July 20, 2011
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Potter!
I met up with my college roommate and best friend on her annual trip to Florida. This time, we went to Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure theme-park specifically for the Harry Potter section. Jackie is a big fan and her birthday is coming up... so I volunteered.
There was no arm-twisting though, it was so fun! I mean, it was HOT and there were a lot of people, but totally fun.
The butterbeer was ridiculous--WAY too sweet. The pumpkin juice was good though
The trippy thing about this park is that it really looks like you are in a wintery English village. So while it is baking hot, you are looking at all these snow-covered houses. ha ha ha.Other Harry Potter- type things:
Wait a sec! I'm wearing shorts! Yes, I bought some shorts in Japan and it is probably my first time wearing shorts in public in years and years. Thank you spider-vein sclerotherapy!
Jackie is a music teacher and most of her students are in elementary school. She told me that they assigned all the teachers and students a house in Harry Potter. She was unhappy that she got Hufflepuff. I decided later in the day that I wanted to be in Slytherin, the mean house. Come on, they get a cool snake on their crest and they wear green. badass.
hypogriff
Wow, I learned A LOT about Harry Potter that day. I think I've seen most of the movies, but I guess I didn't absorb much. Kyohei complains that he hasn't seen any of the movies. I'm pretty sure that isn't true. We might start a HP movie marathon via Netflix. Yeah, I am pretty much the most non-dorky person ever, ha ha ha.
The rest of the park was really fun too. Oh, did I mention the Harry Potter rides were great! We had the most fun making fun of this one ride called Poseidon's Fury. It was so weird.
They also had some of the worst souvenirs EVER. Including things like a President's Day 2010 Spiderman pin and a mini Feb. 2009 Dora the Explorer button. Why would anyone buy these!?
