Various dates, Harry Potter Link in 1st post for tickets.
Harry Potter Studio Tour (Watford) + Hotel with free parking from £38pp based on a family 4 (2A & 2C) staying at the Mercure London Watford Hotel which is approx 2.5 miles from Harry Potter Studios itself. -This was on 29th April (prices may differ slightly)
Also if you sign up via Earnaway you can get a bonus £12 cashback on a £25+ booking and laterooms has a decent cashback rate so i got another £5.80 cashback on top = £17.80 back in my pocket.
Hotel has free parking outside with plenty of spaces, McDs is literally next door and Watford town centre is 2 miles away with plenty of parking and a huge shopping centre and lots of resturants (stuck a load of info in 1st post)
Also a Huge Asda is literally 5 mins drive away from the hotel
Also if you want something else to do, Aldenham country park is approx 1.5 miles away - All you do is pay for parking and free to walk around the lake, also a park and loads of places to sit and eat, so take a packed lunch (There is a little cafe type hut but it is expensive)
There's also a farm on-site (just pay £5 for feed - think you get 3 bags iirc) and you can walk around that also
Any info on what other places to visit around the area, feel free to ask :)
Ive maxed my quota for visits this year - but I would have been all over this.
goonertillidie to Silhouette
15 Mar 161#4
Thanks!
If you haven't been to see Harry P, it's well worth it, just be prepared for the shop afterwards as a tad expensive! :smiley:
Silhouette
15 Mar 162#5
Sorry, I meant my quota for visits to Harry Potter World.
Ive been 3 times in 12 months (got the GroupOn 'Closed Doors' special on this site last time too).
Brilliant. I admit, I did buy from the 'Showcase' section of the shop too. Was tempted for one of the £600 masks, but settled on a Tom Marvelo Riddle Diary (really weighty and well put together).
Amongst all the purchases from the regular store. Urgh. £50 for a jumper.
But I still get to say "But its official!"
I draw the line at £75 robes though. Im happy to just have them on for a bit whilst they do the filming bit. Which is also very clever.
goonertillidie to Silhouette
15 Mar 161#6
Ah! Apologies!
We bought a few things, bits for the kids and a couple of beer jugs, Good quality & weighty :smiley:
Also well worth paying the extra for the photo riding on the broom and of course the butterbeer
Silhouette
15 Mar 16#7
Luckily, the Butterbeer was included in the closed doors thing through Groupon.
Was a nice touch to get the "Souvenir Tankard" which I think is usually £6 by itself when ive been before.
Chocolate frogs again, expensive, but a nice thick chocolate. Some of the other sweets are a little lazy in their efforts to make them look 'authentic' or 'proppy'. But the store is lovely. We always get a magnet from places we visit (oh so rock and roll) and HPW is one of the most difficult we've been too as there were millions!
Damn it.
You've engaged my love of Potter and im now going to have to go home tonight to discuss making this happen.
Im only about 45-60 minutes from Watford - but ill happily take the whole package.
Literally £155'ish for me, the missus and the two kids? For the visit plus the night? Breakfast included or is that the reference to McDs... which I wouldnt pass on :wink:
goonertillidie to Silhouette
15 Mar 16#8
Price doesn't include breakfast, although there is a restaurant in the hotel which serves Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
TBH you're better off going to McDs for breakfast as it'll be much cheaper.
OR you could go into town and eat at the many restaurants like Ed's Diner which do a decent breakfast (situated in the shopping centre itself)
PS Asda also has a Cafe (5 mins drive from hotel) if you want to pick up bits for the day , kill two birds with one stone so to speak.
kesi10032003
15 Mar 16#9
hi
could you pos5 link to tickets onl6 deal please? :wink:
rohitrd
15 Mar 16#10
Is there a tour only option at reasonable price? I do not need a hotel as I live in travel distance ....
johnson293
15 Mar 161#11
Good deal. We visited in February half term from Newcastle (family of 3), but I booked the trip as a christmas surprise, by getting tickets direct from WB Studios, and then booking the Mercure Noke Hotel at St Albans (only about 4 or 5 mile from the tour). Cost just under £170 doing it that way.
It is well worth a visit... but the shop is expensive, as said.
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Harry Potter Studio Tour (Watford) + Hotel with free parking from £38pp based on a family 4 (2A & 2C) staying at the Mercure London Watford Hotel which is approx 2.5 miles from Harry Potter Studios itself. -This was on 29th April (prices may differ slightly)
Also if you sign up via Earnaway you can get a bonus £12 cashback on a £25+ booking and laterooms has a decent cashback rate so i got another £5.80 cashback on top = £17.80 back in my pocket.
Hotel has free parking outside with plenty of spaces, McDs is literally next door and Watford town centre is 2 miles away with plenty of parking and a huge shopping centre and lots of resturants (stuck a load of info in 1st post)
Also a Huge Asda is literally 5 mins drive away from the hotel
Also if you want something else to do, Aldenham country park is approx 1.5 miles away - All you do is pay for parking and free to walk around the lake, also a park and loads of places to sit and eat, so take a packed lunch (There is a little cafe type hut but it is expensive)
There's also a farm on-site (just pay £5 for feed - think you get 3 bags iirc) and you can walk around that also
Any info on what other places to visit around the area, feel free to ask :)
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Aldenham Country Park
Tickets For Harry Potter (Select Family)
Update
Some further links to help cut the cost on half term
Don't forget use the GET DEAL LINK or use this link HERE to get £12 bonus cashback on ANY £25+ hotel booking
Tickets to London Zoo + FREE £10 Planet Hollywood voucher per booking
Kids go free at Legoland
Natural History Museum - Admission is free (Some parts can be paid for - Book online)
RAF Museum FREE
Poultons Park Second Day Free
Big Bit Mining Museum FREE (Wales)
Selected City Farms FREE (London)
Sky Garden (Advanced booking Required) FREE
Virgin Trains Family Offers
55% off London Motor Museum Tickets
London Bridge Experience + £10 Planet Hollywood Voucher
Brighton Toy Museum Family 4 £12.50
Thorpe Park from £34pp (Based on a family four)
Ripleys London Offers
Various offers at Visit Sealife
Kids Experience Days
Discounts on Days Out In London
Kids Eat FREE at Table Table
Upto 40% off KidZania
This is a decent deal. Hotels in and around St Albans will be pricey. It's only a 20 min drive there anyway.
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Aldenham Country Park
Tickets For Harry Potter (Select Family)
Update
Some further links to help cut the cost on half term
Don't forget use the GET DEAL LINK or use this link HERE to get £12 bonus cashback on ANY £25+ hotel booking
Tickets to London Zoo + FREE £10 Planet Hollywood voucher per booking
Kids go free at Legoland
Natural History Museum - Admission is free (Some parts can be paid for - Book online)
RAF Museum FREE
Poultons Park Second Day Free
Big Bit Mining Museum FREE (Wales)
Selected City Farms FREE (London)
Sky Garden (Advanced booking Required) FREE
Virgin Trains Family Offers
55% off London Motor Museum Tickets
London Bridge Experience + £10 Planet Hollywood Voucher
Brighton Toy Museum Family 4 £12.50
Thorpe Park from £34pp (Based on a family four)
Ripleys London Offers
Various offers at Visit Sealife
Kids Experience Days
Discounts on Days Out In London
Kids Eat FREE at Table Table
Upto 40% off KidZania
INTU Watford INFO
Resturants
A few
Nice one.
Ive maxed my quota for visits this year - but I would have been all over this.
If you haven't been to see Harry P, it's well worth it, just be prepared for the shop afterwards as a tad expensive! :smiley:
Ive been 3 times in 12 months (got the GroupOn 'Closed Doors' special on this site last time too).
Brilliant. I admit, I did buy from the 'Showcase' section of the shop too. Was tempted for one of the £600 masks, but settled on a Tom Marvelo Riddle Diary (really weighty and well put together).
Amongst all the purchases from the regular store. Urgh. £50 for a jumper.
But I still get to say "But its official!"
I draw the line at £75 robes though. Im happy to just have them on for a bit whilst they do the filming bit. Which is also very clever.
We bought a few things, bits for the kids and a couple of beer jugs, Good quality & weighty :smiley:
Also well worth paying the extra for the photo riding on the broom and of course the butterbeer
Was a nice touch to get the "Souvenir Tankard" which I think is usually £6 by itself when ive been before.
Chocolate frogs again, expensive, but a nice thick chocolate. Some of the other sweets are a little lazy in their efforts to make them look 'authentic' or 'proppy'. But the store is lovely. We always get a magnet from places we visit (oh so rock and roll) and HPW is one of the most difficult we've been too as there were millions!
Damn it.
You've engaged my love of Potter and im now going to have to go home tonight to discuss making this happen.
Im only about 45-60 minutes from Watford - but ill happily take the whole package.
Literally £155'ish for me, the missus and the two kids? For the visit plus the night? Breakfast included or is that the reference to McDs... which I wouldnt pass on :wink:
TBH you're better off going to McDs for breakfast as it'll be much cheaper.
OR you could go into town and eat at the many restaurants like Ed's Diner which do a decent breakfast (situated in the shopping centre itself)
PS Asda also has a Cafe (5 mins drive from hotel) if you want to pick up bits for the day , kill two birds with one stone so to speak.
could you pos5 link to tickets onl6 deal please? :wink:
It is well worth a visit... but the shop is expensive, as said.