Photos: First Look at 'Harry Potter' Studios to be Opened to Visitors in 2012 [PHOTOS]
By IBTimes Staff Reporter | Oct 29, 2011 02:50 AM EDT
Come the spring of 2012, you will be able to walk into the world of Harry Potter.
A three-hour walking tour through the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, is set to take visitors behind the scenes of the most popular wizard film series of all time.
The studios where all eight "Harry Potter" movies were made will be open to the public for the first time, offering a glimpse of sets, costumes, props, and many other displays associated with the making of the film series.
The exhibit showcases "The Great Hall" set in great detail, right from the doorway with detailed panels to the fireplace and the dining table inside. Other highlights that should make the visit a memorable one include a "Harry Potter" souvenir shop and other sets.
Guided tours will inform visitors about the special effects and breathtaking animatronics that made the films so popular all over the world, according to a statement posted by Warner Bros. on its Web site.
Tickets for the Making of Harry Potter installation must be bought in advance because no tickets will be sold on-site.
Although spring is still a while away, have a look at photographs of the installation taken during a preview tour.
The entrance to the Great Hall set is seen during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
The dining table in the Great Hall set is seen during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
A mermaid prop is seen during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Two Ford Anglias used in the "Harry Potter" films are seen during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
A prop depicting Charity Burbage is seen during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
A worker walks past the exterior of Albus Dumbledore's office set during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Book props are seen during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
The fireplace inside the Great Hall set is seen during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
A self-scrubbing frying pan is seen in the special-effects studio during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
A detail of the Monster Book of Monsters is seen during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
A green screen is seen inside the pensieve from Dumbledore's office, left, and a detail from outside the Great Hall door is pictured during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
A Slytherin panel, left, a Ravenclaw panel, center, and a Gryffindor panel from the door of the Great Hall are seen during a preview tour of the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, on Sept. 22.
Source: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
