Singapore might also have Universal Studios but they don't have Harry Potter in there. So yeah, we are guilty of visiting USJ because of Harry Potter. Hey, it was not on my list before July 2014.
Anyway, if you go to their web site, you will learn that there's no English site for booking tickets. The thing is, we need to buy advance tickets with express pass.
You see, Harry Potter is still a hot area in USJ, having ben opened for less than a year. So, it was explained on their site that one requires a timed entry ticket which can be obtained on the day itself, but it would mean that we have to queue and it is not a guarantee that they will still have slots. So another way is to get an express pass (they are raking in the galleons with this).
So yeah, I searched for English booking site for hours, until I gave up and told my office mate (who's in Japan right now!) that I can't buy the tickets because there are no English site. Then he gave me this site, where there's a screenshot of the steps on how to buy the tickets. Thank goodness for that site, I was able to book our tickets.
It is really advisable to buy tickets before hand as the queue is crazy long.
We queued for the Forbidden Journey first using our express passes. And upon the end of the ride, there was a technical problem that made us look into a white screen as our seats moved. I was so disappointed when we were lead out, only to break into a big smile when we were actually given another round on the ride. ^_^
We stayed in Hogsmeade till 4:30 pm then headed out to see the rest of the USJ which looked deserted and led me to believe that all the people who went into USJ were all in Hogsmeade. We still had chance to take on Spiderman and Back to the Future.
USJ closed at 7 pm during winter, but we left at around 6:30 pm then headed to Osaka Castle.
Just a tip when going to Osaka Castle in a group. Make sure that you specified which place to meet up before breaking into smaller groups. In our case, we had to spend an hour looking for each other. No complains though, as it was cold and the walking was good for the heart and I achieved 30,000 steps on my pedometer by the end of the day.
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