Harry Potter

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We went to see Harry Potter™: The Exhibition yesterday at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. I was so bummed out, as we walked up to the entrance, there is a huge sign saying absolutely no photography! I didn't see this anywhere in any of the literature, on the museum's web site until we were outside the doors. (Re-visiting the site, there is a link about "guidelines regarding photography", in that link it does say no photography. Why didn't they just put that on the main page?) There was only one thing outside you could take photos of, it was the car the boys stole. So here it is:

If I'd know that was my only photo-op, I would have take a couple more! The exhibit was AWESOME!! The details of the props and costumes is amazing! Stuff you don't even notice when watching the movies. We LOVED it! At the end, they had a store filled with souvenirs you could buy. Melanie got a t-shirt, that is made of the thinnest material and still be allowed to be a t-shirt, a mere $35! The official program only set us back $16.95! What bargains, eh! Here is the link: http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/harry-potter/ it's there until Sept. 27th, then it moves to Boston. Using that modern miracle, the screen shot, here are the previews you see at that link:
Some friends of ours said it only took 30-40 minutes to go through the exhibit, so to err on the side of caution, I scheduled us to have about 75 minutes, it wasn't enough! We were a bit rushed at the end. We could have used another 10-15 minutes. We listened to the additional audio tour (another $5 each!) and that may have added to the time. The reason we had to rush was we also had tickets to see the new movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, afterwards in the Omnimax theater in Imax and we had to really hurry to make it! [By the way, don't worry about not seeing it in Imax, the 5 of us were thoroughly UNIMPRESSED with the format. It wasn't adjusted for the rounded screen shape; so some things were distorted; most of it still was rectangular; it made us dizzy at some points; others you had to keep turning your head from side to side to follow along. The concensus was that the Imax format was more annoying than enjoyable.] The price to see it really large: $15 each (plus the convenience fee of $1.50 per ticket for buying it in advance.) Oh, the cost to see the Exhibit: $26 per person (children 3-11 only $19!) plus a $2.50 per ticket convenience price. Grand total for 5 of us (2 adults, 2 seniors, 1 child) $213 (the seniors got a whopping $1 discount on the admission! Wow, that helped! LOL). ~Plus the additional cost of the audio, $16 for parking and the souvenirs! Was it worth it, YEP! Totally enjoyed it! Would do it again in a heartbeat!! :) For the official site with all the locations and more images: http://www.harrypotterexhibition.com/ All the stuff they had for sale (well, probably not the program), you can also buy at the Warner Brothers web site: http://www.wbshop.com/Harry-Potter/hp,default,sc.html.