Harry Potter in New York City! I haven’t been this excited since I saw the Knight Bus driving around lower Manhattan on the release day of The Deathly Hallows. If you are a big fan, you will enjoy this large exhibit of artifacts and props straight from the movies. Beware: no cameras allowed, their reason being that they do not want to hurt any of the “artifacts” or damage their integrity, even though half of it is made of plastic. They aren’t even this strict at the Smithsonian! (As you can see, I was extremely disappointed by this restriction.)
Your journey starts with the sorting hat, where you are asked what house you want to be in, once you answer a man behind the black curtain flicks a switch and the sorting hat magically speaks and places you in the house of your choice! Definitely an attraction to keep the little ones occupied. (Well, and people like me, who get goosebumps just at hearing “Hedwig’s Theme.”)
