Boy, did we luck out! The group we are with has several stragglers who made us all leave a bit late... and we were ready to get into the Wizarding World! Since we arrived at the park after 9 a.m., my son, his girlfriend, and I decided to ride the other rides and wait to try to see all the Harry Potter stuff since the line just to get in that section (never mind the lines for the rides... the stores... the restaurants...) was wrapped around the park. The rest of the group declared themselves to be die hards and got in line to wait. FOUR HOURS later, they managed to get into Harry Potter-land! OMG!On the other hand, we rode Spiderman and the Hulk twice, then rode several other rides, ate at Mythos (an excellent restaurant with air conditioning -seriously the food was ok... the AC was amazing), before heading back towards Harry Potter a little after 4 p.m.
We walked right in. The wait for the Dueling Dragons was 10 minutes - so we rode it twice. We did have a rather long wait (about an hour and a half) for the Hogwarts ride - but it was worth it and the line moved the entire time (did someone hear mooing?). Afterwards, we waited in line for about 20 minutes at The Three Broomsticks for a fantastic meal of fish and chips. We then waited for about an hour to see Olivander at his Wand Shop - and the "kids" each bought a wand.
All in all, it was an amazing day! We didn't get back to the house we rented until after 11 p.m. So.... my insider tip for the day is this - Wait until the late afternoon to go the Wizarding World. It will still be crowded - but I imagine it is much less crowded in the afternoon/evening than it is in the morning.
Oh, and the BEST story! While in line for the Hogwarts ride, we kept passing a lady who was breast feeding her baby. I'm all for breast feeding but it was FUNNY to see this happening in the Hogwarts line with hundreds of people being prodded along like cattle. Ironically, there was a guy just behind her (but not with her) that wore a shirt that said, "Boobies make me smile." We think that if the baby had worn the boobie shirt, it would have been more fitting. Plus, it might have given that guy a fighting chance to see some boobage more so than his shirt was going to give him.
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Funny. Boobage. Sounds like a long day but lots of fun. So glad you are having such a great time.
Great tips for the line strategy....I will keep it in mind.
I give that mom credit...she was feeding her little one while still taking the rest of her family through the line...good for her! It couldn't have been easy.
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