Oh Ollivander's...
This was seriously the longest line we stood in the entire trip.....I had read that this line was crazy long and many people said it wasn't worth it...Well we stood in line for about 30 minutes (which is crazy since there was hardly one in the park), but I liked getting to go into Ollivander's. Did I think the experience would be worth an 1.5hr wait (or much longer) in ridiculous heat- No...but if you go at a "slow time" for the park then I would recommend standing in line waiting.
They let groups of about 20 (not 100% sure on that number) go in at a time. Once everyone is inside Mr. Ollivander picks a child from the group and they go through the process of having the child's wand choose them. It was cute and inside Ollivander's store was pretty cool. The walls were covered in boxes of wands and Chris was really impressed that they were actually all individual boxes (not just pictures on a big box or something) and they went all the way to the ceiling! I took a video of part of the wand choosing process, but I am not quite sure how to upload it..so maybe some other time!
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| This is my face during our wait....Good thing it wasn't that long or that hot :) |
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| That's Ollivander's behind him! He is so happy! |
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| Only the cool kids carry their wands! :) |
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| In Ollivander's. |
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| More Ollivander's. I loved the display cases of wands! |
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| Wands wands and more WANDS. |
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| Display cases of wands. |
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| Side view of Ollivander's |
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| There it is...Ollivander's! Wands Wands All Around! |
On a side note- Chris and I purchased our wands through a store called Alivan's (Check it out Here). We looked online numerous times on the WB website, but there were only a handful of wands available that weren't character wands and they were made of resin (not what we were looking for). So I found Alivan's and I was hooked at first sight! They have so many options to choose from and they are all individually handcrafted and made of wood! We were so impressed with our wands when they arrived! They come with a certificate of authenticity and a box and velvet bag! We highly HIGHLY recommend getting your wands (and broomsticks) from Alivan's!!!
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| Excited about our wand arrivals! |
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| Wand boxes! |
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| Little Sirius kept wondering where his wand was! |
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| Redwood wand! |
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| Trying it out! |
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| and loving it! |
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| My turn! Sirius loved my wand! He thinks it's his new play toy! |
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| Oh yeah. |
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| Our wands! |
So there it is Ollivander's and Alivan's. So much fun!
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