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Ollivanders Wand Shop
Floor-to-ceiling shelves crammed with dusty wand boxes and
a winding staircase set the scene for a 10-minute show that brings to life the iconic scene
in which the wand chooses the wizard. Come first thing, as the line quickly extends up-
wards of an hour.
Flight of the Hippogriff
(Express Pass) Family-friendly coaster passes over Hagrid's
Hut; listen for Fang's barks and don't forget to bow to Buckbeak!
Honeydukes Sweet Shop
Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, Rock
Cakes and other Harry Potter-inspired goodies.
Owl Post & Owlery
Buy Wizarding World stamps and send a card officially postmarked
Hogsmeade.
Filch's Emporium of Confiscated Goods
Souvenir shop featuring the Marauders
Map on display.
Three Broomsticks & Hog's Head Tavern
Surprisingly good shepherd's pie, pumpkin
juice and Hogs Head Brew.
Dervish & Banges
Magical supplies and Hogwarts robes for sale.
Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley
RIDE, SHOW
from 9am; Lynx 21, 37 or 40)
Diagon Alley, lined with magical shops selling robes, quidditch supplies, wands, brooms
and more, leads to the massive Gringotts Bank, home to Universal Studio's newest multi-
sensory thrill ride,
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
. To get here, you must
walk through Muggles' London at Universal Studios or, if you have a park-to-park ticket,
ride the Hogwarts Express from Islands of Adventure's Hogsmeade to King's Cross Sta-
tion. Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley opened in summer 2014.
Grab some bangers and mash at the
Leaky Cauldron
, a scoop of quirky wizarding-
themed ice cream at
Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlor
, and wander down the
'darkest of dark places,' Knockturn Alley, to pick up tools of the Dark Arts at
Borgin and
Burkes
.
Given the creative spirit and success of Islands of Adventure's Hogsmeade, Diagon Al-
ley promises to be theme park magic at its best. Lines and crowds will be insane - stay at
