First Look: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood

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I was lucky enough to be one of the journalists invited to preview the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood before it officially opened the next day. Here are some of the photos I took during the special Media Preview.

Hogwarts at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogwarts at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Warwick Davis, Evanna Lynch, James Phelps, and Oliver Phelps during panel discussion with media. (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Warwick Davis, Evanna Lynch, James Phelps, and Oliver Phelps during panel discussion with media. (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Evanna Lynch, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps and Tom Felton during panel discussion with media. (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Evanna Lynch, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps and Tom Felton during panel discussion with media. (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Yay for Butterbeer (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Yay for Butterbeer (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogwarts students (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogwarts students (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Ollivanders (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Ollivanders (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Honeyduke's (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Honeyduke’s (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Honeyduke’s (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Honeyduke’s (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Honeyduke’s (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Wand Selection Ceremony (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Wand Selection Ceremony (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Wand selection ceremony (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Wand selection ceremony (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Inside Ollivander's (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Inside Ollivander’s (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Travel writer Ashley Burnett tries her hand at magic (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Travel writer Ashley Burnett tries her hand at magic (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Frog Choir Performance (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Frog Choir Performance (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Students at Hogwarts (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogwarts (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Even the bathrooms were designed like the bathrooms at Hogwarts (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Even the bathrooms were designed like the bathrooms at Hogwarts (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Menu at Three Broomsticks (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Three Broomsticks (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
More of the stars from the movies (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
More of the stars from the movies (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Zonko’s (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Zonko’s (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
The Monster Book Of Monsters (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
The Monster Book Of Monsters (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Entrance to Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Entrance to Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Sirius' motorcycle (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Sirius’ motorcycle (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Flight of the Hippogriff (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hagrid’s Hut (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Flight of the Hippogriff (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Shop at Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)
Shop at Hogsmeade (Photo: Michelle Rae Uy)

 

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Michelle Rae is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor and photographer with a bad case of Wanderlust. She writes for a number of publications including Thrillist, Fodor's, Huffington Post, Paste Magazine, TravelAge West, Travel Pulse and Tech Radar. Her work has also appeared in several resort magazines and blogs.

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