Day 155-157 Harry Potter/ DISNEY!!

So a few months back we had planned on going on a cruise. I got the BRILLIANT idea to to also plan a trip to Disney World. I had been several times to Orlando and in Cali but I haven't been since I was 13 and Eric has NEVER been.....I know what kid doesn't beg his parents to take him to Disney World???....I know I did. So anyways I planned the whole trip. From where we went and when to where we ate. I was so excited!! Eric was.....excited too I guess.

So Eric and I got packed and were ready to go when Eric came up with another BRILLIANT idea. Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE Harry Potter. Well Universal Studios just open one of the coolest places I have ever seen.....Its called the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. If you LOVE Harry Potter like I do you should so check this place out.

outhttp://www.universalorlando.com/harrypotter/

Call me cheesy, geeky, crazy, whatever you want......I LOVE it!I started reading these books in the 9th grade and just fell in love. So anyways we left early Tuesday....like 5am which usually doesn't even register on my alarm clock, but I was ready to get out of town!! So we made to Orlando and then I saw this!!

This you might recognize as what they refer to in the movies as Hogsmead/Diagon Ally....It's a little of both.....and it was like walking into the movie. They had everything.....the wand shop, the candy store, the joke shop, the book store, the cloak store where you could literally buy a cloak from your favorite "house"...in the wand shop you could buy Harry's wand....or really anyone else from the movie...we were not that crazy to buy a wand or a cloak......then you walked a little farther and saw this!!

Ok so its not the greatest picture......but in my husbands defense I took this picture and the sun was directly behind it and it was the best I could do....and it was a point and shoot Nikon.....which is the lowest of the low..... It was neat. The castle was actually a ride and as you went through the castle you saw certain things from the movie like Dumbledore's office, the moving pictures and a few other things......and the ride was AWESOME!!! Here are a few others from that trip.

This is Hogwarts Express

This is the all famous Butter Beer.....and tame yourselves....its not really beer

Ollivander's wand shop.....and I guess that is suppose to be Ollivander. We waited 45 min to go into this "wand shop".....there was nothing cheesier then the show they put on in here. Remember in the first movie when Harry goes to get his wand.....yeah they recreated this scene with some one in the crowd....sadly this poor kid couldn't speak english!!!....then they wouldn't even give him the wand!!! They told him it was available for purchase....so wrong

And here is me with my Butter Beer.....and frankly it was disgusting. They said it was suppose to taste like shortbread cookie and butterscotch.....sounded ok....and I wanted to cup.....but I ended up pouring most of it out.

I also forgot to add that the people who worked there spoke in an British accent.....weird.....because they were obviously not British........but most of them, especially the one who worked the ride spoke like that. The first time I heard it I was like.....for real.....did she really just do that.....but then I heard the rest of them talking like that......I thought it was slightly over the top, but I guess they wanted it to be realistic. We had fun though and I was glad that Eric was willing to spend the little extra money to take me. Disney to come tomorrow!!