We were pumped to get to go to Universal Studios. Jared, Dad and myself had not seen the new Harry Potter section or the Hogwarts Express and we were not disappointed!
We started our day in Islands of Adventure for early park admission!
Everyone's excited!
Hello Sorting Hat!
We then hopped on the Hogwarts Express and made our way over to Diagon Alley!
We met Stan Shunpike!
I was so excited because I got chosen to do the wand selection at Olivanders! It was truly magical and I got a 16" wand made out of oak with a core of Dragon Heartstring. It was also an interactive wand which is what we were shopping for in the first place! So we then made our way around Diagon Alley trying out our magic skills!
Practicing our magic!
The Gringotts ride was down when we arrived but re-opened after a few hours. We were so excited to see inside!
Man that dragon is impressive!
Hey look! It's a goblin!
We did lunch at the Leaky Cauldron!
Once we meandered around Diagon Alley for a while, we finally made it to the rest of the park. :)
Mom's turing into a Minion!
We then went back to Hogsmeade before we had to leave the park!
I'm going to the Hogwarts Express!
Next on the agenda was attending the expo and picking up our packets for the race!
All ready!
The best part of arriving at our hotel was the "private" viewing of Wishes from our balcony!
In case pictures aren't enough, there's this thing called YouTube that has all the videos from our vacation!
Whew! After a whirlwind of a great time at Disney and then coming back and getting a cold, it's been a crazy couple of weeks! I am so excited to get to share my vacation on here. I know when I need a mental break, it's fun to watch other's home videos. Hopefully, you will enjoy all the videos capturing the things we got to see and experience!
First up, our arrival in Orlando! Jared and I got there a little bit early on Thursday just because of the whole standby thing. We got to explore and hang out most of the day while waiting for mom and dad to arrive!
Taking the water taxi from our Universal Hotel to City Walk!
Of course we geocached while we were there!
Here's the YouTube playlist of our first day of vacation!
