Universal Studios: HARRY POTTER WORLD!!!!

 This was the day my big girls were counting down for.  They were SO excited and Grandma Fox and I were just as excited.  We walked up to the wonderful Hogwarts express and I can say with honesty..it was amazing!

 The conductor was awesome and said to Jolie..we've had a lot of you Weasely's on this train! She LOVED that!!!

 One of the first things the girls HAD to do was go to HONEYDUKES!   We got Bertie Botts and tried lots of fun flavors.

 Some were really good....AND some were..........

 really Bad...haha Jillian got a bad one.

 Jolie and Grandma trying some out too.

 They also HAD to have a chocolate frog.  It was a solid chocolate and really really good. It also didn't melt..which is amazing considering how hot it was.

 We went into the owl post and inside there were wands and lots of fun stuff..like the book of monsters. It moved and growled..in it's cage. Very fun.

 Some of the shops you couldn't go in but looked at the window display. Jolie is in front of Hermione's Yule Ball gown.

 We couldn't wait any longer...we had to have the FAMOUS... BUTTERBEER!  You could have it either regular soda or frozen. I chose frozen.  It was really tasty and really sweet. I personally liked the frozen better.  The mugs were fun too. Grandma Fox also got pumpkin juice..the kids couldn't believe they had all the fun stuff from the books. Pumpkin juice tasted just like pumpkins.

 A few more shots in front of the Hogwarts express!

 Here we are at THE HOGWARTS!  It was amazing. They had moving pictures and you felt like you were in the actual school. Hidden staircases and other fun objects.  They even had characters from the movie..Dumbledore and then Harry, Ron and Hermione come out on this balcony and have you follow them under the invisibility cloak. It really looks like they are there. Then you go on the flight of Journey. It is a really fun ride.  There are a few other fun rides. One of the rides Jillian wasn't tall enough which was good because she would have been very scared.  We ended up breezing through it all pretty fast since there were NO lines.  It was such an amazing experience...and I still can't believe we got to be there!!

 We also went on a few Jurassic park rides.

This was when we first got to the park so it is foggy but it looked like a fun Dr. Seuss area..we were too excited for Harry Potter world so we didn't stay in that area.