Harry Potter

In early (very early) 2020, Warner Brothers announced that a giant, 20,000+ square foot Harry Potter flagship store was going to open later that year, next door to the Flatiron…

Joe and I  have been big fans of the Harry Potter franchise for years. We’ve visited a bunch of the places where they filmed the movies and we hope to…

We’ve seen a few theme parks around the world that rip off Disney parks. There’s the one in Japan that we visited in 2005 (OMG, the videos!!!). It closed in…

If there was ever a reason to want to be able to travel to Japan again, this is it! Warner Bros. Studio Tours and Warner Bros. Japan have announced they’re…

Can you imagine what would have happened if Harry Potter had become a Disney franchise, like Pixar and Star Wars? It almost happened. And in some ways it’s kind of…

The Universal Orlando Resort has become its own vacation destination, with three theme parks (well, two theme parks and a water park), a shopping and dining district and a slew…

Sharon and I were both late to the Harry Potter phenomenon. It took a good friend of ours to get us hooked on the books (he had a trick of…

Happy Saturday friends, and hooray, it’s finally the weekend! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we…

The Hogsmeade themed land of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Orlando Resort’s Islands of Adventure park in 2010. It was joined by Diagon Alley, another Harry…

Happy Sunday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like,…