I dunno how many of you all are harry potter fans, but I got to go to the park yesterday at Universal Studios. I read all the books and have seen most of the movies, so I'm a fan but not hardcore or anything.
It was absolute insanity; ive never seen that many people in that small of space. We waited almost 2 hours just to get into Islands of Adventure, once in that park it was an 8 hour wait to get into the harry potter park. we waited until the evening to get in line and we only had to wait about an hour and a half. there were a few rides in the park, but most of the fun was seeing the park and the atmosphere.
I have to say that U. Studios nailed it with this one. Even counting all the Disney parks, Harry Potter had the best atmosphere I've ever experienced. I went with my wife, sister, and her boyfriend, of which my wife and sis' boyfriend have never seen anything harry potter, yet they had a blast and they said the park was awesome as well.
unfortunately, the park was too packed to really do anything. everything had an at minimum 1 hour wait to do, even go into a store and shop. we did 1 ride and then got in line to buy some butterbeer (a drink they always had in the books for those who don't know what that is). the butterbeer was really good, it was like a cream soda with butterscotch poured into it. it was the only thing i bought at the park, $9 for a glass with a signature mug to take home. at that point it was almost 930 pm and the only thing else we wanted to do was take the hogwarts castle tour, which was a 2 hour wait so we said no.
nontheless, it was a ton of fun, even if i spent 8 hours total throughout the day waiting in lines
. ill post some pictures below.
in the park people were buying things up like crazy. they were selling wands for $30 each and people were buying like 4 at a time. as expected there were many people dressed up in capes and wizard costumes. but they did a really good job with the merchandise; it all looked very authentic and well made.
so, if you like harry potter universe, enjoy the pictures ill post below. hopefully it'll give you an idea of what the park looked like.
It was absolute insanity; ive never seen that many people in that small of space. We waited almost 2 hours just to get into Islands of Adventure, once in that park it was an 8 hour wait to get into the harry potter park. we waited until the evening to get in line and we only had to wait about an hour and a half. there were a few rides in the park, but most of the fun was seeing the park and the atmosphere.
I have to say that U. Studios nailed it with this one. Even counting all the Disney parks, Harry Potter had the best atmosphere I've ever experienced. I went with my wife, sister, and her boyfriend, of which my wife and sis' boyfriend have never seen anything harry potter, yet they had a blast and they said the park was awesome as well.
unfortunately, the park was too packed to really do anything. everything had an at minimum 1 hour wait to do, even go into a store and shop. we did 1 ride and then got in line to buy some butterbeer (a drink they always had in the books for those who don't know what that is). the butterbeer was really good, it was like a cream soda with butterscotch poured into it. it was the only thing i bought at the park, $9 for a glass with a signature mug to take home. at that point it was almost 930 pm and the only thing else we wanted to do was take the hogwarts castle tour, which was a 2 hour wait so we said no.
nontheless, it was a ton of fun, even if i spent 8 hours total throughout the day waiting in lines
. ill post some pictures below.in the park people were buying things up like crazy. they were selling wands for $30 each and people were buying like 4 at a time. as expected there were many people dressed up in capes and wizard costumes. but they did a really good job with the merchandise; it all looked very authentic and well made.
so, if you like harry potter universe, enjoy the pictures ill post below. hopefully it'll give you an idea of what the park looked like.
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I might have to wait a year so it's not so crowded... 
