train, I love it style of it. Much better than the trains we have nowadays. They don't have much style do they?
Order for Snape's Defence
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 5:35 AM EST
Points: 7436
More like me says:
That would be a day to remember. The professional story-teller would be great.
I wonder if they would serve Harry Potteresk food on the train, you know, the Cauldron Cakes etc. That would make it even better.
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 5:47 AM EST
Wizard
Points: 576
Night_Cr@wler says:
Cooool,i think it would be fun.It sounds really great,to travel with the hogwards express which harry potter fan wouldnt like that.
Posted Mar 29, 2005 at 6:24 AM EST
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