The truth about the current Harry Potter exhibition at the Discovery Time Square in NYC is harsh, but its the truth. A list of positive and negative aspects will make it clear.
POSITIVE
- All exhibited items were used and seen throughout the movies
- You are yet once more in the world of Harry Potter (huge plus and maybe the only big plus)
- The sorting hat ceremony at the beginning of the exhibition
- Daniel Radcliffe currently plays in the musical "How To Succeed" on the same street as the exhibition
- The poster of the exhibition is cool: "Your invitation has arrived Harry Potter The Exhibition" (Didn't we all wait for the latter from Hogwarts, we did)
- Some of the artifacts are really amazing to see (Ex. Hagrid's Hut)
NEGATIVE
- Extremely crowded. Makes it hard to enjoy the objects in peace
- Full of children (Guess that was expected)
- Don't go on weekends or certain holiday. Maybe during normal weekdays it's better
- Quiet expensive for what is has to offer (Entrance fee is $25)
- Long queue, though it goes quiet fast for its length
- No photograph. (It would have been understandable to not take pictures with flash, none?)
- You are out of the exhibition faster, than in the exhibition. It is quiet short
As a huge Harry Potter fan it hurts me to summarize the exhibition as unnecessary. It gives the obvious impression that its sole purpose is to make more unnecessary profit. Yet all Harry Potter fans like myself will go to view the exhibition, that yet differs from exhibitions we might usually go to.
Just being close to the world of Harry Potter and seeing how much detail has been put into each artifact is worth a visit has a HP fan. And one should try to get a taste of the wizard word as much as possible. Once the last movie hits the theaters, the magic will slowly begin to fade. Simply ignore all the negative aspects and try to erase the muggles around you and you might just get the feeling Radcliffe and Co. had during the shootings.
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