Our Trip to Universal Studio and Islands of Adventure Orlando

 We just got back from Orlando and Miami Florida. We are huge Harry Potter freaks! We just HAD to go check out the new Diagon Alley section of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. This is something I highly Recommend.

I recommend buying the Park to Park ticket so you can ride the Hogwarts Express train. This is something that should not be missed. Both parks are small and can be done in one day. I also would purchase the Express Pass, that way you do not have to wait in lines for all of the other rides. The only con is that non of the Harry Potter rides take Express Pass (yet)

I recommend you start off at Islands of Adventure and head straight to the Harry Potter Section. Here you have 3 rides to choose from and the Must do Ride is Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. This ride is modeled after the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizadry. If you are looking to save some money before visiting check out Amazon for your Harry Potter Merchandise

This ride is pretty intense and tons of fun. If you decide to buy a wand at Olivanders you MUST buy an interactive wand as there are markers along the path way where you can perform "spells". Another MUST DO is having a butter beer to drink. 

From there you can head to the Jurassaic Park area of the park, followed by Toon Town, Marvel Super Hero Island, Dr. Seuss Land, And Lost continent and finish off with the rest of the park before heading back to the Harry Potter section to ride the Hogwarts Express to the Universal Studios section of the park.

Once you arrive at Universal explore the Diagon Alley section. Be sure to ride Escape from Gringotts, you will not be disappointed 

I would then recommend you finish all of Universal, using express pass we were done by 8:00pm. 

Unfortunately, we could not ride Spider-Man in Islands of adventure because it was broken down the day we went. One thing is for sure These two parks are not for small children the rides are pretty intense. I would recommend someone be around 6 or 7 years old before they go to Universal Studios. 

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