Dervish and Banges

All witches and wizards will be supplied with the best merchandise in this shop! A tight squeeze, so I’d recommend taking a breath, smile and be patient! Even muggles will appreciate this place!

The wand store was the only item on my «Universal bucket list.» It was fun chatting with people from all over the country in line. The wait was much easier to tolerate than getting in the park. There is a cute demonstration in the wand area but if you don’t mind skipping a few magic tricks, just go into the store and avoid the wait. You can get wands in several areas of the park. Pricey!

Wizard merchandise galore!!!
Looking for a Triwizard cup? How about robes? A house scarf? They have all of that, and more!
Just like the books describe, this shop in Diagon Alley isn’t a super Walmart. It’s close quarters, which means do not try to travel as a group in here.
You can get postcards to send to your friends/​family (or yourself) in here, but I would suggest bringing your own stamps. They do sell them, but they’re pretty pricey. Your local Post Office should have HP stamps that you can buy.
This place is done very, very well just like the rest of the Wizarding world. Check out the Monster Book of Monsters in the front window, it growls!

Great looking store with all the HP items — wands, postcards, pencils, etc.
I just love what a wonderful job the Universal Studios design team did with the whole Harry Potter theme park. Everything looks like how the story goes and is so much fun.
Be prepared to spend a lot of money here if you’re buying the whole deal.
A robe is $ 110, wand $ 37 for non-​interactive, $ 47 for interactive, scarf $ 35, postcards $ 1, etc. Outside the store, if you purchase the postcard from the street vender cast member, they will even stamp the back of the postcard for you to say «Hogsmeade, Owl Post». That’s only on Islands of Adventure, not Hogwarts — they won’t do it there.

Loved Dervish and Banges. It was fun sending postcards to family (and ourselves hehe). NOTE: BRING your own stamps (get the HP ones from your local post office) to send the postcards. They sell them, but at a major mark-​up. That is probably why the postcards are only $ 1. But if you bring your own stamps, you can send postcards to everyone! Though oddly enough — 2 of the 4 I sent never arrived at their destination. I can’t be sure if it was their fault or the USPS though.
This is a small shop that seems determined to carry a little bit of everything from the HP universe. If you only want to shop in one store, this is a good one to hit, because they have a little bit of it all — though not everything. I was also disappointed that they were totally out of Slytherin patches. Really? Most people will only ever be here once, and you’re out of stock?
Service was friendly and everyone seemed genuinely excited to be part of the atmosphere. Be prepared though — in keeping with the way these shops are portrayed in the books and movies, it is a small, intimate space. Read: cramped. It can get very un-​fun very quickly if you go at the height of the day (11 – 2) when everyone else is there.

Who doesn’t need their own Triward cup that glows blue? Or a quaffle? Or perhaps your very own cursed necklace, time turner or wand? I love the monster book of monsters in his cage growling at passers by. I do find it odd that most of the stores in this area of the park are all combined. I like the layout of diagon alley so much better! Individual shops! But this store was lovly and I did find some items they didn’t have in other shops!

I skipped out on the presentation at Ollivanders and came straight to a fabulous wall of wands in Dervish & Banges.
This is also the place to visit if you are looking for house-​themed robes, ties, shirts, headbands, coffee mugs, etc.
It’s easy to blow some serious dough in this place.
It is always completely PACKED. Go in with a game plan to meet your friends at a designated location afterward. You will not be able to stay together in a group in this shop.

Dervish and Banges is where you are led after you do the Ollivander interaction, or you can enter on your own. You can purchase postcards and then send them with the official Hogwarts stamp outside. This is sort of the equivalent of the Owlery where the owls nest overhead, waiting to deliver letters and packages (the owls are animatronic or stuffed). Brooms, robes, the Quibbler, books, parchment, quills, and wands are sold here. The wands come in variation so that you can purchase «original» ones pertaining to your birth month, or you can find one of several «character» wands like Severus Snape, Voldemort, Dolores Umbridge, Bellatrix Lestrange, and Sirius Black. You can see the moving Monster Book of Monsters as well that’s trapped in a cage in the middle of the store. It looks very much like a bookstore (though I think I would prefer Flourish and Blotts).
I didn’t buy anything here, though I was seriously considering a wand, but my practical mind wouldn’t allow me to have a souvenir of Harry Potter memorabilia for the future. Maybe next time.

So much to see! So much to buy! So little money I have… I spent a crap ton of money for the amazing merchandise. I’m such a sucker for HP. This is probably the best shop in Universal for your typical Potter head.
You have to look at everything, and I mean everything. The Book of Monster, the Triwizard Cup, and the whole selection of wands that goes a mile long.
The shop was seriously cramped. You will get elbowed around and such but to be far, everything in the HP world is cramp. Just keeping up with the magic I guess.
The one thing I learned from here is that it’s best to buy your things later. We had to stuff our backpacks with the merchandise and then into lockers which is a pain. Whoops!
Come here and prepare to make your wallets lighter!

I was hoping for more Harry Potter related mystical, magical and mischievous shenanigans. Instead, it’s basically a small part connected to Honeydukes with a couple aisles of toys. My main complaint is there isn’t much room in general, and if you look at one aisle, you really don’t need to fight the crowds to go to the other aisle, because it’s exactly the same things. It’s kinda like a really small, really bad KB Toy Store. :(Lowlight of the Harry Potter Wizarding World.

Cute for kids and Harry Potter fans alike. Just like any other theme park souvenir shop it is overpriced but what more could you expect.
They have EVERY wand imaginable… mind blown.

–The only downside I felt was the wait for Olllivanders. The entire presentation took maybe 5 minutes but the wait was 25 mins.
–The Owl Shop/Dervish&Banges shop was PACKED. The placement of the wands is not the best because of people walking through and being unable to check out all the wands. I did however get a wand that I liked. Sirius Black: D
–If you have the premium annual pass, you will get 20% merchandise and that includes wands! The wants are normally $ 34 after tax. We paid ~$ 25 each
–Try on the robes and take photos. Check out the photos! The robes are of decent quality and expected when the price tag is at $ 111.99. I checked Amazon and there were higher quality robes for around $ 145 – 200.
–Get there early so you actually have room to move around (we went right at 9am).
–Heads up, Ollivanders does NOT carry every wand

On a street lined with adorable stores, Dervish and Banges is the most comprehensive shop in the Wizarding World.
The biggest tip I can give you: know that you can ship your purchases. I was not interested in dragging my son’s new Nimbus or quaffle on our road trip, so I shipped them. It wasn’t cheap, but that leads me to…
Tip 2: This is the only store where you can SEE certain HP items in person — like the $ 200 – 300 replica brooms. You won’t find this HP merch at Toys R Us, in boutiques or on the Warner’s web site. (A savvy shopper might check Universal Orlando’s web site to BUY stuff though… wink wink)
Why it’s the most comprehensive:
— largest selection of wands (see Dave C.‘s review)
— all brooms, incl. the expensive Firebolt and Nimbus Two Thousand & One
— all quidditch supplies
— large assortment of clothes, from tourist Ts to the most expensive robes, sweaters and scarves
— attached to the Owlery — where you can buy special HP stamps and have your postcards specially date stamped
— good selection of various items, like the Monster Book of Monsters
–certain harder to find patches and pins
As others have noted, this is a tinytiny store with itty bitty aisles… but it’s adorable, unique and definitely worth a peek.

The cutest shop in Hogsmeade. Good balance between something that look like it came from the movie/​books and a place actually geared to sell. THERE IS HARDLY ANY ROOM TO WALK IN HERE. You have been forewarned.
In the meantime, check out the wands, Book of Monsters, owls in the Owlery (look up), and patches which are sold here and NOT Filch’s. If you bought postcards, you can have them stamped right outside of the main entrance /​under the Owlery. SO CUTE, too, and a much better «I thought of you» gift than the $ 36 wand in my humble opinion.

Amazing novelty items. Wanted everything. Settled for a few items. The scarf they have here is different from the one at Filch’s and vice versa. Go into EVERY store if you can manage the crowds because there is different stuff in every shop and you want to make sure you see EVERYTHING, right?! Oh and make sure to get a look at the Monster Book.

Once the short show at Ollivanders is over, you will be directed towards Dervish and Banges.
If you do not want to watch the show, you can enter this store from the back. It’s here where you will find Spectrespecs, Omnioculars, The Monster Book of Monsters, Golden Snitches, Hogwarts school uniforms, and so much more.
Don’t forget to check out the Nimbus 2001 and the Firebolt!

In the whole Harry Potter section, this is by far the est place to buy wands, and they have a host of everything else, too. While there’s a street vendor between the hill from the Forbidden Journey and Flight of the Hippogriff, it only sells character wands (Harry’s, Hermione’s, Lupin’s, Black’s, etc.). Dervish and Banges has these and also «birthday wands». These are all different and based on the birthday of the buyer. Pretty cool!
Every shop in the park is crammed — very like an old English town shop, in fact — but that makes for a crush and there are apparently lines frequently in and out. Fortunately we didn’t suffer much of that kind of nonsense, so we enjoyed our visit enormously!

This is one of several novelty shops located inside IOA’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Magical items and Quidditch supplies are its specialties. Like almost everything else at WWoHP, it is beautiful inside, and usually packed.
Insider tip: The team members inside Dervish and Banges are supposed to be wizarding professors at Hogwarts. That’s why their costumes consist of the school’s signature gown and cap.

Hands down the best shop in Hogsmeade. You can search for a wand up near the Owl Post, or you can pick up gear in the back for your favorite house at Hogwarts. The Quibbler is available near the tills.
If you buy any postcards, you can have them stamped with the official Hogsmeade seal just outside the shop. You should also be on the lookout for the Monster Book of Monsters. Sometimes it gets out.

Dervish and Banges is the connecting shop to Ollivander’s Wand Shop. Essentially, you can choose to watch the wand ceremony in Ollivander’s and the mosey into Dervish and Banges or you can line up near the Dragon Challenge to enter the store directly.
For Harry Potter merchandise, Dervish and Banges has a lot of the stuff you won’t find elsewhere. Just as after you ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey and the store has a number of neat items, so too does Dervish and Banges have some cool stuff that you need to come to this particular shop to get.
That mostly includes Quidditch stuff like Quaffle balls, Golden Snitches ($ 15), Bludger Bat and Ball sets, and even brooms!
Best of all, Dervish and Banges is the ultimate opportunity for photo ops with wizard clothes. I’ll save you the photos of me and Camellia C. totally decked out in wizard regalia but just know that you can try on different wizard robes ($ 99.95, but lined with fleece), scarves, ties, and even pointy witch and wizard hats.
They even have a cage for the Book of Monsters and you can even take home your very own toy Book of Monsters. I saw some other things including sneakoscopes and even a faux Triwizard Cup too. For the Harry Potter enthusiast, this place is great… pricey…but cool nonetheless.