Harry Potter theme park opens in Orlando

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a $200m theme park that's taken six years to create on a 20-acre site at the Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida Photograph: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images Photograph: Gustavo Caballero/guardian.co.uk Daniel Radcliffe and other members of the cast of the six Harry Potter films wave their wands during the gala opening Photograph: Scott Audette/Reuters Photograph: Scott Audette/guardian.co.uk Guests pass through the arch into Hogsmeade village Photograph: Kevin Kolczynski/EPA Photograph: Kevin Kolczynski/guardian.co.uk The Hogwarts Express arrives at Hogsmeade station Photograph: Kevin Kolczynski/EPA Photograph: Kevin Kolczynski/guardian.co.uk Hogsmeade village has been recreated, complete with snow-covered roofs glistening under the Florida sun Photograph: John Raoux/AP Photograph: John Raoux/guardian.co.uk The entrance to Hogwarts Castle - members of the film's production crew worked closely with Universal to perfect the details of the theme park Photograph: John Raoux/AP Photograph: John Raoux/guardian.co.uk Members of the Hogwarts Choir sing for guests Photograph: John Raoux/AP Photograph: John Raoux/guardian.co.uk Butterbeer is served up to the theme park's first guests Photograph: John Raoux/AP Photograph: John Raoux/guardian.co.uk A dispenser of Bertie Bott's Every-Flavour Beans Photograph: John Raoux/AP Photograph: John Raoux/guardian.co.uk Smoke filters through Hogwarts Castle - the big draw of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Photograph: Scott Audette/Reuters Photograph: Scott Audette/guardian.co.uk Portraits line the walls of Hogwarts Castle Photograph: Kevin Kolzynski/EPA Photograph: Kevin Kolzynski/guardian.co.uk Dumbledore's office - an exact replica of the one seen in the Harry Potter films Photograph: Kevin Kolczynski/EPA Photograph: Kevin Kolczynski/guardian.co.uk