A portion of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley land has had its construction equipment removed, revealing Grimmauld Place’s exterior.
The right-most section of Diagon Alley’s entry way – which is made up of various London locations seen in the Potter series – can now be seen from the public areas of Universal Studios.
Twitter user @cmdisbrow took a photo of the first section to have its scaffolding taken down, and we get to see Grimmauld Place as featured in the Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows movies.
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— Cory Disbrow (@cmdisbrow) December 11, 2013
12 Grimmauld Place was used as the headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix and is the Black family home. We do not know if fans will be able to go inside (our guess is no). It would be neat if you could hear Mrs. Black screaming inside if you were close enough to the building.
Concept art released by Universal back in May shows this particular area at the very bottom right.
The center point of Diagon Alley appears to be Gringotts Bank and the fire-breathing dragon atop of the iconic building. On the left side of the land will be the Hogwarts Express train which will take you from Diagon Alley to the existing Hogsmeade land at Islands of Adventure. The magical transportation vehicle arrived at Universal in October – see photos released by the theme park!
Diagon Alley is expected to open around June 2014. Before then Universal will host “A Celebration of Harry Potter” which will include cast appearances, wand lessons, a first look at new Pottermore artwork, the opportunity to wear the Sorting Hat, and more.