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Our first stop in the Wizarding World was to get in line for the 'Forbidden Journey' ride.....it's built to look like you're entering Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry :-) |
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We went through the castle (and saw Professor Snape's potions classroom, the door at least!), and then most of the line was outside in the greenhouse....I was so patient :-) |
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They did a nice job on the greenhouse, it was pretty authentic, we saw mandrakes and everything! |
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Once we were back inside the castle, I posed by the entrance to Dumbledore's office :-) |
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There was even a pensieve in his office! |
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The 'Defense against the Dark Arts' classroom had a dragon's skeleton.... |
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I didn't want to ride the ride (I'm just tall enough, but we heard it was pretty scary for kids), so I waited in the child swap area - they were playing 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone', go figure!! |
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We were next to the area where you load onto the ride, and it looked like there were floating candles above it, so cool! |
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Next we went to the 'Three Broomsticks' restaurant for lunch, and we tried pumpkin juice (left), frozen butterbeer (middle), and regular butterbeer (right). |
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Our favorite was regular butterbeer, it was so good! ;-) |
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We visited the rest of 'Islands of Adventure', then came back to the Wizarding World in the afternoon. We got some great pictures of Hogwarts on our way in :-) |
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Next we rode the 'Flight of the Hippogriff', a very mild coaster across from the 'Forbidden Journey'.... |
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The normal wait time was 30 minutes for the ride, but we had special VIP passes so we could get on almost right away - we rode it three times in less than 20 minutes!! It was so awesome ;-) |
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Hagrid's hut! |
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Buckbeak! (He's the 'hippogriff') :-) |
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And my Mommy caught this picture of Hogwarts castle from the ride, it almost looks real!! ;-) |
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Then we visited Hogsmeade village, including the Owl Post - the owls even moved their heads (if you watched them long enough, hee hee) |
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And of course I wouldn't let us pass up Honeydukes candy shop ;-) |
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We had an amazing time at the Wizarding World, and I hope I get to visit it again someday! |
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Go back to the main Universal page! |
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