Warning: Many, many pictures ahead!
I know they say that Disney World is the "Magical" place to be in Orlando, but after our trip to Universal Studios, I would have to differ. Amelia has been a Harry Potter fan since age 5. We knew that during one of our Orlando trips it would be necessary to make a stop at Harry Potter world and we finally got the chance to check it out this trip!
Henry sort of likes Harry Potter, but since we had more than enough HP costumes to outfit both of our big kids, we talked Henry into dressing the part, even if he isn't quite as taken with Harry as his sister.
After a bit of a snafu paying for our park tickets we went straight to the newest HP attraction--The Escape from Gringotts. The ride was having a bit of technical difficulties as well, but there was a lot to keep us entertained while we waited!
All of the Harry Potter stuff at Universal was incredible. They really didn't miss a single detail. We could have spent DAYS wandering around and taking it all in.
The Hogwarts Express was a particular highlight--even for the non Harry Potter fans!
A pretty amazing (and expensive) feature is to go to Olivander's wand shop. During the demonstration, they chose a person to handle the wand and show its power. Amelia was chosen and ultimately a wand "chose" her. We ended up purchasing the chosen wand which we were then able to use all over both parks to complete spells. It was really fun!
Sharing a butter beer!
Amelia chose to adopt a Pygmy Puff as her souvenir. The store makes an announcement each time one is adopted. Amelia chose to name hers Ginny.
Henry was pretty impressed with all of the "old time" cars.
Charlie was mostly unimpressed and confused as reflected in the picture below.
Thank God for these two!
Such a fantastic day!
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