- Jan 8, 2014
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In Hogsmeade, the exit from Ollivander's leads into a combined Ollivander's sales desk/Owl post. Why couldn't the DA exit of Ollivander's lead into a combined Ollivander's sales desk/writing supplies shop? Whatever the facade is, there's bound to be more than just wands on sale in the exit shop.
The entrance to Ollivander's clearly involves an indoor queue, which is more comfortable and no less inauthentic than the outdoor queue in Hogsmeade is. I think that if the queue space used a Leadenhall Market-style roof interior, it could be quite attractive and might feel like a passageway to Carkitt Market. The success of the queue space depends entirely on the treatment, as well as upon how the entrance into the showroom(s) is handled. I'm sure there won't just be a long hallway with three doors at the end.
See I'd argue that an indoor queue is less authentic (although it's more comfortable and in all other ways makes more sense). The "real" Ollivander's as presented in the books and movies is a small store that you go into directly from the street. Once inside there's really just the one room (which looks a lot like the one room in Hogsmeade right now). That's all there is to it.
Somehow in the books and movies there is never a crowd or a line, so you're able to just go up to the counter and have assistance in the wand-choosing process. Obviously that can't be replicated, (and I think Hogsmeade is the closest it can be), but it will still be weird to enter through a shop, get into a line, then go into a showroom (that's supposed to be the shop you entered through), and then exit via the same shop you entered through.
I'm sure that the theming of the queue will be detailed and immersive and all those other buzzwords, and it might be great, but it won't be like Ollivander's in the books or movies.