ORLANDO, Florida (AP) – The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will open to Muggles for the first time on June 18. The Three Broomsticks Inn, Honeydukes sweets and all the other quirky shops in Hogsmeade village will open then too.

That's when the non-wizarding public will be allowed to step into The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the much-anticipated new attraction inside Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure park that brings to life the weird and wonderful realm of the famous boy wizard.

And all those Potterphiles who've been waiting for the day they could peer into the Gryffindor House common room, soar on Harry's broomstick or quaff a butter beer in the Hog's Head pub will not be disappointed.

The theme park attraction was created with the close collaboration of the set designers from the Potter movies, as well as with input from author J.K. Rowling, who first conjured the world in her imagination. The scope and attention to detail are stunning, from the bizarre bric-a-brac displayed in headmaster Albus Dumbledore's office inside the castle, to the boxes of magic wands stacked in the window at Ollivander's wand shop. (Located in Diagon Alley in the books, the shop was moved to Hogsmeade at Universal with Rowling's OK.) "This is so authentic to what I experienced on the films that I find it hard to tell them apart," Alan Gilmore, who helped design sets for three of the Harry Potter movies before joining the attraction's creative team, said this week on a media tour of the park. "I'm a stickler for detail, and I really haven't let go of these guys until it was perfect."

Not only that, but team members working on the Universal park made a series of trips to Scotland to consult with the hands-on Rowling, who signed off on everything from what would be displayed in the Hogsmeade shop windows to the recipes for the butter beer and pumpkin juice served in the restaurant at the Three Broomsticks and the Hog's Head. (Both libations, by the way, are absolutely delicious.)

Universal announced the June 18 grand opening date, but the attraction will be open beginning May 28 for park guests who buy a special Harry Potter travel package.