Let the wand choose you?

[PartofDisney'sWorld]

We are going to WWoHP on Nov. 7 and I definitely want to go to Ollivander's to get a wand. I want to "let the wand choose me" but how exactly does this work? Does everybody get that chance? Or do they just pick some random person and nobody else gets to do it? TIA.

 

[damo]

We are going to WWoHP on Nov. 7 and I definitely want to go to Ollivander's to get a wand. I want to "let the wand choose me" but how exactly does this work? Does everybody get that chance? Or do they just pick some random person and nobody else gets to do it? TIA.

You go in as a group of 25 or so and one person is chosen.

 

[TDC Nala]

From what they said last week, 30 is the max they can get into the room per show. The "wandmaker" picks one person to test the wands and ends up having a wand "choose" them. It's usually a child. (Last week he chose siblings so it seems to be more than one on occasion). If you're among the last people in, you're in the back of the room and he can't see you, there is pretty much zero chance that you will be the choice.

If you don't get chosen (and waiting around outside Ollivanders all day is not my idea of fun in Harry Potterland) and you can get into the wand shop, they can help you match up a wand to your birthday. Or you can choose a character wand. (I bought Sirius Black's). Character wands are also available at an outside kiosk near Hogwarts or in the main IOA store near the entrance/exit.

 

[PartofDisney'sWorld]

Well, pooh. Thanks for the info.

 

[inkkognito]

Click here for a blow by blow of how they do it, with photos of the process and wands. They almost always pick a child, but we were there during soft openings and were literally the only two people in the shop (hard to imagine it was ever that quiet!).