Harry Potter Studio Tour (Watford) + Hotel with free parking from £38.75pp based on Fam 4 Via Earnaway + £17.80 Cashback - £155 @ Earnaway

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Harry Potter Studio Tour (Watford) + Hotel with free parking from £38.75pp based on Fam 4 Via Earnaway + £17.80 Cashback £155.00

£155 Earnaway15 Mar 16

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goonertillidie

15 Mar 16

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 :)

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goonertillidie

15 Mar 16 7 #1

HOTEL

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Aldenham Country Park

Tickets For Harry Potter (Select Family)

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numptyj to hullu

16 Mar 16 3 #25

Might as well just stay at a The Grove with that logic... :man:

This is a decent deal. Hotels in and around St Albans will be pricey. It's only a 20 min drive there anyway.

gnarlybear

16 Mar 16 3 #20

This is a great post and deal. Think I might get looks being a lone older male wandering around.

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goonertillidie

15 Mar 16 7 #1

HOTEL

Aldenham Country Park

Tickets For Harry Potter (Select Family)

goonertillidie

15 Mar 16 2 #2

Screenshot of prices

INTU Watford INFO

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Resturants

A few

Silhouette

15 Mar 16 2 #3

Concise and well thought out offer/post.

Nice one.

Ive maxed my quota for visits this year - but I would have been all over this.

goonertillidie to Silhouette

15 Mar 16 1 #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 16 2 #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 16 1 #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 16 1 #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.

hullu

15 Mar 16 2 #12

Stay just up the road in St Albans, much nicer spot.

numptyj to hullu

16 Mar 16 3 #25

Might as well just stay at a The Grove with that logic... :man:

This is a decent deal. Hotels in and around St Albans will be pricey. It's only a 20 min drive there anyway.

AdamBrunt

15 Mar 16 #13

Am I going to be disappointed if I have been to the Harry Potter stuff @ Universal first?

goonertillidie to AdamBrunt

15 Mar 16 1 #15

Never been myself, but really think it's worth going :smiley:

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Styles123 to AdamBrunt

16 Mar 16 #23

I've been to both and I wasn't dissapointed with the Studio Tour, Universal is a bit more interactive as you can go into the shops in Diagon Alley but the studio tour was really interesting because it's where they actually filmed it.

cochise to AdamBrunt

16 Mar 16 #43

absolutely not, been to Florida 6 times and the studio was stunning.

Anglebox

15 Mar 16 #14

Do they have a Ford Anglia Flying car ?

billyboy722

15 Mar 16 #16

Costco ain't to far away either

Con_s92

15 Mar 16 1 #17

Stayed at this hotel when I went the studios last year, was dirty and nothing like the pictures above, but location was good to getting to the studio.

speculatrix

15 Mar 16 #18

I like the movies but I'm not an obsessive fan, and I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to the studios in January with eldest daughter who's a huge fan.
We had lunch not too far away at Eats and Treats (see tripadvisor) who say they were one of the caterers, before going to the studios, and the food there was good.

Be warned that there are many places promising discounted tickets which are more expensive than buying direct on the official website!

speculatrix

15 Mar 16 #19

p.s. official site: https://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/
I paid extra for the audio guide, which was well worth it.

gnarlybear

16 Mar 16 3 #20

This is a great post and deal. Think I might get looks being a lone older male wandering around.

simonturner69 to gnarlybear

16 Mar 16 2 #22

Don't worry about it, just leave that weird camera in your shoe at home this time :smiley:

Jasper18 to gnarlybear

21 Mar 16 #58

Unless you can pass for Haggrid...

v8griff

16 Mar 16 #21

Thanks for taking time to post Gooner, looks a cracking deal.

Just to confirm, this deal is for the "complete" studio tour package?

goonertillidie to v8griff

16 Mar 16 #26

Yup, Hotel and Harry Tour, you can see what's included with tickets when booking on WB site.

Silhouette

16 Mar 16 2 #24

You had me at Ed's.

absulute2012

16 Mar 16 #27

It's LevioSAAAHH

Zedmeister

16 Mar 16 #28

I live down the road from the studio but haven't been yet - whats the best option for tickets (family of 4)? Any discounts for the website? Is it better to go on the groupon deal or just the basic family package? thanks!

lico33

16 Mar 16 #29

Sorry I can't see the link for the HP tickets?

Thanks,
Lisa

lico33

16 Mar 16 #30

Sorry I can't see the link for the HP tickets?

Thanks,
Lisa

v8griff

16 Mar 16 #31

Using the link from the first post I'm seeing £163.80 for 29th April tickets alone? what haven't I done properly!!

lico33

16 Mar 16 #32

Sorry I can't see the link for the HP tickets?

Thanks,
Lisa

djb123 to lico33

16 Mar 16 1 #34

1st post, just above the picture of the Harry Potter Studio

djb123

16 Mar 16 #33

I assume you've done the "The Complete Studio Tour Package" for 2 adults and 2 children? You want to do the "Family" option to get the cheaper price.

(Don't know if you can purchase the Paperback Souvenir Guide and Digital Guide separately as I assume you won't want 4 of them anyway)

johnson293

16 Mar 16 #35

Not sure if the digital (audio) guide has to be pre-booked, but the Souvenir guide is available at the shop at the end - £9.99 for the softback, and £14.99 for a hardback (annual type).

We got one of those (softback), its a decent book, worth the tenner.

djb123

16 Mar 16 #36

From the website...

"Available to hire for just £4.95, Digital Guides can be pre-booked with your tickets or hired upon arrival in our lobby.

We also offer a group package of Digital Guides for £12.95 (which can save you up to £6.85). The group package is valid for three or four visitors."

blue1971

16 Mar 16 #37

I'm not seeing any of this,link just takes you to home page of Earnaway ???

cizzy

16 Mar 16 #38

living next door mc is not around the corner :smiley:

aw08

16 Mar 16 #39

thanks looking to go in sept , will check this out

BeckiButterfly

16 Mar 16 #40

Is this a deal to book the studi tour and hotel?

aw08

16 Mar 16 #41

is this a good deal ?? not been , so hoping to plan for Sept if this offer still on at that time

thanks

Helpful567

16 Mar 16 #42

I am confused.

I cant see a deal for the hotel and the tour together

Do I have to book the hotel via the earnaway website and then book harry potter tour tickets via the harry potter website?

johnson293

17 Mar 16 #44

I suppose the difference between the two is that the Studio tour features actual costumes, props and sets/parts of sets, as well as interesting features about the effects shop and how things were done for the films - if you are interested in seeing the real elements of the films.

The Universal one seems more like a theme park, which whilst probably larger scale, is all just replica.

Studio Tour took us about 3 hours, but it could take longer if you had the digital guide, and did some of the interactive stuff.

Spod

17 Mar 16 #45

Very nice. Thanks OP. :smiley:

kez_s

17 Mar 16 #46

Great price, unfortunately can't get the hotel price as above and we've already booked tickets for the tour to go in the Easter holidays. Had no intention of staying but at that price I could have been tempted. We've done Harry Potter at Universal and it's fantastic but with a Harry Potter mad daughter we've booked for her birthday as everyone has said it's more about seeing the actual props etc., from the film and it's brilliant. I used to work with the crew & cast for the films so really interested to see how it was all done as I heard so much about it at the time.

mr-mixalot

17 Mar 16 #47

Hot may try and get some tickets for later in the year

tallgooner

17 Mar 16 #48

great post. heat added

tippyjames

17 Mar 16 #49

This became really popular, really quick!

naughtybunnies

17 Mar 16 #50

Heat for the effort.

jamjam1

17 Mar 16 #51

Hi, sounds an excellent deal. But could someone confirm that the £155 will provide accommodation for 2 adults and 2 children? I saw this deal yesterday, checked the Watford Mercure online and their website says rooms have a maximum capacity of 2 adults and 1 child. There seem to be 4 connecting rooms in the hotel, though. If anybody could clarify that would be great. Many thanks.

zippypants

18 Mar 16 #52

The Grove... £5 for a small bowl of popcorn at the bar which used to be complimentary
It's OK if you have money to waste .. Thought this was a money saving site

powermaan

18 Mar 16 #53

Thanks for sharing :smile:

aw08

21 Mar 16 #54

still trying to sort this trip out for Sept !

help please do we book tickets separate ?? is it tour tickets via WB fot family tickets for £107 mid week Thursday not sorted hotel out yet , but cannot get this price

we not going in school hols !! help please thanks

goonertillidie to aw08

21 Mar 16 #55

Yes, tickets are separate (see 1st comment)

What dates you looking at? Will see if i can see anything

BTW it's £12 cashback on ANY hotel booked on a £25+ booking using get deal link Plus whatever cashback the hotel site is offering also :smiley:

aw08

21 Mar 16 #56

Hi Thanks Looking to go thutsday -friday 15 -16th sept inset days THANK YOU !!

MAYBE STAY 2 -3 NIGHTS 2 ADULTS 2 TEENS , 14,15 AGE THANKSoO AGAIN

aw08

21 Mar 16 #57

SOZ ME AGAIN SO harry potter ticktes not discounted , just web price £107 for the 4 of us

thanks again :confused:

RookieSludizzle

22 Mar 16 #59

great if you drive.. otherwise budget for a couple of uber trips or pop into the hilton next door for corner shop items

Tiree54

23 Mar 16 #60

I cannot find the link for this deal. When I click on "Get Deal" it takes me direct to earnaway site.Would someone please post the link. Thanks