Day 4
Day 4. 08/04/10
To: Universal’s Studios
From: Our Villa~
So Today we we-
OMG OMG OMG HP HP HP!!!
Look at this man, with his awesome sign. see how awesome it is? the light even graces it with awesomeness. LOL it said "Harry Potter World ENTRANCE"
Okay so the First line was the line to get INTO the area. Not bad, started in Jurassic Park and quickly progressed forward. As we approached:
OMG ITS HOGSMEADE OMG IT’S THE TRAIN OMG BUTTERBEER OMG ZONKO’S OMG HONEYDUKE’S OMG!!! Okay first stop?
THE DRAGON CHALLENGE!!! It was a five minute wait, but in reality it was a Ten Minute Walk. There was no line, just a REALLY WINDING PATH THAT WAS UBER DARK. Oh but several opps to spazz,
LIKE THE WEASLY’S FLYING CAR STUCK IN THE MOVING AND GROANING WHOMPING WILLOW.
Then. The Choice. Either the Chinese Fireball or the Hungarian Hornbill. It was really just the original Universal’s Dueling Dragon with more line effects and a new name.
The Triwizard Cup was on the line 8D
LATAH~ we met up with the land crew and split up into a diff group, the first was my mom and sis and I. The next was my dad and both my sibs and I (grandpa was content in his wheelchair-don’t worry, we did something that he could do too). We rode the hyppogriff ride; a cute children’s roller coaster situated at Hagrid’s cabin with a ‘live Hyppogriff;.
As we exited the ride, there was a little stall selling over 24 DIFFERENT WAND REPLICAS!!!
Throughout our stay, we were ACCUTELY aware of the HOGWARTS CASTLE and it’s 75+ MIN LINE INTO IT. Hogwarts was a ride, but the real magic was at Hogsmeade
As I said before, you are first greeted by the Hogsmeade welcome sign and the train. To the left was Zonko’s attatched to they Honeyduke’s ,across was the butterbeer stall and past that was the entrace to the Dragon Challenge Ride. Beyond duke’s is the Three Broom Sticks, an actual restaurant and past that and across the path is a merchant store with two lines on either side that extended past an hour. Why so long? ACTUAL ROBRES, UNIFORMS, BOOKS AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER MERCH IMAGINABLE THAT COULD BE RELATED TO THE MAGICAL WORLD.
Beyond Hogsmeade is a corner where a show performed by the ??? and the Dumstrang students are presented. Then past that is Hippogryff ride and beyond that, THE CASTLE~!!!
One of the highlights was Honeydukes, it was AMAZING!!! Actual CHOCOLATE FROGS WITH CARDS, PUMPKIN JUICE, BUTTERBEER AND CHOCOLATE WANDS!!! I must have taken over a DOZEN PHOTOS
The Butterbeer comes in two varieties, juice and frozen. We opted for the frozen, considering this UNBEARIBLY WARM ASS DAY. It was like a smoothie with whip cream on top. IN AN ACTUAL BUTTERBEER MUG. It tasted like French vanilla ice cream with toffee syrup and a little extra something or other. DISTINCTLY BUTTERBEER.
The Pumpkin Juice has the strong aroma of pumpkin spice, or pumpkin pie. It tastes... MAGICAL badum psh. But it really tasted like extract of Pumpkin Juice!
After, we headed towards Poseidon’s Fury where we were Blasted with A/C~~~ It was cool cuz my grandpa got to enjoy it and chilled o ut. It was very relaxing in the explosion and fire and booming voices. Yes. Very relaxing.
But THEEEEN~ we headed for the Jurassic for some lunch and ‘lab’ activities.
Got SOAKED at the river ride at Jurassic, and then everyone else got soaked at Popeye’s. This is when I proceeded to BRAG to Ariel ALL ABOUT MY HP ADVENTURE. >8>
I’m such a little Douche 0:>
Checked this cool X-TREME SPORTS stunt show to chill out. Then took some pics with the x-men and rode the spider man ride.
Moved to the hulk area but before we even got on, we all died from hunger/heat stroke. I almost fell into our plate of spaghetti when I nearly passed out. Woke up a little near the exit where they sold even MORE HP MERCH~
Wrapping it up, moved to the Seuss land where Lu got to ride all his faves, then had a quick Dip N’ Dots and then drove home as QUICKLY as possible. Passed out on the couch and didn’t get up till like… 11 ish 8>
okay so, imma upload all the other pictures in a second entry.
To: Universal’s Studios
From: Our Villa~
So Today we we-
OMG OMG OMG HP HP HP!!!
Look at this man, with his awesome sign. see how awesome it is? the light even graces it with awesomeness. LOL it said "Harry Potter World ENTRANCE"
Okay so the First line was the line to get INTO the area. Not bad, started in Jurassic Park and quickly progressed forward. As we approached:
OMG ITS HOGSMEADE OMG IT’S THE TRAIN OMG BUTTERBEER OMG ZONKO’S OMG HONEYDUKE’S OMG!!! Okay first stop?
THE DRAGON CHALLENGE!!! It was a five minute wait, but in reality it was a Ten Minute Walk. There was no line, just a REALLY WINDING PATH THAT WAS UBER DARK. Oh but several opps to spazz,
LIKE THE WEASLY’S FLYING CAR STUCK IN THE MOVING AND GROANING WHOMPING WILLOW.
Then. The Choice. Either the Chinese Fireball or the Hungarian Hornbill. It was really just the original Universal’s Dueling Dragon with more line effects and a new name.
The Triwizard Cup was on the line 8D
LATAH~ we met up with the land crew and split up into a diff group, the first was my mom and sis and I. The next was my dad and both my sibs and I (grandpa was content in his wheelchair-don’t worry, we did something that he could do too). We rode the hyppogriff ride; a cute children’s roller coaster situated at Hagrid’s cabin with a ‘live Hyppogriff;.
As we exited the ride, there was a little stall selling over 24 DIFFERENT WAND REPLICAS!!!
Throughout our stay, we were ACCUTELY aware of the HOGWARTS CASTLE and it’s 75+ MIN LINE INTO IT. Hogwarts was a ride, but the real magic was at Hogsmeade
As I said before, you are first greeted by the Hogsmeade welcome sign and the train. To the left was Zonko’s attatched to they Honeyduke’s ,across was the butterbeer stall and past that was the entrace to the Dragon Challenge Ride. Beyond duke’s is the Three Broom Sticks, an actual restaurant and past that and across the path is a merchant store with two lines on either side that extended past an hour. Why so long? ACTUAL ROBRES, UNIFORMS, BOOKS AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER MERCH IMAGINABLE THAT COULD BE RELATED TO THE MAGICAL WORLD.
Beyond Hogsmeade is a corner where a show performed by the ??? and the Dumstrang students are presented. Then past that is Hippogryff ride and beyond that, THE CASTLE~!!!
One of the highlights was Honeydukes, it was AMAZING!!! Actual CHOCOLATE FROGS WITH CARDS, PUMPKIN JUICE, BUTTERBEER AND CHOCOLATE WANDS!!! I must have taken over a DOZEN PHOTOS
The Butterbeer comes in two varieties, juice and frozen. We opted for the frozen, considering this UNBEARIBLY WARM ASS DAY. It was like a smoothie with whip cream on top. IN AN ACTUAL BUTTERBEER MUG. It tasted like French vanilla ice cream with toffee syrup and a little extra something or other. DISTINCTLY BUTTERBEER.
The Pumpkin Juice has the strong aroma of pumpkin spice, or pumpkin pie. It tastes... MAGICAL badum psh. But it really tasted like extract of Pumpkin Juice!
After, we headed towards Poseidon’s Fury where we were Blasted with A/C~~~ It was cool cuz my grandpa got to enjoy it and chilled o ut. It was very relaxing in the explosion and fire and booming voices. Yes. Very relaxing.
But THEEEEN~ we headed for the Jurassic for some lunch and ‘lab’ activities.
Got SOAKED at the river ride at Jurassic, and then everyone else got soaked at Popeye’s. This is when I proceeded to BRAG to Ariel ALL ABOUT MY HP ADVENTURE. >8>
I’m such a little Douche 0:>
Checked this cool X-TREME SPORTS stunt show to chill out. Then took some pics with the x-men and rode the spider man ride.
Moved to the hulk area but before we even got on, we all died from hunger/heat stroke. I almost fell into our plate of spaghetti when I nearly passed out. Woke up a little near the exit where they sold even MORE HP MERCH~
Wrapping it up, moved to the Seuss land where Lu got to ride all his faves, then had a quick Dip N’ Dots and then drove home as QUICKLY as possible. Passed out on the couch and didn’t get up till like… 11 ish 8>
okay so, imma upload all the other pictures in a second entry.