Just for the fun of it

Here are some pictures from our trip to Orlando. We loved, loved, loved the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. If you can go, it sounds like staying in a Universal hotel is the ticket as you get early access to the park. Still, we lucked out by going in the late afternoon after riding the other rides in the park. Without further ado...

Dona makes a Dalton face while waiting in line for a Dr. Suess ride.

Deciding what to eat at Mythos (we all ordered Pad Thai).
Striking a pose like the driver.
Yay! We can see Hogsmeade. At this point we weren't yet able to venture into that part of the park.
3-D glasses! Don't they look great! We rode the Spiderman ride twice. It was awesome!

Yes! We finally made it into the Wizarding World. We WALKED RIGHT IN and immediately felt sorry (and we gloated just a bit) for our friends who waited FOUR HOURS in line just to get into that section of the park.

First thing we did was to order a round of BUTTER BEER!
Butter beer was delicious and foamy!
We waited about 20 minutes in line to order food at the Three Broomsticks. We all got fish and chips! It was awesome! Also, Dalton ordered Pumpkin Juice - another fantastic drink!
We got to window shop while waiting about an hour (as the sun went down behind us) to see Olivander in his wand shop.

Overall, it was hot and muggy as is typical in Florida - and no different than Georgia (though one never really gets used to it) but FUN! We all had a great time!