HARRY POTTER LAND! In Universals, Islands of Adventure theme park and to someone my age that's grown up side by side with the Harry Potter books and films, it's a big deal :P.
Although this hasn't been my first visit to Harry Potter land as I visited last July and was also around during the period in which it was built.
So let's review the rides.. Or the beverages.. Or just the place in general. Let's begin by saying, It was magical ;D.
Well the place itself is totally amazing, as you leave the Jurassic Park section of Islands of Adventure across a small wooden bridge you enter Hogsmeed. The pictures i've put on really do not do the place justice, it's like your stepping into the film world completely with the same shops and landmarks of the films.
Rides
The Dragon Challenge - Is an excellent white knuckle rollercoaster, with two battling coasters fire and ice.
The Hippogriff Flight - Is a much smaller coaster, one that is suitable for the whole family. Whilst on the coaster you see some well loved Harry Potter iconography - Buckbeak.
The Forbidden Journey - To get to this ride you must walk through the castle - Which in itself is an experiance not to be missed by a Harry Potter fan! You get to see moving pictures talking to eachother, The Fat Lady, Holograms of Dumbeldore, Harry, Ron and Hermione, you see plenty more Harry Potter iconography such as the house point hourglasses, the enterance to Dumbeldores office, The Sorting Hat and much much more.
Not only are there these lovely rides, but you also get the experiance of walking through Hogsmeed visiting shops such as Honeydukes, Fred and George's shop and stop to have a butterbeer in the Three Broom Sticks.. Or a pumpkin juice.. Or an actual beer.
This themepark has seriously been one of the best investments Universal has ever made because it must bring in so much money, especially from merchandise, I alone must have spent atleast 100 dollars in one visit buy purchasing a Slytherin Scarf, Chocolate Frogs, Badges and Berty Bots Every Flavoured Beans - But they're getting a paragraph for themselves.
So I gave my friend a box of Berty Bots Every Flavoured Beans and lets just say originally I thought 11 dollars was abit much for a box of jelly beans, I assumed it wouldn't actually have ridiculous flavours in that we soon found of when trying them with a group of friends. You've got the lovely flavours such as marshmellow, candyfloss, tutty fruity. Then you've got the magical flavours such as dirt, earthworth, rotten egg (Which I had the misfortune of trying first), soap, earwax, sausage and many many more. Let's just say that was an experiance just trying those.
Anyway. This post may be rather random and not very well put together as I am not with it today. There must be a billion spelling mistakes and what not. Lets just end it with saying Harry Potter World was amazing and is a must see place for an Harry Potter lovers.
