The next morning started bright and early again. We took a very short moment to take in the sunrise from the balcony of our hotel room then we were off to Potterworld.
We got stuck in Suessland waiting for Potterworld to open.
We made it to Hogwarts!
We rode the Forbidden Journey first which pretty sweet. We were attached the end of a mechanical arm that swung around with 3D screens and props all around us. We flew with Harry Potter all around Hogwarts trying to evade a dragon.
The ride made Joslyn sick so we took some time to tour the castle after the ride.
Dumbledore's Office
The portrait of the fat lady.
Joslyn explored Hogsmeade while I rode the Dragon's Challenge rollercoaster. I giggled my head off next to a complete stranger the whole ride. It was that great. Joslyn took a stab at it later in the day.
Honeydukes was done really well and made our mouths water. We had to remind ourselves that it wasn't magical candy. J.K. Rowling was in every detail in the making of this whole place to make sure Universal got it right. It's obviously evident.
Zonko's joke shop had some really fun wands that turned to piggmy puffs, exploding fireworks, and the works.
We both shared a frozen butterbeer at 3 broomsticks. Absolutely delicious.
When we were done exploring Hogsmeade, we headed over to platform 9 and 3/4 we took the Hogswart express over to Diagonalley
Weasley's Joke shop. Hilarious that the muggles worked so hard to make it look and feel magical.
The dragon escaped from Gringotts!
We went in to open an account inside Gringotts. Weird, I thought goblins were supposed to be cunning and ugly.
...but, got tied up with Harry Potter, Voldemort and others as they stole the Horcrux from Bellatrix's vault.
Stan Shunpike helped us aboard the night bus as soon as we stuck our wands out.
We took a turn at Grimmauld Place but didn't have the secret magic password to get in, darn it.
In Universal Studios, we actually didn't take too many pictures. The rides were explosive and crazy fun- it has 7 of the top 20 roller coasters in the US.
Oh gosh, this ride called Dudley Does Right- is like Splash mountain, except the story line is crappier, and the splash is longer and way better! We were completely drenched!
The Hulk is probably the most intense ride. Feet dangling, faster than fast, loopty loops, twists while already going upside down. Man, if the line wasn't so long, we would've gone for round 2 (then lost our lunch in the bushes). We called it a day early evening. What a great weekend!
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