This past weekend my mom and I went to Orlando Florida to explore
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios! It was fantastic! I am a huge fan of Harry Potter and they did an incredible job of recreating Hogwarts (the Wizarding school Harry goes to), Hogsmeade (the Wizarding town ) and all the shops.
To get to the attraction you first walk through Dr. Seuss Land which is cool but pretty hokey. But when you first walk through the gate of Hogsmeade, the whole atmosphere changes. There is fantastic music and the whole world of Harry Potter comes alive.
The first thing you see is the Hogwart's Express at the Station. It was RAINING ALL DAY so we got soaked, but that didn't stop me from donning my brand new Griffyndor scarf, poncho, and umbrella!
To get out of the rain we went to the Three Broomsticks for lunch. I had a turkey leg and butterbeer!
In the movie, butterbeer is an alcoholic beverage that the students seem to be able to drink despite being underage. At Harry Potter world it is basically liquid caramel combined of with 11 other sources of sugar. It is tasty but way too intense to finish a whole mug!
The castle was my favorite part. It looked so realistic! Once inside you walk through long corridors and enter rooms full of talking and moving paintings, the defense against the dark arts classroom, Duumbledore's office, the main hall with thousands of floating candles.
50 points to Gryiffendor!
From there you step on a ride that takes you flying with Harry and Ron in a Quidditch match, over the castle, away from an angry dragon, through the haunted forest, past the whomping willow, and through a whole host of demenotors trying to give you the kiss of death. It was SO well done and realistic.
Hagrid's House
So much candy at Honeydukes!
More to come!
Dad's Blade updates that I make him send me:
The first thing you see is the Hogwart's Express at the Station. It was RAINING ALL DAY so we got soaked, but that didn't stop me from donning my brand new Griffyndor scarf, poncho, and umbrella!
The castle was my favorite part. It looked so realistic! Once inside you walk through long corridors and enter rooms full of talking and moving paintings, the defense against the dark arts classroom, Duumbledore's office, the main hall with thousands of floating candles.
50 points to Gryiffendor!
From there you step on a ride that takes you flying with Harry and Ron in a Quidditch match, over the castle, away from an angry dragon, through the haunted forest, past the whomping willow, and through a whole host of demenotors trying to give you the kiss of death. It was SO well done and realistic.
So much candy at Honeydukes!
9:10 am: He looked out the window!
9:12am: He caught me taking creepy pictures of him!
9:15am: I gave him a new toy: the Kong Wubba
9:16:05am: Too much excitement so it is back to sleep
Isn't he so cute?
