30 Magical Secrets From Universal's Harry Potter Diagon Alley
27. The New Alley
Designers at Universal needed to create a new alley to accommodate all the muggles who would be entering this wizarding thoroughfare. With the blessing of J.K. Rowling, this new shopping street was named Horizont Alley.
26. The Vanishing Cabinet
Take a visit to Borgin and Burkes in Diagon Alley and sneak a look at the Vanishing Cabinet. This is an exact replica of the one used by Draco Malfoy in The Half Blood Prince and took 6 months to build. Listen closely and you will hear the bird, which Malfoy placed in the movie, chirping away inside.
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