Saturday, January 29, 2011

Universal Studios, FL Jan 2011


The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!

I was so impressed with the detail, it was incredible.

Anyone need a ticket on Hogwarts Express? I do!

The streets are so well-done with the shop fronts that you actually feel like you are in Hogsmeade.

The Butterbeer was yummy! It tasted a lot like cream-soda...

The boys loved the Flight of the Hippogriff ride.

One morning it started pouring down rain just as we made it to the park. We decided to head to Olivander's Wand Shop to see what the fuss was about. After waiting the the rain for about 20 minutes we finally got to go inside!

Olivander comes down and selects 2 people to try out special wands while they do magic in the shop, just like when Harry Potter was picking out his wand! It was fun. Both of the boys got wands of their own. Did I mention it was raining?

Another day we headed to the other side of Universal and saw the Back to the Future car, Steve was impressed...

Scooby and Shaggy were the only other characters Ben would see, besides Darth Vader...

Ryan wasn't so picky, he didn't even know this one's name! (neither do I!)

We had a fabulous time in both Disney World and Universal, hopefully we can come back in a few years when the kids can go on everything and aren't only interested in the hotel!

2 comments:

Sarah said...

You guys go on so many trips! Lucky! We are so jealous- we can't wait to go to the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" but we'll have to.

BTW, I think that's Cyclops but his outfit looks different, not sure.

M and D said...

Oh how fun!! We keep wanting to go every year and then every year something comes up...like another baby...LOL! What fun memories to share with your kiddos. Hope to see you soon...