We're Featured On MuggleNet!
Fellow witches and wizards, Magical Mountain Vacation Rentals is excited to announce that we’ve been featured in an article by MuggleNet!
MuggleNet is the internet’s oldest and largest Harry Potter and Wizarding World fansite. It was founded in 1999 and has distinguished itself amongst the wizarding community with its unique and comprehensive content.
Our article gives an inside look at the Midnight Bus and the process that we’re taking to make it into your dream vacation rental.
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There is certainly no shortage of beautiful homemade creations from fans of the Harry Potter universe. We see many of them at MuggleNet, and to be honest, we love it! One fan in particular has decided to take on the challenge of tackling a massive Harry Potter project, and we just had to share it.
Shannon Moore, the owner of Magical Mountain Vacation Rentals and Green Lion Realty, is restoring a 1955 Scottish double-decker bus. Now, we wouldn’t hype up an exciting find like this if there wasn’t some magical twist to it. It’s being transfigured, as the knowledgeable witch might say, into a version of the Knight Bus and will be used as a unique vacation rental. Such an exciting venture begs for answers. MuggleNet had the opportunity to speak with Moore about the project.
This restoration journey has just begun, but Moore, a proud Hufflepuff, let us in on how she came about finding the old double-decker bus.
After stumbling upon a beautifully restored bus home (known as a skoolie) at a tiny home expo, I began searching for my own bus in need of a little magic to bring back its former sparkle. After months of searching the Daily Prophet (known as Craigslist in the non-magical world), negotiating, and untangling logistical snarls, I successfully purchased and transported a 1955 Scottish double-decker bus to the location in Mars Hill, North Carolina – just outside of Asheville.
With the bus now in her possession, Shannon Moore has been working diligently to bring it back to its former glory. The process takes time, of course, and there is still plenty to be done since “it sat in an open barn for the last 20 years, and we exposed to the elements.” Many have been following the restoration of the bus on the Magical Mountain Vacation Rentals TikTok page. So far, the videos have gotten over 1.5 million views.