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Reviewed 14 August 2018

How can so much information be packed into one wizard's brain?!!! Sam was an excellent Edinburgh ambassador for our Seattle family of 5 - sharing his wealth of knowledge about the city and it's intimate connection to J.K. Rowling and the world of Harry Potter. Even my reluctant 17 year old son had a fabulous time. We were able to see many city sites during the tour that we would never have found on our own. Sam did an excellent job of guiding our group around the city streets and finding quiet spots to fill our heads with Potter knowledge. My only regret is that I do not have a pensieve in which to store the memories! Thank you Sam.

Date of experience: July 2018
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Sam S, Lesser Mugwump at The Potter Tour, responded to this reviewResponded 11 October 2018

Thankyou for your kind review Melissa. I'm pleased you chose me.
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Reviewed 13 August 2018 via mobile

We did a roughly six hour tour with Sam today and were very happy with it. Sam knows an insane amount about Harry Potter, JK Rowling, and Scottish history, and wove all of them together very well for this tour. There were only four of us, which made it very easy to ask questions and learn what we wanted to know. Sam was dressed in full wizard attire and added a lot of fun elements to the tour to make it more personal, including a fun game at lunch! Word of warning, Sam walks faster than anyone I’ve ever met! So wear good shoes and be prepared to keep up. He also has a pretty heavy accent, that I ended up having to translate for my fiancé haha Overall though, this tour was a lot of fun and a great use of the day. We learned so many things we didn’t know, had a great time, and met some great people! Highly recommend for Potter fans. I do not think it would interest non-Potter fans due to the level of detail and knowledge about the books that is required to follow along.

Date of experience: August 2018
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Sam S, Lesser Mugwump at The Potter Tour, responded to this reviewResponded 11 October 2018

Thanks for the review Jenna. Yes I've started telling folk that, that someone in the party needs to have the read the books for the 5ish hour tour, too much detail about things they don't know about otherwise. I'll be using your quote in a website overhaul next year, saves me having to assert it.

I've been down to Alnwick Castle last month for their infamous Madam Hooch broomstick lessons, they were thoroughly enjoyable, so it's an interest to broaden my tours appeal in the long term. Make the shorter ones as good as Alnwick.

Thanks for choosing me and the review, they help a lot.
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Reviewed 11 August 2018

Really great tour, we saw some brilliant parts of Edinburgh that we'd have never found otherwise (and went back to explore further). Great fun for all the generations with lots of variety - beautiful buildings, fascinating facts, interesting sights and fabulous ice cream! Thank you Sam for an excellent and great value experience - highly recommend to all visitors, your tour showcased Edinburgh at it's best.

Date of experience: August 2018
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Sam S, Lesser Mugwump at The Potter Tour, responded to this reviewResponded 11 October 2018

Thanks for your kind review, it's a good overview and I'm pleased you enjoyed it. I award you your Explorer girl-witch / boy-wizard badge - LSJE100?!

I wish you many happy floos and few few port-key jumps. Yurg.
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Reviewed 10 August 2018 via mobile

Our tour guide was very descriptive-just right for leading the tour! He had loads of knowledge about history-of both Muggle and Wizarding World! He led us deftly through the streets of Edinburgh and in and out of museums (even for some ice cream!) and showed us so many high points! It was great!

Date of experience: August 2018
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Samuel S, Lesser Mugwump at The Potter Tour, responded to this reviewResponded 11 August 2018

Thanks Siobhan, I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, I like that you say I lead deftly, the Floo network is now so clogged with ministry of magic employees visiting to hob-knob foreign witches and wizards at the festival it's essentially unusable. Bloomin' fascists think they own the network.

On the plus side it has the Muggles 'hoovering' day and night which is fun to watch.

Thank you so much for reviewing.

May your beard grow long and bushy and your broomstick fly true.
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Reviewed 8 August 2018

This tour is a fun fusion of creativity, wit and a passion for Harry Potter! Not only was the tour guide creative, funny and knowledgeable, but he also provided us with so many sweet surprises along the way! We made our way to various historic sights in Edinburgh all the while listening to informative stories that will certainly delight seasoned wizards or simply Muggles looking to learn more about British culture. Having been to many Harry Potter related activities (Universal Studios, The Cursed Child,etc), I can confidently saw this is one of the top Harry Potter experiences! Our tour had children, adults and seniors and all of us found something to enjoy. There is a lot of walking involved and at times you will need to listen carefully, but you will certainly be delighted that you did this. The guides creativity is contagious!

Date of experience: August 2018
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Sam S, Lesser Mugwump at The Potter Tour, responded to this reviewResponded 11 October 2018

Wow, Cursed Child... that is high praise. I've sent it to my Mum!

Thankyou Michael.

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