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What's better than throwing a Harry Potter-themed birthday party? How about taking your child on a real Harry Potter adventure across Scotland and London! That's exactly what Megan did for her daughter's 10th birthday—making the magic come alive with points and miles. In this episode, Megan explains how she made this trip happen for her family of five—and how using points made it more affordable than a trip to Universal Studios! Flying to Scotland on Points Megan and her family started their journey with flights on KLM Flying Blue, taking advantage of the 25% discount for kids under 12. Because they were able to book five economy tickets for just 85,000 points plus taxes/fees, they were able to splurge some on an upgrade to premium economy at check-in. Add in Priority Pass lounge access during their layover (thanks, credit card benefits!) and the whole experience got even better. Exploring Scotland: The Highlands & Harry Potter Locations After landing in Edinburgh, Megan and her family hit the road to explore Scotland's most famous sights—including key Harry Potter filming locations at Glencoe, Glenfinnan Viaduct, and Loch Shiel. From Scotland to London: Train Travel & Harry Potter Studio Tour After road-tripping through Scotland, the family took the train from Edinburgh to London, booking first-class seats for extra space and lounge access.  London's Harry Potter Activities! Megan's family visited: King's Cross Station (Platform 9 ¾) – A must for any fan. Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour – The ultimate experience, where her daughter got to open the doors to the Hogwarts Great Hall because it was her birthday! They spent over five hours exploring movie sets, props, and magical effects. London on Points: Hyatt Regency Blackfriars & The Cursed Child Play For accommodations, used Hyatt points and the Hyatt Family Plan Rate, getting four nights at the Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars for: ✅ 77,000 points for one room ✅ $700 total for the second room The hotel's location meant Megan's family got free wristbands allowing access to the prime areas for watching New Year's Eve fireworks over Big Ben and the London Eye! To top off their trip, they saw Harry Potter and the Cursed Child—a six-hour theater experience that still had the kids completely engaged. Find out what blew Megan away and why going to the play in London is worth traveling for.  Links For This Episode:  Pam's Hotel Upgrade Template: Hotel Upgrade Form: https://travelmomsquad.ck.page/hotel-upgrade Links: Links For All Things Travel Mom Squad: stan.store/travelmomsquad Episode Minute By Minute: 00:30 – Meet Megan and hear about how this trip came together 02:00 – Booking flights on KLM  06:15 – Harry Potter sites in Scotland 12:30 – Train to London 17:00 – Platform 9 ¾ & the Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour 25:45 – Staying at Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars 33:00 – Seeing The Cursed Child play 40:00 – Final thoughts and Megan's tips If you've ever wanted to take your family on a magical, unforgettable trip, this episode is for you! 

Universal's Horror Unleashed is officially opening in Las Vegas on August 14th—but will it succeed? Meanwhile, China's tourism industry is rebounding, with the government aggressively fueling growth through investments, policy changes, and new attractions. This week, we break down Horror Unleashed's opening details, including ticket pricing and what guests can expect. But with a challenging location at AREA15 and IPs that feel familiar rather than fresh, we discuss whether Universal's year-round haunt is built for long-term success. Then, we shift focus to China's massive tourism revival—including record-breaking attendance at Harbin's Ice Festival, Hong Kong's visitor rebound, and Warner Bros. bringing a Harry Potter Studio Tour to Shanghai. What does this mean for global theme park trends? And is China reclaiming its status as the next big market for attractions? Subscribe to our Patreon for weekly BONUS Episodes.

Where you bean?!: Rica talks about getting married! (03:22), a crazy wedding night occurrence (07:23) and visiting Harry Potter Studio Tour (12:34). JC talks about hosting a Leche Fan Wedding (23:26), and meeting BINI (34:13)TT's: Angkas CEO getting his license suspended (40:03), and Low Brow's insensitive sentiment towards fake-PWD IDs (50:11)Leche Fan Mail (01:04:12)Follow Rica & JC on IG:@ricaggg@itsmejayseeLeche-Fan Mail:thehalohaloshow@gmail.comRecorded using the ELGATO WAVE 1 Microphones, go get one! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In dieser Folge berichtet Jan von seiner Reise nach London, wo er die Filmwelt hautnah erlebt hat. Unter den am meisten beworbenen Filmen entdeckte er Highlights wie "Konklave", den spannenden Thriller über Machtkämpfe im Vatikan, "Tulsa King", die actiongeladene Serie mit Stallone-Flair und die Musical-Adaption "Wicked", die bereits jetzt für Gesprächsstoff sorgt.Ein weiteres Highlight seiner Reise: Jans Besuch der Harry Potter Studio Tour. Taucht mit uns in die magische Welt der Zauberer ein, während wir hinter die Kulissen der ikonischen Filmreihe blicken.Natürlich werfen wir auch einen Blick zurück auf die Oscars 2015 und die unglaubliche Auswahl an Filmen, die bis heute als moderne Klassiker gelten – von "Birdman" über "The Grand Budapest Hotel" bis hin zu "Interstellar". Was machte dieses Jahr so außergewöhnlich?Außerdem sprechen wir über den neuen Scorsese-Film "Killers of the Flower Moon", ein episches Werk mit Leonardo DiCaprio und Robert De Niro, das wahre Ereignisse mit einer langwierigen Erzählung verbindet.Zum Abschluss analysieren wir "Die drei Musketiere – Milady", das neueste Kapitel der legendären Abenteuersaga, das mit Starpower und Intrigen für Furore sorgt.Schaltet ein für exklusive Insights, spannende Diskussionen und jede Menge Filmwissen. Abonniert Napalm am Morgen auf Spotify und allen anderen Plattformen, um keine Folge zu verpassen!Hausaufgabe für nächste Woche: "Spellbound" (Netflix) #NapalmamMorgen

This week, Kelsey and Chad talk about what happened in the second half of their Europe trip including seeing the Harry Potter Studio Tour, doing a croissant baking class in Paris, and what happened when they tried to speak French. Plus great listener questions including how to find work motivation when you're in a slump, a follow up on somatic therapy and more! Write into pretendproblemspodcast@gmail.com with your dating and relationship advice questions and we'll answer them on the show! Subscribe to the podcast, and give it a 5-star rating and review to help the show move up the charts. Video for the episodes is on Chad's YouTube channel! Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/PretendProblems Watch the episodes and subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9UBPfi4B_j1Ua7xDOcyBnA See Kelsey on tour: https://punchup.live/kelseycook/tickets See Chad on tour: https://punchup.live/chaddaniels/tickets Watch Kelsey's special "The Hustler" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG10W6HYKTk&t=102s Watch Chad's special "Mixed Reviews" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1kVr3zkz7E&t=663s Follow Kelsey on social media: @KelseyCookComedy Follow Chad on social media: @thatchaddaniels Theme Song cowritten by Matthew Facca and Alex Bent

Mike & Megan were in America for a month and recorded numerous podcasts while out there, talking about their experiences in Vegas, Yosemite, Bakersfield, Orlando with theme parks and more! Mike rambles in the intro until around 4 minutes 30, so skip ahead if you want to get right into the conversation! In this release, M&M talk about the end of their second week in the USA and the start of their third, where they stayed in Bakersfield for a few days with friends of the podcast Chris & Alyse Braaten, eating plenty of tasty food and going to some cool local places, the duo then left the Braatens and went to LA, to go to Universal Studios (which they speak about at length) before finishing off LA with a meal with another friend of the pod; Melissa Humphreys, before staying in a dodgy motel, flying to Florida, meeting Tony Farina and going to the Medieval Times experience! Chris Braaten was on episodes 131 and 152 of Genuine Chit-Chat! Tony was also mentioned, he & Mike have done several collaborations together, but most recently he was on episodes 219, 222 and 237 of GCC. Find Megan @GrittsGetsFit on Instagram and find all of Mike's social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat - both M&M uploaded numerous photos from their travels to their Instagrams so make sure you check those out too! The last few weeks have been a variety of different releases; last week was the final episode of Clone Wars Conversations for season 4 of TCW, the week prior detailed the first two parts of Mike & Megan's trip (The Vegas Wedding and time in Yosemite National Park) and before that were two movie reviews (previously only for Patreon supporters) and their review of Deadpool & Wolverine! Guest Spots: Mike was a guest on the first episode of Tonya Todd's 2024 Edition of the Banned Books Week Podcast, he talks about the banned book Are You There God? It's Me Margaret with Tonya and two guests! Listen on the Femme On Collective or Comics In Motion, or watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=dEI7pUDUYrk Mike & Megan recently appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to talk about District 9 for Alien Month! Listen here: https://pod.fo/e/24f513 Mike & Megan recently guested on Chris & Dave's Reality Cast, on the first week of Love Island: https://pod.fo/e/24596f Mike, Megan, Dan & Ria return for Disney Discussions 12, to talk about The Rocketeer & Condorman: https://pod.fo/e/2413fd Mike & Megan were on Back To The Filmography, talking Meg 2 with JAC: https://pod.fo/e/250f89  Mike & Tonya Todd on Mandatory Music & CD talking Rage Against The Machine: https://pod.fo/e/250335 Megan was also on episode 232 of GCC to talk about dog behaviour with Paige and was on ep 228 to talk Vegas with Chris! You can listen to all episodes of Genuine Chit-Chat or Star Wars: Comics In Canon on their usual podcast feeds, or watch the video versions at https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat!

Get a monthly bonus episode and support the podcast at our Patreon!Join 2 Tokyo locals Jordan (8 Bit Theme Park Japan) and Alex (@thehappyzan) as we talk about the new changes made to the wonderful Tokyo DisneySea ride Sindbad's Storybook Voyage, Alex's experience at the Harry Potter Studio Tour in Tokyo (and what it taught him about Tokyo Disney Resort) and why Fantasy Springs' entrance system isn't working.Want to bring the magical scents of your favourite rides and attractions into your home? Visit magiccandlecompany.com/risingfun and use promo code RISINGFUN to get 15% off your entire order!

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In this week's Author Diary, I'm excited to share my wonderful experiences from my week off in London with my family, filled with magic and history!

On this week's episode, the security nightmare meter is off the charts! Grab your galoshes and some treacle tart, and treat yourself to the rainy Sorting Ceremony of the 1994 school year at Hogwarts! Welcome back, Micah! We hear about his recent European travels to Paris and London, including a tease of an upcoming Bonus MuggleCast on the Harry Potter Studio Tour! Our official Etsy store now contains some special discount and bundled items, such as the Comfy Cozy Combo Pack! Fancy yourself some socks and a warm beanie? Check out the full assortment of items available now! Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Goblet of Fire Chapter 12: The Triwizard Tournament 7-Word Summary: Thunderstorms announce the arrival of Mad-Eye Fakey Main Discussion #1: The Teachers' Precautions For The 1994 School Year Debating the First Years' arrival: safety vs. rite of passage Do we think the weather is foreshadowing the year ahead? If it weren't for the intervention of The Giant Squid, would Dennis Creevey have drowned before Hagrid could reach him? Can Hagrid even swim? Does The Giant Squid serve any other purpose? Does Dumbledore let him stay as a safety measure? Peeves: The Indestructible Spirit of Chaos Can Peeves actually be removed from Hogwarts? Why does he even bother listening to The Ghost Council? Main Discussion #2: Excitement in the Great Hall We hear The Sorting Hat song for the first time since Sorcerer's Stone! What does The Sorting Hat do the rest of the year? Does he have a side hustle? Hermione's Hunger Strike: who does she think was making her food all of these years? The Triwizard Tournament is officially announced and Mad-Eye makes his grand entrance! Odds & Ends cover Natalie Macdonald, Cho Chang and the return of the Dumbledore Lie Count! Next week's Quizzitch question: What is the trio's first class of their 4th Hogwarts Year? Visit MuggleCast.com for episode transcripts, social media links, our full episode archive, our favorite episodes, and to contact us!

Back in September, I was lucky enough to be able to visit the Harry Potter Studio Tour in Watford, London. This is such an extraordinary experience for any Harry Potter fan, walking through actual film sets, like The Great Hall, Gringotts, The Forbidden Forest and many more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrypotterandtheboys/message

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Carina recently visited the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London and was blown away by the details in the props and design work there. To capture the full experience of the tour, please visit this episode on youtube at www.youtube.com/carinagardnerEpisode 346 It's All in the Details at the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London__________Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina's new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today! https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/Have you ever wondered what it really takes to make money as a designer? If you are looking to get started, check out my Design Bootcamp for only $27. I'm on a mission to help struggling designers learn how to create income.

In this episode, we discuss my plan for my return trip to the Harry Potter Studio Tour. Enjoy!Topics/Summary:·      2:04 See what I missed. I saw the big stuff, but what about everything else? There were so many little details that I completely missed that I want to use this opportunity to see again. This might be my last time ever being there, and I want to comb through and see every little thing. ·      9:10 I don't want to target the big attractions. The place is designed to see the big things and the little in between, but I did that already. Now I want to go through and focus on the little touches.·      13:54 I want to take my time. Before, I was rushing through just trying to get through the whole thing and see everything. Now, I don't want to blast through the entire thing and miss a lot of the things that I want to see. It's going to be tough to slow down and appreciate every little detail, but it will help me see the full picture. ·      19:13 Explore! The things that I want to see might not be out in the open, so turning down strange hallways and find the little cracks and crevices that have props that I have never seen. If I get lost, that will be a success. ·      23:52 Did anything change? There are some seasonal changes to the attractions and though my hopes aren't high because I'm going at a very similar time of year, there might be a prop that I didn't see or something that was away for cleaning.·      26:39 See EVERYTHING again! I might be trying to see new things and find the places I didn't get the chance to, but seeing the huge amazing things are also going to be at the top of the list.Having anything you want to hear or say? Click here for a voice submission or here for text. ThePotterDiscussion@gmail.com@thepotterdiscussion on Instagramthepotterdiscussion.com

Ich war in den Ferien in London ich erzähle euch über meine zwei letzten Tage dort und gebe euch ein paar Tipps!

Quoi de mieux, à l'aube du printemps, qu'une émission dédiée à... la MORT ? Seule certitude universelle sur le chemin de tout un chacun, on peut y voir une fin comme une étape vers autre chose ; soyez libres de croire ce qui vous fait du bien. Mais en attendant, on tente de monter une tracklist en hommage à ce passage obligé de l'existence, pas forcément aussi dépressif qu'il n'y semble. Bonne écoute. Tracklist : Tim Hecker - That World (Anoyo, 2019) John Carpenter - Purgatory (Lost Themes, 2015) Arnod Vorrzpkngrr - Sad Pimp (Explodead - Volume Three, 2018) Herz Jühning - Kreislauf (Samsara, 2018) Tegh - Downfall V (Downfall, 2017) Steve Roach + Roger King - A Daze Wage (Dust to Dust, 1998) Diasiva - Bodybags (Doublefade, 2016) Raku - Reaper (Reaper, 2022) Andrea Belfi - Roteano (Natura Morta, 2014) Arne Weinberg - Beauty in Decay (Beauty in Decay, 2002) Blakk Harbor - Sacrificium (Madares, 2018) Atrium Carceri - Catacombs of the Forgotten (The Untold, 2013) Constantine - Fos (Hades, 2017 / 2019) Photo : Tombe de la famille Riddle au Harry Potter Studio Tour, Robert Clarke (photo éditée, 2012)

Quoi de mieux, à l'aube du printemps, qu'une émission dédiée à... la MORT ? Seule certitude universelle sur le chemin de tout un chacun, on peut y voir une fin comme une étape vers autre chose ; soyez libres de croire ce qui vous fait du bien. Mais en attendant, on tente de monter une tracklist en hommage à ce passage obligé de l'existence, pas forcément aussi dépressif qu'il n'y semble. Bonne écoute. Tracklist : Tim Hecker - That World (Anoyo, 2019) John Carpenter - Purgatory (Lost Themes, 2015) Arnod Vorrzpkngrr - Sad Pimp (Explodead - Volume Three, 2018) Herz Jühning - Kreislauf (Samsara, 2018) Tegh - Downfall V (Downfall, 2017) Steve Roach + Roger King - A Daze Wage (Dust to Dust, 1998) Diasiva - Bodybags (Doublefade, 2016) Raku - Reaper (Reaper, 2022) Andrea Belfi - Roteano (Natura Morta, 2014) Arne Weinberg - Beauty in Decay (Beauty in Decay, 2002) Blakk Harbor - Sacrificium (Madares, 2018) Atrium Carceri - Catacombs of the Forgotten (The Untold, 2013) Constantine - Fos (Hades, 2017 / 2019) Photo : Tombe de la famille Riddle au Harry Potter Studio Tour, Robert Clarke (photo éditée, 2012)

Hi everyone! I'm sorry to say I'm not feeling my best at the moment, so this episode is a rebroadcast of my favorite episode from 2022. Enjoy!See original episode, show notes, and transcript here.

You're a wizard, Harry! This week Zoe and Hannah are so lucky to be joined by Kate Lizotte (one-half of the incredible Two Girls 1 Formula podcast) to discuss the cultural phenomenon that is Harry Potter. Kate dives into how she became a fan, her favorite book, her favorite movie, and her favorite (and least favorite) characters. Hannah and Kate also gush over their Harry Potter Studio Tour experience and Zoe proposes a Harry Potter TV show idea that may or may not be terrible. Who knows. Whether you're a diehard Harry Potter fan or a casual admirer, you'll love this episode!

In this episode, I break down my visit to several filming locations in England. Enjoy!Topics:Lacock! The town of Lacock is a small and very old settlement home to many pubs, B&Bs, and more! Lacock also plays host to the Potter house. The filming location, anyway. The house used to portray Harry's birth place was the highlight of my visit to Lacock. The Lacock Abby is another filming location.Oxford! Oxford University is one of the oldest universities in the world, and all that history was put to good use in the Harry Potter films! Not only was it used as inspiration for Hogwarts in the books, but it also gave the film makers ideas and provided a perfect filming location! The restricted section of the library in Hogwarts is in Oxford! And Draco's time as a ferret was also spent in Oxford.And finally, The Harry Potter Studio Tour in Leavesden, South East England. I could spend days talking about this place, as it holds countless original sets, costumes, props, and effects. If you have only a day in London, the Harry Potter Studio Tour is a must!Much More!Having anything you want to hear or say? Click here for a voice submission or here for text. The Quill and Ink NewsletterThePotterDiscussion@gmail.com@thepotterdiscussion on InstagramWebsite

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is  Kelly Molson, MD of Rubber Cheese.Download our free ebook The Ultimate Guide to Doubling Your Visitor NumbersIf you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this episode.Competition ends October 1st 2022. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references: https://www.lumsdendesign.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-lumsden-b8473a3/https://www.instagram.com/lumsdendesign/https://www.linkedin.com/company/lumsden/ Callum Lumsden is a leading design expert for cultural and visitor attractions. He is the co-founder of Lumsden, a specialist design studio delivering bespoke retail and leisure environments for the world's most renowned museums, galleries and visitor attractions including V&A Dundee, MoMA (NYC), Warner Bros. Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter London, and M+ Museum, Hong Kong.  Transcriptions: Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in or working with visitor attractions. I'm your host Kelly Molson. In today's episode, I speak with Callum Lumsden, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Lumsden Design. Callum shares his journey to founding Lumsden, an interior design agency that creates iconic retail spaces for museums and attractions all over the world. Listen along to hear why retail space is pivotal for today's visitor attractions. If you like what you hear, subscribe on all the user channels by searching to Skip the Queue.Kelly Molson: Callum, thank you so much for joining me on the podcast today. It's a pleasure to have you with me.Callum Lumsden: Thank you. Thanks for inviting me. I'm looking forward to this.Kelly Molson: I'm glad that you're looking forward to this but we are going to start with our icebreaker questions. Yeah, it might be a think, you never know. So at the start of every podcast, I always ask a few icebreaker questions to our guests. Mostly they're really stupid and just a chance for us to find out a little bit about you. So I would like to know, when you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?Callum Lumsden: Oh, that's a good one. What did I want to be? A rock star.Kelly Molson: Oh really?Callum Lumsden: Oh yeah. Yeah.Kelly Molson: Okay. And did you ever come close?Callum Lumsden: I managed to get a flute from school and I was big into a band called Jethro Tull at the time. So Ian, I can't remember his last name. He used to stand on one leg and play a flute. That's as far as I got.Kelly Molson: Oh, right. Okay. Can you do the one-legged flute playing?Callum Lumsden: Maybe I can do the one leg, but not the flute.Kelly Molson: It doesn't sound very rockstar-ish, does it? Flute player.Callum Lumsden: No, no, no, it doesn't, but Jethro Tull were pretty good. But I was also roadie for some mates of mine. They had a proper band and that was in Edinburgh. So I got to get a little bit of taste of that, but I've always been massively interested in rock music or music of any kind, really.Kelly Molson: Oh well this is really handy then, because my next question for you is, what is your karaoke song?Callum Lumsden: It's got to be Sweet Caroline.Kelly Molson: Yeah. It's a classic, isn't it?Callum Lumsden: Yeah. That's the one. Because you can get everybody joining in on that. Because nobody knows the words, but they get the bah bah bah so that always works.Kelly Molson: That's the key to a good karaoke song choice, isn't it? Pick something that everybody else knows. So you're not the only one singing it.Callum Lumsden: Oh, things they know. Yes.Kelly Molson: Great. Okay. Last one. If you could switch lives with anyone for a day, who would it be?Callum Lumsden: Somebody who's just starting to go to art college?Kelly Molson: Well, that's a good choice. Is that because you would be full of the wisdom that you have now or you would want to go in a different direction?Callum Lumsden: Yeah, it might take me in a different direction of what I originally wanted to do, which was to be an artist.Kelly Molson: Hmm. Interesting. Okay. Maybe we'll talk a little bit more about that. All right, firstly though, I want to know what your unpopular opinion is.Callum Lumsden: Here's one. I think musical theatre is the most unattractive part of the creative industries. I absolutely hate musicals.Kelly Molson: Oh no.Callum Lumsden: Come on. Bring it on.Kelly Molson: I love it. Oh no, really? What is it that really upsets you about it?Callum Lumsden: I just think it's so pretentious and naff and horrible. And then-Kelly Molson: Isn't it the naffness that makes it great though?Callum Lumsden: Yeah. And I just love ... I'm surrounded by people who love musical theatre so I really like winding them up about it.Kelly Molson: Do you get dragged along though?Callum Lumsden: No.Kelly Molson: Yeah but you point blank refuse.Callum Lumsden: Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't even think about ... People don't even think about asking me because I'll just sit there and be embarrassing.Kelly Molson: So not even a little Mamma Mia trip would inspire you.Callum Lumsden: Nope.Kelly Molson: Oh no. I had really high hopes for this interview. I thought we were going to get on so well.Callum Lumsden: Sorry. Is that the end of it?Kelly Molson: We're done. You can leave. Get out of my podcast booth.Callum Lumsden: Yeah. Yeah. And let's not get onto ABBA either.Kelly Molson: Oh God. Can we not? Because yeah, that'll go right off. There's a lot of people listening to this that love ABBA and I bet Eurovision as well so-Callum Lumsden: Yeah. Yeah. Sorry everybody.Kelly Molson: All right. Well let's just, we'll park that then. Callum you tell me about your background and how you have come to found Lumsden Design.Callum Lumsden: Well, it started it by me going to art college. At art college, I ended up studying furniture design. Then I went to Royal College of Art to do what was then called interior architecture. And that opened me up to all manner of different people and processes, et cetera. And then when I graduated I knew most of the people in the fashion department and they went off to work for various retailers and their bosses started saying that there's any of your mates, any good interior design, we've got a shop to design. And lots of them said, "Oh I know this guy called Callum. Give him a shout." So that got me into that. So I've been designing shops ever since then.Kelly Molson: Wow.Callum Lumsden: So that's how it started.Kelly Molson: Yeah. And so how long has Lumsden Design been around?Callum Lumsden: Well, it's been in a few different variations because when I left the RCA, I worked for myself and then I went to work for various retailers in house, such as Jaeger for instance. But I was also freelancing myself and then I eventually joined various big design companies. And then I formed London Design Partnership, it was called, oh 20, 30, 35 years ago. Something like that.Kelly Molson: It's the longest job you've ever had.Callum Lumsden: Well, yeah it's gone through various different for formations. I did merge with another design company for a couple of years and then I started what it is now, which is Lumsden Design. Although we're getting rid of the design, just calling it Lumsden now.Kelly Molson: I like that. That's quite rockstar, isn't it? You just got the one name now.Callum Lumsden: Well, yeah, it's keeping the Lumsden name, it's had its advantages, but there's also disadvantages. Because how long can ... Lumsden isn't just me. I have a team of people, a great team of people and everybody has to be part of all of that. And clients need to understand that I can't be there on every single one and all of those kind of things. So this one, this variation, which will stay the same, probably goes back to 2010. Yeah. So 12 years in the way that we're doing it now. Yeah.Kelly Molson: Yeah. Yeah. And so it's really interesting the way that you've ... Because this podcast is obviously for people that work in and for the attraction sector. And you have kind of evolved a little bit over the years, haven't you, in terms of working in that sector. So it that wasn't what you set out doing. Was it?Callum Lumsden: Yeah, there's a bit of happen chance that has gone on. The route to where we are now started probably in the year 1998, when we pitched for the retail for Tate Modern. And I'd always done retail, but I was asked to pitch for Tate Modern. I presume that you've been there or people that are listening to this know it. And we won it and I had no idea about the importance of retail to the cultural sector. And that opened in year 2000, 22 years ago, believe it or not. And then that got me into this sector. So I started, Tate Modern kicked it off. And then it was people like the V&A, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum.Callum Lumsden: So I started spinning into this and then that went into loads of different places. And I'd always worked in retail, but retail, if you take mainstream retail, from a design perspective, you come up with a concept, you build it and if it's successful, then it gets repeated again and again, and again. The Americans call it cookie cutter. If you think of Gap, whichever Gap you see, it looks exactly the same. With this sector, every single client is different. And then eventually took the decision that we would just concentrate on that sector. And the route to visitor attractions was winning the Warner Brothers project in Leavesden, just outside of London, doing the retail for the Harry Potter-Kelly Molson: The name that everyone always gets wrong.Callum Lumsden: Studio tour. Yeah. It's the Harry Potter Studio Tour. No, no. It's the Warner Brothers Studio Tour, the making of Harry Potter. There we go.Kelly Molson: We had Jeff Spooner on-Callum Lumsden: Yeah. Sorry Jeff.Kelly Molson: Sorry, Jeff. But he said, everybody gets it wrong. They either call it the Harry Potter tour or the Warner Brothers tour. It's always a different, a different name every time.Callum Lumsden: And it's interesting connection with the route to get to them because the reason that I got contacted about pitching for that project was a couple of the directors from Warner Brothers in LA went to the British Museum and we'd done all the retail for the British Museum. And one of the library rooms in the British Museum is called the Greenville room. When you walk into the British Museum, you turn right, and it's where all the high end products are sold. Everything from statues to jewelry to watches to da da. And it's got loads of books. And Harry Potter is that. And they said to the guy who's in charge of British Museum commercial side, who did this? And that was me. Well, me and my team. And we pitched for it and we won it. And that started us into this amazing journey with Warner Brothers and various other places.Kelly Molson: Oh, I love that. It's a really ... I wanted to ask you how you became specialists. And I love that you've said it's like a catalyst process, because that's what happened to us as well. We won a big project for an existing client, for Pernod Ricard. So we worked on a project for the Plymouth Gin Visitor Centre. We created their ticket booking system and their website and it was such a brilliant experience going through that, to understand about the experience economy and visitor experience and how you take somebody on a journey through that. That was the catalyst for us. That was a really exciting project. And it was a world that we just thought we want to be more and more involved in. And it's really lovely to hear that was kind of a similar effect to you. It's brought you into this incredible world of ... It's fun, isn't it? All of these things that we work on, they're really fun.Callum Lumsden: Yeah. And that's what's interesting about all the clients that we work with, they're all entirely different and the we've got a who's who of clients. Abbey Road, everybody in the world knows Abbey Road. You can talk to somebody from China and they'll know what Abbey Road is all about. And that's as much about visitor experiences as the studio tour in Leavesden.Kelly Molson: So I've got quite a few questions for you today, but I just want to touch on what you said earlier, because you were talking about Gap and the cookie cutter experience of their stores. So with that, I guess people work out what works and they just replicate it. Yours is so different because every store that you're working on is completely different. Everything has a different brand story, has different values. How do you even start to approach a project when it's so different each time you do it?Callum Lumsden: Well, it's a very overused word, but immerse ourself in that brand, as much as we can. We sit down or walk around and just talk to people, observe, find out who the visitors are, the fans, are they school kids? And that's the difference in this sector. Because if you go to, say a high street brand, again, you probably got every retailer saying, well, our core customer is ... For the people that we work for, there is a bit of a core customer, but actually it can be anybody from two years old to 82 years old. The Warner Brothers Studio Tour, it's international, it can be grannies and grandpas to a whole trip of school kids to teenagers or moms who were reading the Harry Potter books when they were six, who are now reading that to their own kids.Callum Lumsden: And if you go to, we worked for MoMA in New York, you've got absolute fans of MoMA products. The New York dinner set will go and buy their china and their cutlery at the New York design store, the MoMA design store. Go across the roads to the museum itself and you'll get a tourist, who's come from Austria because ... So actually defining who the ... So understanding that is completely different every single time. The National Theatre that we did in the South Bank, the shop there, the book shop that you went to find a particular book on a particular play, we changed that around to actually make it about stories about the productions that were going on in the theatre, the theatre itself. And they have three or four one time because there's lots of different theatres and that help the retail team there design the products that will fit that store, but still have the bookshop at the back because they weren't making any money out that, but they are making money out of the products.Kelly Molson: Right.Callum Lumsden: And understanding how ... Because it's not just about making the spaces look great or seamless, which is another part of what needs to be done, but they've got to make money. They have to increase revenue. That's why they're there in the first bit, apart from everybody expects to go into, I hate the term gift shop, but 96% of people will go into the shop and buy something-Kelly Molson: Exit through the gift shop. Yeah.Callum Lumsden: Yeah. And they will buy something. So make the most of it.Kelly Molson: It's a fascinating process, isn't it? I think you touched on it there in terms of the commercial, but why is retail space so important to the sector? It is about commercials, right?Callum Lumsden: Yes it is. But it does have benefits as well. Visitor attraction are slightly different to the cultural sector because the cultural sector, the money that's generated goes to the curators to help them buy the objects that they want in their collections. And it also helps in the education part of what they do and the events and everything else. If you take MoMA, their retail turnover is $52 million per year. That's a lot of money.Kelly Molson: That is a lot of money.Callum Lumsden: Yeah. I'm not able to tell you what Warner Brothers is, but let's say it's really quite successful, but that goes back into them to be able to develop the next part because a studio tour can't stand still, everybody has to look at, all right, what are we going to do in the next year, the next two years. Because they want repeat visits. So to be able to do that and to be fair to Warner Brothers, they also put a lot back into the local community education as well, developing their staff, all of those kind of things. So there's a whole load of other aspects to it. So the money that's generated is really important to everybody.Kelly Molson: Yeah. Yeah. Completely. How does it help to sustain their visitor engagement? So what part does retail play in making that visitor maybe come back or be more engaged with the brand?Callum Lumsden: Well, again, the retail offer is done to the merchandise. The merchandise has to be looked at as creatively as possible in terms of, okay, what else can we do that will grab people's attention? So there's an introduction of hampers at Warner Brothers for Harry Potter. So you could actually take a whole Harry Potter based hamper with loads of product in it so you've got a whole set of something. That was introduced and that's been really important. That's been a really successful one. Personalisation, doing lots of different things to actually make a wand that's just for you or all of those kind of things and personalisation is becoming really ... Well it's there. It's become really important also in the cultural sector as well where you can get your own name on it. You can get things custom made according to ... Because people like Adidas and Nike, they're doing that. You can get your trainers personalised, all of that needs to seep into the sector that I work in as well. And that's becoming really successful.Kelly Molson: Yeah. And I guess some of the retail spaces that you've owned, most of the retail spaces that you've designed, they almost become experiences in themselves. Don't they? Like a mini attraction within an attraction.Callum Lumsden: Well, yeah. Well, a lot of ... Yeah. There's quite a lot of stores that we've done that people go to but they don't go into the museum. The Tate Modern is one example. MoMA is another example. But that's not the point. The point is that what is being sold and how you actually design that store needs to reflect the brand of the institution that it is part of. And it should be, in our view, a seamless thing. So you shouldn't feel, all right, well, I'm now going into the shop. You should feel that it's part of the Harry Potter experience or the museum or the theatre experience in terms of look and feel. So that means that the space could be inspired by, well, for Harry Potter, it's about the props that are in there, referring to Diagon Alley in terms of the look and feel of the place.Callum Lumsden: Or, if you take the British museum, it reflects the architecture, because it is a completely ... That's big tourist ... That people want British Museum because it's a fantastic building. It's got an amazing collection. Everything that's in the shop is telling stories about what they've just seen as they've walked around the museum. And that's what they want to take a piece of. They want to take that memory away either for themselves or to buy for somebody. And that's where the click happens between retail and the actual experience of walking around the rest of the building, et cetera.Kelly Molson: I would love to know the process that you go on when you start to work with the visitor attraction. You touched on it earlier about immersing yourself into who their clientele is, who their customers are, who's going to be visiting. Can you share the process that you take? You take the cultural institution on, or the attraction on. So things that they need to think about or research that they need to carry out if they're going to go through this process with you?Callum Lumsden: Well, most of the institutions that we work with or the companies or the brands, they have their research anyway. So the demographic for instance will be well and truly looked at by ... Without exception actually. There's usually something. Except when it's a brand new, we haven't done this before that. That's usually very interesting. We just did the stores for amazing new museum that's been built in Hong Kong called M+, that's M with a plus sign, which has the largest collection of contemporary visual culture in Asia. It's an amazing building. It's taken something like 20 years to finally come to fruition. We've been working with them for five years. It opened last November. Sadly Hong Kong is closed because of COVID, et cetera. So I haven't actually been able to visit what we just sweated tears over.Kelly Molson: Oh gosh, that must be really hard, to not be able to see it.Callum Lumsden: Yeah, it's really difficult. Yeah. But they are anticipating that people from Hong Kong, but also most of, when they're allowed to, people from China, but also Asia, but they're also expecting other international tourists. So deciding who was going to be the demographic for there was a little bit-Kelly Molson: Yeah. Very tricky.Callum Lumsden: Hit and miss. Abbey Road was the same. They knew that everybody, so many people, tourist buses, et cetera, were rocking up to walk across the zebra crossing and really upset London taxi drivers the whole time. But they had no idea people would actually walk into the building to buy anything, but that's been an enormous success. So you have to make assumptions is a long way around of saying that. But most of the time, the details of the demographics, who'll be there, talking to the curators, talking to the management, talking to the retail teams, as well, is our way of doing it.Callum Lumsden: And an awful lot of the time we're working in, such as the M+ in Hong Kong example, working with a brand new building, you've got super important architects who are being commissioned to design these amazing buildings. So being allied with them in terms of their vision for the building is another part of what we like to understand. In terms of the materials they're using, the space they are going to give us, where it's actually going to go, because the location of a shop, it's not always exit through the gift shop. All of those ... Are there other opportunities? So we look at all of that with the client teams that we work with. And then that starts to, for us, that's the kickoff point.Callum Lumsden: Understanding what the merchandise is, a lot of the time that's been developed at the same time as we're ... Because it actually takes longer to get merchandise together than it does to build a shop.Kelly Molson: Oh really?Callum Lumsden: Oh yeah. Sometimes it can be two years. In museums, if you say somewhere like the National Gallery, their most popular product is the sunflower painting by Van Gogh, which they've got on everything from beer maps to fridge magnets, et cetera. Working to get permission to do that from artists can take ages. Andy Warhol, working at Abbey Road, trying to get The Beatles, the guys who are looking after The Beatles or Pink Floyd or Rolling Stones, they are super sensitive about, no, you can't do that. Or you can do that. For Abbey Road to really get the products, they've done it, but it's taken a long time.Kelly Molson: Yeah. I wonder what they' vetoed. No, you can't put my face on a tea towel.Callum Lumsden: Well, I had an idea about Mean Mr. Mustard socks and that didn't happen.Kelly Molson: Disappointing.Callum Lumsden: Yeah. I would've worn them.Kelly Molson: Me too. That's brilliant. Thank you for that insight into the process. I guess then, the brands that you work with are phenomenally well known or they have such rich history or such good stories like Harry Potter, or I know you mentioned the National Gallery there, the designing of the stores and what they're going to look like, interior. That must be the easy part. You've got so much to work with.Callum Lumsden: No, it's never easy because there's lots of layers of people that you need to go through. And navigating that it can be quite interesting, shall we say. Because every everybody's got an opinion.Kelly Molson: And there are quite a lot of boards involved in cultural organisations as well. Aren't there? So there's a lot of layers of people to come through.Callum Lumsden: Well, yeah. And if you're working with a museum, you are working with academics and they don't have conversations, they have debates. And inevitably that debate will mean there'll be 25 people in the room who all have to say something and you come away with, was there a decision there? And then you've got the architects. The architects can be very easy to work with or very opinionated and have one direction. So actually navigating that can be quite entertaining sometimes. We did the V&A Dundee, which is an amazing building, that was designed by a Japanese architect called Kiakumi. And they were fantastic. They were just so ... Yes, this is ... We'd like this, da da. Everything fitted. It was good. But there's other examples that I won't go on air to talk about-Kelly Molson: I was going to ask you, I was going to ask you-Callum Lumsden: Nose to nose.Kelly Molson: Without naming any names, can you tell us about an experience where you couldn't get what you wanted.Callum Lumsden: I usually get what I want.Kelly Molson: Oh, right.Callum Lumsden: Or there's-Kelly Molson: You're very persuasive.Callum Lumsden: Or there's a bit of a compromise. Yeah. There was one example where it just got so stupid that the head of the museum walked into one of the meetings that I was having alongside the retail team and the architects. And he came in and said, I've had enough of this, the architects ... You're no longer involved in this, get out.Kelly Molson: Wow.Callum Lumsden: And let Callum do what he wants to do. So there you go.Kelly Molson: Oh right, I love it.Callum Lumsden: No name, no name was mentioned.Kelly Molson: No names mentioned the power that you have Callum, as well, I love that.Callum Lumsden: I have since worked with those architects on another project and everything was fine.Kelly Molson: We all have our little friction moments.Callum Lumsden: But that was 15 years later and they'd calmed down.Kelly Molson: It took them that amount of time to mellow.Callum Lumsden: Yeah.Kelly Molson: I'm glad there was a happy ending. What about retail spaces that aren't at the actual attraction itself? So we talk about Harry Potter, they have retail stores all over the place. So King's Cross is the one for me because obviously that is very pertinent to the film. So I will be queuing up to get ... Waiting for my train to be announced and I'll see hoards of people queuing up to have their photo taken with their trolley wedged into the wall there and the shop there. Do you get involved in that element as well? So retail-Callum Lumsden: Yes we do. Yeah. We designed that shop and that was a moment of genius by somebody ... A guy called Jonathan-Kelly Molson: Very clever.Callum Lumsden: Johnathan Sands. He saw the opportunity and he opened that up and he eventually joined up with Warner Brothers. He's since moved on. But with those ones, we did that shop. We also did the airport shops, but because of COVID that didn't work out. Then there was Cursed Child, we did all the retail and the theaters for that. And that went world wide, New York, Hamburg Sydney. I can't remember all the cities that that went to. And then we didn't get involved in it, but Warner Brothers opened up the store in New York, a full blown store right next to the Flat Iron building, that's been enormously successful. We didn't get involved in that one, but there's the shops that Warner Brothers have done, but there's also the shops that lots of other people have done copies of. And if you go to Edinburgh, you've got six versions of Harry Potter shops, nothing to do with us.Kelly Molson: No claim on those. Someone once described a retail experience as a bit like a theatrical experience. Not a musical theatrical experience, because we know how you feel about those, but ultimately you are taking the visitor on a journey, aren't you, around the store and you are making that a real experienced for them. Can I ask you, and this might be like what's your favourite child, but what has been your favourite store to design from that perspective?Callum Lumsden: Definitely the Warner Brothers Leavesden store, because that's gone through the number of iterations as well. They've expanded it. We've moved it around. We've done different things. We've developed the restaurants and the cafes. That's been great fun too. Every project, I'm thinking ... Because it's recently opened, the M+ in Hong Kong has been a great experience. And that's an interesting one about where it's going in the sector because within that, it wasn't just about a whole lot of shelves with products on it. A number of what we've called pavilions that were inspired by Hong Kong. And, for instance, the central pavilion in the show is a combination of a place where artists can do master classes and talk about what they're doing. And the retail guys developed products based around the artist or the artist has designed some of those products.Callum Lumsden: And then there's another space where artists are given the market stalls in Hong Kong, which I don't know if you've been to Hong Kong, but the markets are amazing. And the stalls are called pai dongs. We based one of our fixtures on pai dongs, and the idea. And that's what's happening, is that one of the pai dongs could be taken over by an artist to do anything that they want on it.Kelly Molson: Lovely.Callum Lumsden: Yeah. So sculptural or lighting or sounds because they've got sound artists and all of those kind of things. Or it can be handed over almost on a concession basis. So it could be, I don't know, a sports retailer, if they take it over. All of those things, or personalisation again, where you could actually get, if you're buying a wallet, you can get your own initial put on it, all of that kind of stuff. And then another part of it was for gift wrapping where we were commissioning Chinese calligraphers who will actually sign it.Kelly Molson: Oh, wow.Callum Lumsden: Or showing origami, how you can actually use origami to make your gift wrapping look even more different.Kelly Molson: Oh, that's incredible. That's really theatrical, isn't it? That's a real experience.Callum Lumsden: So you've really got activity going on and that's what happens with Harry Potter. When you're buying a wand, you've got somebody showing you how everything works and how to wave it and what to say and all of those kind of things. And that just gives people something. They'll remember that, they'll love that. And hopefully they'll also buy something, but it's adding something extra into that visitor experience. That's the way it's going for mainstream retail as well. That whole thing.Kelly Molson: Yeah.Callum Lumsden: Experiential.Kelly Molson: So I guess it's like the Hamley's thing, isn't it? Because I can remember as kid going around Hamley's and you watch the people, they show you how to use the toys and they show you how they work and to play with them.Callum Lumsden: Yeah, absolutely.Kelly Molson: There's a guy ... Do you know what? I hope I don't misquote this because I think it was Geoff Ramm that told me this story where ... Geoff Ramm is a public speaker and he told me this story about how he just got mugged off but he spent so much money in Hamley's because of somebody who was there demonstrating the product. It was some like paint blocks and they were painting these pictures and then talking them through and his kid was watching them paint and she asked the child what her name was. And then she drew this picture with her initials and blah, blah, blah, and then gave it to her. And he was like, well, that's it. I have to buy that product now, don't I? I've got this picture that I'm taking home with me, but I've also got to buy those things because my kid wants the magic. She's just seen the magic happen.Callum Lumsden: Yeah. Well, if you think about it, you go down to a food market and you've got the guys, come and get your apples and pears and all of that kind of thing. It's actually, it's not you, it's the way that people have always been persuaded to buy things or the butcher show that will remember your name when you walk in and say, did you enjoy that steak last week, we've got a nice piece of roast beef here. It's interaction. It's not just about how great the shop is, it's to do with the staff, the product, the atmosphere, the layout, there's so many different aspects that we've got to work together.Kelly Molson: Yeah. All the facets coming together. I think you've described that perfectly there, Callum, thank you. We're at the end of our interview, which I'm quite sad about, if I'm honest, I've really enjoyed this.Callum Lumsden: Nice of you to say.Kelly Molson: I always ask our guests a final question, which is about a book they love, but actually I've got one more question for you. I would love to know. Your list of clients is incredibly prestigious. Is there anyone that you would love to work with that you've not got your hands on yet?Callum Lumsden: That's a good one, Hamley's.Kelly Molson: Hamley's. Oh okay. Yeah. There's some work that could be done there.Callum Lumsden: Yeah.Kelly Molson: I think if you put stuff out in the universe, you never know what's going to come back, do you?Callum Lumsden: Yeah. Yeah, no, I think there's ... Well, if I ever get to speak to them, I'll tell them-Kelly Molson: You'll tell them.Callum Lumsden: I think what Hamley's used to be and what it is now is in need of a little bit of TLC.Kelly Molson: All right. Well, universe, let's see what you can bring to Callum. Thank you for sharing that. All right. What about a book that you love or something that you love, something that's helped you in your career? What would you recommend to our listeners?Callum Lumsden: Well, there's a beautiful book by a fantastic illustrator called Charlie Mackesy. I think that's how you pronounce his name. It's called The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse. And it's all illustrations, but with lovely little writing from him, and it's all about being gentle and kind to people. And that sounds a bit naff, but the illustrations are absolutely fantastic. I follow him on Instagram and it's just a lovely, beautiful book. I came across it as somebody else had it. And then somebody bought it for my birthday and I've actually used it a couple of times when I've done talks, et cetera, to illustrate different things. I highly recommend it. Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Hare.Kelly Molson: Ah, it is a wonderful book.Callum Lumsden: Oh, you know it?Kelly Molson: I do. I also follow him on Instagram and I have the book and it is a beautiful book and a number of people have recommended that book because I think it touched a lot of people at a really challenging time.Callum Lumsden: Yeah.Kelly Molson: As well. I think a lot of people were drawn to that book during the pandemic. And it's become a bit of a staple in, especially in nurseries as well, to be honest. A little bit of love and a little bit of hope that we all needed at that time.Callum Lumsden: Sorry. Lots of other people have recommended it as well. I thought I might have come up with something that would nobody else-Kelly Molson: No, it's a good thing. I always think it's a good thing if people have recommended it, because it's testament to that book, isn't it?Callum Lumsden: Oh yeah.Kelly Molson: It's a-Callum Lumsden: No it is good.Kelly Molson: Yeah. So as ever listeners, if you want to win a copy of that book, if you head over to our Twitter account and you retweet this podcast announcement with the words I would like Callum's book, then you could be in with the chance of winning it.Callum Lumsden: Oh that's nice.Kelly Molson: Callum. Thank you. Yeah. Isn't that lovely, people can win your book choice. Thank you so much for coming on the podcast. Been lovely to chat.Callum Lumsden: My pleasure.Kelly Molson: We will put all of Callum's details in the show notes, we will put links to some of the case studies so you can see some of the incredible work. I'm sure most of you listening have visited many of the places that Callum has designed. So you will see firsthand what they look like, but we'll put links in the show notes and you can go and check that out. And if anyone has a connection at Hamley's that they would like to put Callum's way, pass it on to me and I will make sure he gets that. Thanks Callum.Callum Lumsden: Thank you, Kelly. Nice to see you.Kelly Molson: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, rubbercheese.com/podcast.

Depuis dix ans les “Potter Heads” du monde entier peuvent visiter les studios de cinéma où a été tournée la saga Harry Potter, près de Londres. Ici pas d'attractions comme dans le Wizarding World des parcs Universal, mais la promesse de découvrir les véritables décors, costumes, maquettes, effets spéciaux et secrets de tournage… Bref, tout ce dont les fans de parcs à thèmes raffolent, même s'il n'y a pas d'attraction! Dans cet épisode Un PeU sPéCiAaAaL (

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Here we go again.On this podcast we have Chris AKA The Duke of Retford from Enigma Rooms Retford with myself Nick.**We recorded this episode via Zoom**On this episode we chat about:   Uber facts (standard), but mainly escape rooms stuff.We mention:Enigma RoomsHeadlock Escape RoomsEscape ScunthorpeCheck us out and send us a messageFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/enigmaroomsgeneralgeekerypodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/EnigmaGeekery  @EnigmaGeekeryInstagram: @enigmaroomsgeneralgeekery

We are in a series where we revisit all of the Wish You Were Heres that have been shared on our podcast, this time broken down by location. This week we’re revisiting all of the England locations.4:30 TKTS London, England8:50 British Museum Library, London, England12:10 The Tower of London, London, England16:20 Royal Observatory Greenwich, London, England19:40 Harry Potter Studio Tour, London, England25:20 Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England31:40 Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England34:10 Wedgwood Factory Tour, Stoke-on-Trent, England36:20 Globe Theater, London, England Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @tmwypodcast  Leave us a voicemail (or text message): (406)763-8699  Email: tmwypodcast@gmail.com  

Here we go again.On this podcast we have Janae and Joel from Headlock Escape Rooms with myself Nick.**We recorded this episode via Zoom**On this episode we chat about:   Uber facts (standard), but mainly escape rooms stuff.We mention:Enigma RoomsHeadlock Escape RoomsMystery MansionHourglass EscapesLocurioProject AvatarEscape The ReviewDamn InterestingHistory MysteryCryptic EscapesClued Up Escape RoomsEscape HuntNorwich VR Escape RoomCheck us out and send us a messageFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/enigmaroomsgeneralgeekerypodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/EnigmaGeekery  @EnigmaGeekeryInstagram: @enigmaroomsgeneralgeekery

Get In to the most perfect castings in pop culture movies! (yes we know Robert Downey Jr is the best) and the second episode of Falcon and the winter SoldierWe got Merch! teespring.com/get-in-merch

Well it's Thursday morning and here we are again.On this podcast we have Jow and John AKA The King of Princes Quay with myself Nick.**We recorded this episode via Zoom**On this episode we chat about:   Uber facts, Disney plus, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Crystal Maze in Manchester, running, people needing the toilet in an escape room, bad losers, Hamilton, musicals, Your Honour on Amazon, Judge Judy, long Covid and of course escape rooms stuff.We mention:Enigma Rooms Hull at Princes Quay Shopping CentrePrinces Quay Shopping CentreEscape Rooms HullCan You Escape YorkCheck us out and send us a messageFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/enigmaroomsgeneralgeekerypodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/EnigmaGeekery  @EnigmaGeekeryInstagram: @enigmaroomsgeneralgeekery

It's Thursday morning and here we are again.On this podcast we have Glover and Jow back with myself Nick.**We recorded this episode via Zoom**On this episode we chat about:  Project Avatar, Solar Opposites, Watchmen the series, Strawberry Cheetos, Stephen King, Harry Potter, Rik Mayall and of course escape rooms stuff.We mention:Enigma Rooms online gamesEnigma Rooms Skegness High NoonEnigma Rooms Hull https://enigmarooms.co.uk/Escape Rooms BeverleyBeverly BreakoutCheck us out and send us a messageFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/enigmaroomsgeneralgeekerypodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/EnigmaGeekery  @EnigmaGeekeryInstagram: @enigmaroomsgeneralgeekery

Harry Potter Dark Art Teachers and Wandavision Finale.We Got Merch! teespring.com/get-in-merch

Once again we're talking absolute garbage.On this podcast we have Glover, Kieran and myself Nick. **We recorded this episode via Zoom**On this episode we chat about: Online escape rooms, wrestling, board games, Escape Room the movie, Royal Rumble 1992,  James Bond, Smokie and the Bandit, Neil Patrick Harris Box One, The Butterfly Curse, Witchery Spell, Dark Pictures Anthology, Dead By Daylight, Christopher Biggins, League of Legends and of course escape rooms stuff.We mention:Room Escape Southend https://www.roomescapesouthend.com/Enigma Rooms Wakefield https://enigmarooms.co.uk/Lake Escapes https://www.lakesescapes.co.uk/Can You Escape? Malta https://www.canyouescapemalta.com/Chris Ramsey https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrPUg54jUy1T_wII9jgdRbgCheck us out and send us a messageFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/enigmaroomsgeneralgeekerypodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/EnigmaGeekery  @EnigmaGeekeryInstagram: @enigmaroomsgeneralgeekery

Well here we are again, talking absolute garbage yet again.On this podcast we have Jow, Glover, Paul and myself Nick. **We recorded this episode via Zoom**On this episode we chat about: Crystal Maze, new Dune film, Les Misérables, online escape rooms, Harry Potter Studio Tour, wrestling, board games, Mamma Mia!,  Sex And The City,  Godzilla, James Bond, Dr Who and of course escape rooms stuff.We mention:Headlock Escape Rooms https://headlockescaperooms.co.uk/The Crystal Maze https://the-crystal-maze.com/Harry Potter Studio Tour https://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/Vault 14 in Doncaster https://vault14.business.site/Check us out and send us a messageFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/enigmaroomsgeneralgeekerypodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/EnigmaGeekery  @EnigmaGeekeryInstagram: @enigmaroomsgeneralgeekery

Are you a Harry Potter Fan? Do you love to travel? Well this episode takes you across to London to visit the Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour. Our guest Lizzie describes the tour and all the magic that happens. DON'T WORRY, Lizzie share the overall tour with skipping any big spoilers. After listening to this episode you're going to want to travel to experience this for yourself! Be sure to listen at the end for Listener's stories sent in by you the fans! SUBMIT YOUR MAGICAL MOMENT HERE: https://www.justsomemagic.com/share-your-magic https://www.justsomemagic.com https://www.instagram.com/justsomemagic/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwnaYiMbbaVfrrq41vgaWQw?view_as=subscriber https://www.facebook.com/JustSomeMagic/ FOLLOW LIZZIE: https://www.instagram.com/lizzieeverafter/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2dipcKUANJ2wqeFlS_Grw --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/justsomemagic/support

英国における異文化のシリーズですが、ここのところロンドン地区とそれ以外の地区を交互にお話をしています。今回はロンドンの周辺で有名なハリー・ポッター・スタジオのお話をさせていただきます。 最近では映画が終わってかなり経つので、映画を見ていないという人もかなりいらっしゃいます。日本でもこれに類したものを作るという計画があるようなのですが、原作者は皆さんもご存知の通りＪ・Ｋ・ローリングというスコットランドの方です。ハリー・ポッターシリーズは色々な所に縁の地がありますが、何といってもハリー・ポッターの関係で一番の観光地と言えばここハリー・ポッター・スタジオです。ロンドンから電車で少し時間がかかるところで、どうしても丸一日は時間が必要な場所と覚えておいていただければと思います。とても１時間や２時間で終わらせるような所ではありません。 正式な名称は「Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour」といいます。完全予約制で、勿論コロナの前からずっと予約制でした。入場時に15分刻みくらいで時間が指定されていて、同じ時間の人達が集まってきて時間になると中に招じ入れられて、そこからツアー的に少しコンダクターが説明して、最初の部屋に案内され、その後は三々五々好きなように廻るという形になっています。先程ロンドンから少し時間がかかると申しましたが、電車で１時間、そこから連絡バスで７、８分でしょうか、ロンドンからの移動だけでも時間がかかりますが、とにかく中が広く、ハリー・ポッター好きな人は食らいついて涎を流している間にどんどん時間が経ってしまうという、とんでもない所です。 映画に出てきたあのアイテムこのアイテム、それからいわゆる特殊メイクとか色々な物が置いてあって、細かい所を見ていちいち注目している間にどんどん時間が経ってしまいます。実利的な事を少し先にお話しますと、どの位の熱を持っているかが人によって違うと思うので、グループで行った時には、早々と引き上げてくる人と最後まで粘る人がいてバラバラだとすごく大変です。行く時には同じ位の熱量を持っている人と行くのがいいだろうなと思います。私の学生さんが、安く上げようとコインロッカーにみんなの荷物を押し込めたらしいです。けれどその中で、ハリー・ポッター・スタジオから早く帰りたい人といつまでもいたい人がいたらしく、ロッカーをなかなか開けられずに、大変な目に遭い困ったという話があります。ですが、私の感じではごく普通の興味の人でも３時間はかかります。マニアの人は１日かかるので、ここでロンドン見学のペースを崩してしまうという人が多いのではないかと思います。 それから見学を待っている間に、お土産屋さんで大量に物を買う人がいますが、これは避けた方がいいです。一杯になったお土産を持ちながら見学するのは大変なので、お土産を買うのは最後にしましょう。ここは撮影をしたスタジオやセットなどがたくさん残っています。それが何十シーンもあり、細かい所を見ていくと、映画では見えなかったけれども実際はこうなっていたのか、という所がたくさんあるので、本当に「一つ一つ見ないと勿体ない！」と思ったら３時間では絶対足りません。 非常にマニアックな情報ですが、朝一で行くと、最初の辺りから少しずつ少しずつ順に奥の部屋の鍵を開けてもらう事になります。そうすると朝一で行ってとにかく駆け足でいいから、ザッとみておしまい、でいいという人もいると思いますが、ザッとみておしまいにする人は、朝一だとなかなか先が開かないので昼前より後の方がいいと思います。こういう事は施設のホームページを見てもあまり書いていないので、実際に行った人に色々聞いてみると失敗しなくて済むだろうと思います。 ハリー・ポッターのロケに使ったもの、セットとして使ったものというのを見せてエンターテイメントにするのは、これが初めてではないかもしれませんが、ハリー・ポッター・スタジオはいわゆる「ロケ地巡り」から延長した発想だろうと思います。映画で収益を上げて、その後その残った物でも収益を上げられるということは非常に素晴らしいことなので、見る側も喜び、作った側も後でも収入を上げられるというWin-Winな仕組みになっていると思います。 因みに、私が行ってみて一番のお気に入りのスポットを挙げるとするならば、階段が動くところです。ハリー・ポッターの第１話でホグワーツ魔法学校の中の階段がグーッと動き、まさに生きているような感じです。それが見られるので「うわぁ」と思いました。ただ、博物館と同じで展示が少しずつ入れ替わるようで、例えば最近はホグワーツ急行が展示されているそうですが、私が行った時はまだ無くて、その辺りもリピーターを集めるためという感じはします。やはり展示内容も少しずつ変わっていくようです。人から聞いて「あれがあった」といっても、もしかしたらもう無くなっているかもしれないので、その辺りは行ってみてのお楽しみ、という所だろうと思います。このようなタイプのエンターテイメントの作り方はとても上手だと思います。アトラクションの中での人の楽しませ方も「なるほどこうやればいいのか」という発見がたくさんあって、映画の世界を楽しむ以上に面白いです。 今日のまとめ： ロンドンに行ったら少し遠いですが、ハリー・ポッター・スタジオツアーをぜひ一日かけて楽しんでみてください。

En este episodio, hablamos sobre los increíbles lugares que se pueden visitar como fans de Harry Potter, desde el Wizarding World of Harry Potter, en Orlando y LA, hasta las locaciones de Reino Unido y el Harry Potter Studio Tour. Además, revelamos a la persona ganadora de nuestro giveaway. Recuerden que nos pueden encontrar en Twitter como @elmachas y @Brenda_GalloA. Créditos de logo a @Co_Berbe. Recuerden dejarnos un rating en Apple Podcasts o darnos follow en Spotify.

On this episode of the We Like Theme Parks Podcast, Dustin Fuhs and Mark Andrada are solo travellers while Chris Bond is in Orlando on vacation. The guys take on the news of the day, including Universal's Epic Universe permit disclosures about the Universal Monsters Land, Disney Earnings Call, and we discuss the topic of Harry Potter Studio Tour opening in Tokyo. Our first segment is a call with Chris while at Disney's Animal Kingdom. From there, we go into the Wishing Well - a new segment where we discuss things that we would love to be able to buy at the Disney and Universal Theme Parks! Miriam from @TheChurroFund joins us for a discussion about the best tips to stay warm while visiting the Disney Parks during the winter. Mark and Dustin sit down to chat about Mark's upcoming last-minute solo trip to Walt Disney World, including resort and ticket discussions. And then finally - we get the low-down on #RiseForBondo! Did Chris get on Rise of the Resistance? All this and more on this episode of the We Like Theme Parks Podcast! Find us over at welikethemeparks.com and on Facebook & Instagram @WeLikeThemeParks #WeLikeThemeParks. You can find Miriam on Instagram @TheChurroFund Pick up your fan-designed theme park inspired tees over at our TeePublic Store!

 Episode 56—All Aboard the Hogwarts Express Science fiction writer Scott Pearson's cohost Ella Pearson recounts her many Harry Potter-themed adventures while living in England: visiting places where J. K. Rowling worked on the books, spotting filming locations from the movies, making two trips to the Harry Potter Set Tour, and seeing the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.   Segments 00:28 Intro 01:20 Rowling in Edinburgh 05:31 Digression: Doctor Who in Glasgow 06:21 Platform 9 3/4 08:40 Harry Potter Studio Tour 18:18 Interlude: A Wee Bit More o' Scotland 18:58 Back in the Studio 35:15 Potter Nostalgia 37:25 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Listen in to a very magical episode of Our Stories Podcast. Jimmie Allen is back and we are at The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour in London! Which Harry Potter character would make the ultimate Country song? Which Hogwarts House does Jimmie belong to? The answers might surprise you! Since Jimmie was last on the show he's been making history. We'll be talking about life since his #1 song "Best shot" and breaking down the single story of Country music and Slytherin House!

In dieser Episode des Podcasts "Potter Places" reden meine Schwester, die für die Folge zu Gast ist, und ich über unseren gemeinsamen Besuch der Harry Potter Studio Tour in London. Welche Bewertung wird die Tour bekommen? Hört rein und findet es heraus!

We took a trip down to London last weekend to visit the Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour and we'll talk you through what we found. Maggie loves Harry Potter and loved the tour, she cried at a special moment in the tour but we won't tell you what it is just in case it's a bit of a spoiler. Alex isn't too keen on Harry Potter but enjoyed the tour from a technical aspect of it, all the props and effort that went into the creation of the world-famous franchise was quite interesting. Let us know what you think of Harry Potter and if you've been on the tour, what was your favourite part? Check out our last episode on the website where we talk about Doctor Who Season 11 up to now. Sharing is caring, find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram & don't forget to subscribe and leave us a review! If you want to support the channel, send us a coffee over on Ko-Fi Random Useless Fact - One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 1930s lobbied against hemp farmers they saw it as competition. Good News - Curiosity Rover has found organic matter on Mars

HARRY POTTER NERD-DOM!!! Hey hey friends… Wookiee popping by on a Friday with another fun bonusode for y’all. Super fan of the show Ryan stopped by to record a Harry Pott-cast with me. You may remember me saying he needed to bring his bona fides for a magical level of this madness and boy howdy did he not let me down. We recorded all the goodness during a time where I already had planned content so instead of delaying something I really liked, it became bonus content for your ear holes. Among the things discussed in this second hour of a two-parter were everything being better bearded, lots of details about the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London (it’s super cool stuff if you wondered anything about it), Fantastic Beasts (including the whole Johnny Depp drama), American wizardry, head canon for the world, Hagrid, The Cursed Child, the Harry Potter ride and recreation of Hogsmeade, wands, a brief visit by my roommates, and some more favorites from the world of wizardry. You know we had fun when a planned hour turned into two bonusodes of content. We finish off with Ryan talking about cosplaying. Hopefully you dig this as much as we did recording it. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laugh-it-up-fuzzball/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laugh-it-up-fuzzball/support

This episode Lane briefly joins us from the SunTrust Park to lay out his plan to fix all of WDW for less money than it took to build Pandora, Joe talks about his Cedar Point trip, Sean talks about visiting the Harry Potter Studio Tour in England, and Nick cuts in and out of connectivity. We also discuss Pandora previews, Volcano Bay media day, locals overhyping projects, The Shining and Conjuring at HHN, new hotels, Sesame Street, and then answer your non-theme park questions!

Divertissements familiaux variés et étonnants au coeur de Londres ! Sixième et dernier épisode de nos Revo-Rama réalisés à Londres cet été. Après la ville de Londres, Doctor Who Experience, Legoland Windsor, Harry Potter Studio Tour, Chessington World of Adventures, nous vous proposons de découvrir en vidéo une série de divertissements au coeur de Londres proposés […] L’article Le Revo-Rama à Madame Tussauds, London Eye, Shrek’s Adventure et Sea Life (London part 6) (vidéo) est apparu en premier sur Rêves Connectés - Le Revo-Rama.

Chessington World of Adventures, un parc d’attractions londonien méconnu en France Après la visite de Londres, Doctor Who Experience, Harry Potter Studio Tour, et Legoland Windsor, nous avons fait escale à Chessington South pour découvrir le parc Chessington World of Adventures. Très peu connu en France, il est pourtant facilement accessible étant à 25 kilomètres […] L’article Le Revo-rama à Chessington World of Adventures (Revo-Rama in London part 5) (vidéo) est apparu en premier sur Rêves Connectés - Le Revo-Rama.

On this bonus episode of #WizardTeam, Bayana and Robyn discuss their London trip so far. Join us as we discuss self-guided tours and the Harry Potter Studio Tour in Leavesden. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wizardteam/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wizardteam/support

Thank you for downloading our unofficial take of the Disney theme parks. On this show, we look at the list of sixteen sizzling things happening at the Disneyland Resort and ask how hot and new are they? Then we go behind the scenes to look at a couple of the ride refurbishments happening over in Disneyland Paris as they prepare for their 25th anniversary. In addition, we have a mini review of the Harry Potter Studio, tour that is based just outside of London, where you can see props and sets from the film series.  Don't forget to visit our Facebook page, where we post daily fun posts, competitions and news. For show notes, pictures and audio player please visit our website www.DisneyDreamGirls.com We hope you enjoy the show. Why not support us and leave us an iTunes review by clicking this link leave Disney Dream Girls an iTunes review. Even if you do not listen to our show via iTunes, the review will make our show more visible in the store and enable other Disney fans to find and hopefully enjoy our show. In return, send us an email and we will give you a shout out on the show and send you a DDG button as a thank you for supporting us. Or you can financially support us by visiting our Patreon Page by clicking the link or searching Disney Dream Girls. In return, we offer a range of rewards as a way of thanking you. Our show email address is info@disneydreamgirls.com and our twitter is @DisDreamGirls You can visit our website www.DisneyDreamGirls.com for show notes, details on the podcast and lots more! Ensure you follow us on Periscope 'Disney Dream Girls' and on Meerkat we are @DisDreamGirls Michelle also appears on The Earvengers, which is a weekly Disney panel discussion show, which is released every Monday. Also, you may wish to try some of these other Disney podcasts and tell them we sent you: Creepy Kingdom Podcast - join host James H Carter II as he takes a look at the creepier side of the Disney theme parks. WDW Happy Place is hosted by husband and wife team who transport you to their happy place for weekly Disney chat. TDR Now Podcast is an English language podcast dedicated to discussing everything connected to the Tokyo Disneyland Resort. Mighty Men of Mouse is a high adventure show dedicated to Walt Disney World. Dis After Dark is a Disney podcast containing childish grown up language for immature mature adults.

In this edition host David Gordon hears about Grand Canyon West and the Harry Potter Studio Tour. Geoff Harrison hears about India and Frances Beasley visits the Tirol area of Italy. You can find the show page at facebook.com/travelbitesradio and on Twitter at @trvlbitesradio

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With Mark Lawson. A new attraction The Making of Harry Potter opens its doors this weekend. Visitors to the Leavesden film studios can look behind the scenes of the making of the most successful film series ever. Actors Rupert Grint and Warwick Davis and special effects designers take Mark on a tour which includes the Great Hall, the Knight Bus, Diagon Alley and Ron Weasley's kitchen. Award-winning American poet Adrienne Rich has died aged 82. During a career which spanned seven decades, Rich was a pioneering feminist, who tackled topics such as racism, sexuality and economic justice. Writer Jeanette Winterson pays tribute, and we hear archive of Adrienne Rich herself. Mark reports on the screenplays which were never filmed. On Saturday actor Brian Cox will perform Orson Welles' complete but unmade script for Heart of Darkness, based on the book by Joseph Conrad. His performance takes place inside a boat created by artist Fiona Banner, inspired by the vessel in Conrad's novella. Fiona Banner reveals her long interest in Welles' script, and David Hughes, author of Tales From Development Hell, considers other notable Hollywood unmade screenplays. And Mark also discusses This Is Not a Film, a new release from Iranian director Jafar Panahi, which is an account of how he's unable to make a scripted film in Iran. Producer Nicki Paxman.