Friday, June 25, 2010

Orlando Day 3: Universal Studios and Harry Potter

Thursday, before we caught an evening flight home, we just had to check out the recently opened Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Unfortunately, so did everyone else in the greater Orlando area. There was a mile long line just to get into the Harry Potter area of Universal Studios. They told us it would be a three hour wait. Sue (aka nicest mother-in-law ever) volunteered to wait while we took Olivia to Suess's landing. It turned out only to be 1.5 hours, but still. Once we got in...there were more lines. Lines for rides, lines for shops, lines for butterbeer. But it was really cool, despite all the waiting.

Jon and Liv in front of Hogwarts.


The Hogwarts Express


The Butterbeer Barrel.



Despite the look on her face, the butterbeer is definitely not alcoholic. And it's good. Kind of like cream soda with a butter toffee foam on top.


The whole fam in front of Hogwarts.


On the Caro-Seuss-el. Pretty sure Livi likes Suess's Landing better than Harry Potter. No offense to Harry Potter fans. :)
Waving "Hi" to grandma.

Playing in the water area.


It was a fast and crazy trip, but it was totally worth it!

1 comment:

Amy Rose said...

wow, Hogwarts and Butterbeer! Unbelievable they really made it! I would love to go see it sometime, but maybe when it's a little less... popular than right now. :)

What a fun vacation!