Whether you’re the maid of honor, a bridesmaid, or the bride herself, you don’t need Veritaserum to know one truth about the bachelorette party you’re planning: it has to be Harry Potter themed! Everything about weddings can be magical, and that includes the bachelorette party where the bride shares a fun night or weekend away with her closest friends for a final night of freedom before she makes her Unbreakable Vow. I’m personally planning my own wedding right now, and have officially decided I need to have a Harry Potter bachelorette party – time to send this post to my Maid of Honor so she has everything she needs to…

Stuck at home and dreaming of the magical world? Me too – it would be a welcome break from the real world right now! But wait… we have muggle technology that helps us travel around the world: virtual reality! What if we took a virtual 360-degree tour of the Wizarding World? Before the Wizarding World of Hollywood opened to the public in early 2016, NBC Los Angeles chief photographer Sean Browning took his Ricoh Theta 360-camera into the park to give us a sneak peek. These 360-photos originally appeared on the NBCLA website; I’ve organized them here into a ‘walking’ VR 360° tour of the Wizarding World in Hollywood that…

If only we could wave a magic wand and apparate to the wizarding world right now… It’s a tough time to try and plan travel, but that’s no reason to stay home in your imagination. (Unlike the Dursleys, I definitely approve of imagination.) Wait, I have an idea – let’s take a virtual trip to the Wizarding World! First, take a quick look at these maps of Diagon Alley (left) and Hogsmeade (right). Throughout the rest of this virtual trip to the Wizarding World, we’ll go to each of these 14 stops, which help you experience some of the best things to do at the Wizarding World in Orlando...