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EmmaRiddle · 11-07-2005, 03:18 PM

Yesterday was mad, manic, crazy, pandemonium and every other word you can think of to describe a Harry Potter premiere. After attending Azkaban last year, I thought they could get no bigger. I was wrong. The area in which the premiere took place was expanded which, in my opinion, gave more fans the opportunity to interact with their idols. There were downfalls and disappointments, I won't pretend there weren't, but on the whole it was an amazing day.

Here are a few random 'facts' to keep you going til later;

* 36 hours without any sleep
* 24 hours without a proper meal
* 13 hours waiting in the freezing cold (and the rain!!!)
* 6 hours queuing to get in the 'circle' (I'll explain better later)
* 6 autographs
* 4am - the time we arrived - there were about 50 people already there (some in sleeping bags). We were definitely in the first 100 to arrive
* 1 very loud dragon
* 1 Cardiff Uni banner (+ another one which didn't have an SS friendly message which Tom Felton found particularly amusing)
* Many decorations/banners/backdrops
* Many pictures (in varying qualities)

The Cardiff Uni HP Society, who I was travelling with, were interviewed by several reporters. I've found one interview on the net here - let me know if you see anything mentioning us!!!

Quote:

For the 30-strong Harry Potter Society of the University of Cardiff in Wales, however, the reasons seemed more social than literary.

"We meet every two weeks to discuss the books and go to the cinema," said Katie Fazal, an 18-year-old first year English literature student.

"It's an extension of a reading group," she explained, before adding: "Well, actually, we meet in bars and we had a pub crawl on Halloween dressed as Harry Potter characters."

Trust Katie to make us sound like drunkards! We do actually have amazing discussions as well as the odd drink!! hehe Our society is WAY bigger than 30, that was just the number of us who went to London.

That should satisy you, for the time being. Expect to see the full report + pictures & scans, later.