Best tour I have seen so far so well done. Although I live in Wellington and have friends, including Richard Taylor, who worked on the movies, I have never been to any of the film locations. I have however been to Weta Workshops and visited and worked at Park Road Post in one of the sound mixing studios.
Thanks 😊 glad you enjoyed the tour! I hope you get the chance to visit it soon :) your country is so beautiful! It’d be hard to pick what to see with time off! 🇳🇿 ♥️
Only times I've been to Matamata, it was more than a decade before Hobbiton was built. It's also up the other end of the country from me. Perhaps one day.
@@pinayladyoz8044but it's amazing. It's beautiful. I've been twice and am going again this year for international Hobbit day and I've had a blast both times before.
Yeah, do it!! Especially when it first opens up again, because there probably won’t be too many foreign visitors yet, so you can enjoy it not as crowded!! 😁
Reading the title -HOBBITON:best Tour Ever (we had it top ourselves!!) I almost fell off of my chair because my husband was born close to Mata Mata and since that Hobbiton opened, every day load of buses full of tourist coming to that place. Now I understand it's click bait. That place I called it as a "tourist trap".
Funny story I got kicked out of Hobbiton when I was 14, I was with my parents visiting the area and I really wanted to go, so I decided to sneak in after closing hours the security guard who was Maori was actually really nice escorted me out and gave a stern warning. It was Crackup.
We were in Wellington for the opening night of The Two Towers (I think) and have first day edition stamps and a one ring collectors coin. I would post a photo of Hobbiton in MataMata between the filming of LOTR and The Hobbit when I visited and it was just wooden shells, but TH-cam doesn't let us post photos. So that's nice.
Happy Hoppe Well the scenery is the same and the tree was there, but the farmer had been told that the set had to be removed for copyright reasons so all the hobbit holes were wooden fronts with holes cut in them and no painting. Later, after The Hobbit, I imagine the farmer came to some sort of profit sharing agreement to leave the set up for tourists.
@@simonburford9306 I read that the original set in the beginning was a bit of a mess and not fit to show to tourists. There was apparently a bit of an outcry in NZ about all that amateur hour stuff going on. They must have worked on it to get it to this quality level. Investing big money in it was a no brainer really, considering how much money they now make from it. I guess the potential revenues really focused the minds...
Been following for a few weeks.. When you get back home.. catch up with Hap Cameron of Happy Cones Co. (facebook.com/HappyConesCo/ ) - He's a kiwi living in Edgewater, Colorado I think some sharing of where worked and travelled will surprise you both :)
That’s awesome 👏 we do love ice cream 🎉 We’ve been stateside for awhile now (just still editing our daily world trip videos!) and actually moved to Indiana in October. But I will keep this ice cream truck in mind next time we visit friends in Colorado :)
I'm so confused...are you still traveling the world? I just watched a fertility detox and it didn't seem like you were traveling anymore. Number the travel videos would be helpful and placing them all in one playlist. It would be easier to keep track of where you on in your tour.
Yeah, I can see how it’s easy to get confused with our videos 😂 Here’s our world travel playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLPHEqKWkXSm3CElx3oy5xdgYcrd8Wdqnf.html In our description for the travel vlogs is the date listed of filming and also the day # Our 1 year world trip was 2017-2018 and I am still in the process of editing a video for every single day of that (70+ days of lost footage didn’t help as we spent 5 months trying to recover it and then retell the lost episodes with Peters pictures) I also have wanted to share our current journey, hence the fertility videos published sometimes on Saturday:) Thanks for keeping up with our adventures- old and new 🥳 🌍 💕
@@HappyHoppe thank you! The information was helpful! I am enjoying the variety of videos! I am sure editing takes up a huge part of your day. Wishing you the best of luck with your fertility journey! Is there an email address I could use to send you information on fertility I've been reading about recently?
@@jourdynqura4940 Yeah, each video takes about 5-8 hours to produce and publish based on the amount of content. I definitely didn't realize that when I decided to embark on this project! haha! :) Yeah lisa@happyhoppe.com is a good email :) thanks!
how can you go to Aotearoa (NZ) of all places to the shire to hobbiton to hobbit holes! and not go BAREFOOT like a hobbit!? Why would you not want to?! Id be barefooting like a hobbit all over that place!
Yeah, Linus, me too. When you build a park like that why not go the whole way and build interiors behind those hobbit doors. Dig up a hill, put in a lounge room, kitchen and bedroom, and cover it up with soil and grass. And why not employ dressed up extras for a few days a week...
Hobbiton is beautiful and looks like y'all had a great day. I would love to go here even if it is more touristy.
I'm glad it worked out so well for you guys! Excellent tour!
Yes! Us too! We thought we’d have to wait at least 2 hours for the next available one and to get on the very first one was incredible 😍😊
@@HappyHoppe Absolutely!
Best tour I have seen so far so well done. Although I live in Wellington and have friends, including Richard Taylor, who worked on the movies, I have never been to any of the film locations. I have however been to Weta Workshops and visited and worked at Park Road Post in one of the sound mixing studios.
Thanks 😊 glad you enjoyed the tour! I hope you get the chance to visit it soon :)
your country is so beautiful! It’d be hard to pick what to see with time off! 🇳🇿 ♥️
Hobbiton is awesome! Totally worth it. Great video again!
Thanks 😊
I really enjoyed that. Very informative.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!! :)
Lovin these NZ content!
Thanks so much! They’ve been a lot of fun to edit!!
We did the hobbitton tour in February of this year and I would be happy to pay it again as it was fantastic, totally worth it
Yes, definitely a great tour!! 😁🎉🇳🇿❤️
Hobbiton looks amazing!!
It was so fun to see!! Definitely a highlight of New Zealand:)
Looks like so much fun!! Thanks for sharing!!
I’m not gunna lie, if I took a tour there I would probably cry at some point out of happiness
Only times I've been to Matamata, it was more than a decade before Hobbiton was built. It's also up the other end of the country from me. Perhaps one day.
It's called a "tourist trap now a days". I love Putararu area or Cambridge than Mata Mata.
@@pinayladyoz8044but it's amazing. It's beautiful. I've been twice and am going again this year for international Hobbit day and I've had a blast both times before.
still have to do this and i live only 3 hours away from it
Yeah, do it!! Especially when it first opens up again, because there probably won’t be too many foreign visitors yet, so you can enjoy it not as crowded!! 😁
My cousins husband is the gardner at Hobbiton :)
😯
Reading the title -HOBBITON:best Tour Ever (we had it top ourselves!!) I almost fell off of my chair because my husband was born close to Mata Mata and since that Hobbiton opened, every day load of buses full of tourist coming to that place. Now I understand it's click bait. That place I called it as a "tourist trap".
Funny story I got kicked out of Hobbiton when I was 14, I was with my parents visiting the area and I really wanted to go, so I decided to sneak in after closing hours the security guard who was Maori was actually really nice escorted me out and gave a stern warning. It was Crackup.
We were in Wellington for the opening night of The Two Towers (I think) and have first day edition stamps and a one ring collectors coin. I would post a photo of Hobbiton in MataMata between the filming of LOTR and The Hobbit when I visited and it was just wooden shells, but TH-cam doesn't let us post photos. So that's nice.
Oh wow, that’s awesome you got to visit it then! Did it look a lot different then??
Happy Hoppe Well the scenery is the same and the tree was there, but the farmer had been told that the set had to be removed for copyright reasons so all the hobbit holes were wooden fronts with holes cut in them and no painting. Later, after The Hobbit, I imagine the farmer came to some sort of profit sharing agreement to leave the set up for tourists.
@@simonburford9306 I read that the original set in the beginning was a bit of a mess and not fit to show to tourists. There was apparently a bit of an outcry in NZ about all that amateur hour stuff going on. They must have worked on it to get it to this quality level. Investing big money in it was a no brainer really, considering how much money they now make from it. I guess the potential revenues really focused the minds...
Well this was pretty cool 👍
Thanks 😊
Great video.
Thanks 😊
I guess the sheep would be the hobbits lawn mowers. :)
🤣😆 natural lawn mowers 😊🐑
@@HappyHoppe And would have to be the only lawn mower you could eat after you finish with it. :)
I think many of the sheep were actually extras on all fours in a woolly suit...
Been following for a few weeks.. When you get back home.. catch up with Hap Cameron of Happy Cones Co. (facebook.com/HappyConesCo/ ) - He's a kiwi living in Edgewater, Colorado
I think some sharing of where worked and travelled will surprise you both :)
That’s awesome 👏 we do love ice cream 🎉 We’ve been stateside for awhile now (just still editing our daily world trip videos!) and actually moved to Indiana in October. But I will keep this ice cream truck in mind next time we visit friends in Colorado :)
R u guys still in nz or back home now
We’re back home now 😊 this footage is from our year long world trip and I’m still creating a daily vlog from the video we captured 😁🎉❤️
Orcs doing a haka? Oh wow.
Well you got Mt Doom, the Pinnacles and Helms Deep for free.
Exactly! We like to do what we can for free and then have money for what we really want to do! And Hobbiton was high on the wants 😁
I'm so confused...are you still traveling the world? I just watched a fertility detox and it didn't seem like you were traveling anymore. Number the travel videos would be helpful and placing them all in one playlist. It would be easier to keep track of where you on in your tour.
Yeah, I can see how it’s easy to get confused with our videos 😂
Here’s our world travel playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLPHEqKWkXSm3CElx3oy5xdgYcrd8Wdqnf.html
In our description for the travel vlogs is the date listed of filming and also the day #
Our 1 year world trip was 2017-2018 and I am still in the process of editing a video for every single day of that (70+ days of lost footage didn’t help as we spent 5 months trying to recover it and then retell the lost episodes with Peters pictures)
I also have wanted to share our current journey, hence the fertility videos published sometimes on Saturday:)
Thanks for keeping up with our adventures- old and new 🥳 🌍 💕
@@HappyHoppe thank you! The information was helpful! I am enjoying the variety of videos! I am sure editing takes up a huge part of your day.
Wishing you the best of luck with your fertility journey! Is there an email address I could use to send you information on fertility I've been reading about recently?
@@jourdynqura4940 Yeah, each video takes about 5-8 hours to produce and publish based on the amount of content. I definitely didn't realize that when I decided to embark on this project! haha! :)
Yeah lisa@happyhoppe.com is a good email :) thanks!
my home town . you did not come and see me
how can you go to Aotearoa (NZ) of all places to the shire to hobbiton to hobbit holes! and not go BAREFOOT like a hobbit!? Why would you not want to?! Id be barefooting like a hobbit all over that place!
😂
I wish those were actual homes.
Yeah, Linus, me too. When you build a park like that why not go the whole way and build interiors behind those hobbit doors. Dig up a hill, put in a lounge room, kitchen and bedroom, and cover it up with soil and grass. And why not employ dressed up extras for a few days a week...