When we planned our trip to Florida, we also planned a day to go to Universal Studios for the sole reason of Harry Potter! We’ve been to the parks before and Harry Potter world is really what makes it so great! Because Harry Potter is in both the parks (and the Hogwarts express goes from one park to the other) you have to get park hoppers. Tricky, tricky 😉 But the good news is that it is totally doable in one day!
As the trip came up on us, we realized I would be pregnant and that would impact a lot of the general rides at Universal Studios. They are not as pregnancy friendly as Disney World I can tell you that! But we also knew bringing a bag was more of an option because I wouldn’t be going on many of the rides (Universal Studios is also not as bag friendly as Disney World.) So I got to bring my camera along on on 4th trip to Harry Potter world resulting in the first post I’ve ever shared on it! haha.
I was afraid I would be sad to do none of the rides when we found out I was pregnant but that pregnancy soon turned into first trimester symptoms galore and I was just happy to be out of my first trimester and feeling well again! Also, in both Disney and Universal, there were so many things I could do that were fun filled! Like buy a wand and walk around Harry Potter world casting spells (we totally did that!)
Even better was that Bruce and I got to spend the entire day with my sister and brother-in-law. Blake and Sarah moved to Florida in November and it was a treat to already have a plan to visit Orlando before they moved! We were able to spend the entire day just us four and soak up time together! That really made the day so sweet. Oh, and speaking of sweetness – we made sure to partake in Butter Beer (always frozen) and a bunch of treats from Honeydukes!
It’s always fun to wear a HP shirt to Harry Potter World! I’m all about being festive (you’ll see more of that in my Disney posts!
How fun!! I’ve never been, but would love to try that butter beer, haha.
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YES! It is so good! There is one in Cali at Universal but it is smaller than the one in Florida!
Can you believe I have never been to Harry Potter world!? Been to Disney a billion times but not HPW ha! Islands of Adventure is seriously such a fun park but one of the ones I have gone to least. I should really fix that this time! Sounds like an awesome time! Love seeing it through the lens of beautiful photography! Hopefully one day when you come to FL we can meet up!
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WHAT?! That’s so crazy. haha.
And yes, the last trip was so fast and we had like zero down time! but my sister lives there now so we may be coming out more!
Eeee! I’m so jealous! It looks amazing!! I went to the Studio Tour in London (which was amazing too!) but I really want to go to HP World. Looks like you had an incredible time! 😀
That is so fun! You’ll LOVE HP world whenever you get to come! They do such a great job making it magical!
I want to visit Harry Potter World so badly! I’ve been to Disney World so many times but never visited Universal Orlando (and the HP world wasn’t finished when I visited Universal CA, boo!) I keep mentioning it to my husband and sister-in-law (who is HP obsessed) so it’s just a matter of time!
YES! You just got to put aside a day next time to go! You’ll still want to do Disney longer but this is SO FUN to go to!