The summer of 2012 flew by like no other. One minute we were celebrating everyone graduating and the next I was gearing up to restart classes. It seems as though every year, the time just goes by even faster. Sometimes I wish I could control time. That way I could slow it down or speed it up whenever I wanted.
The best week of summer was when I got to visit Florida. I've been there a million times, but this time topped all previous visits. I got to visit The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure! :D:D:D
I absolutely love this place! If you are a fan of Harry Potter you will know exactly what I mean. Everything was so accurately executed to provide the ultimate experience. One day there was not enough to absorb everything I was surrounded by. The little shops in the village, the butter beer, the owl post, the Hogwarts choir, and the castle! There are not enough words to describe the experience, that's why there's pictures! (I apologize in advance for the bad photography skills!)
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| Entrance |
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| The shops of Hogsmeade |
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| The Hogs Head |
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| Mandrake! (It cried too!) |
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| Snow in July! |
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| Pumpkin Juice...absolutely delicious! |
Didn't get a chance to take a photo of my butterbeer because that was also very delicious and I finished it too quickly...:(
Also, we weren't allowed to take photos inside Ollivander's :(
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| Chocolate Frog |
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| Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans |
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| Honeydukes Candy Shop |
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| Zonko's Joke Shop |
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| Wizard's Chess |
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| Buckbeak |
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| Talking Portraits |
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| Dumbledore's Office |
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| Potions Classroom |
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| The Sorting Hat |
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| Wizards Chess Set only $105 |
Okay, besides the Harry Potter section of Universal Studios we visited other areas too...
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| From this area, this is what Hogwarts looked like... |
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| The view from up high... |
Haha, just kidding.
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| Poseidon's Fury |
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| The Lost Continent |
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| Minions! |
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| Men in Black Headquarters |
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| Yay for Krustyland! |
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| Lucille Ball |
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| More Minions! |
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| Despicable Me |
Now here are some more pics of our other adventures in Florida...(sorry this is a long post, but I'm making up for being absent for so long!)
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| Gator Mini Golf |
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| Tall stack of books at Ripley's Odditorium |
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| Pluto! |
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| Cinderella's Castle |
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| Pirate Pluto |
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| Mickey and Minnie |
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| Aladdin :D |
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| Belle...I love her dress! |
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| Buzz Lightyear |
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| Stitch! |
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| Snow White |
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| Aladdin and Jasmine but no Abu :( |
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| The castle at night was so pretty. Amazing what technology has come to. |
Clearwater Beach...the water was really clear!
The only bad thing about visiting the parks during the summer was that the weather was so unbelievably, scorchingly hot...I suggest that if you want to visit, go during the fall or winter months. Hopefully there will be less people too. The average waiting time for rides was anywhere from 90 to 120 minutes. What made it even worse was that some of the lines were outdoors where the Mr. Sun had so much fun burning us all. Take a lot of water and wear a hat. The parks allow you to bring in food and drink. If you run out of water, all the refreshment stations give out free cups of water and ice. Regardless of all the downfalls, it was totally worth it. I got my elder wand and I'm ready to conquer the world. :)
2 comments:
You are so beautiful!
This was by far the best holiday ever!!! Can't wait to go again and again!
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