“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four,
Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very
much.” However, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter was quite unordinary; in
fact, it was extraordinary, exquisite, and everything in between. Just picture
Diagon Alley. No, wait, here, I’ll just show it to you.
Now, picture yourself walking through it….oh wait, you can
actually walk through it. Check it out….
Woah. Crazy right! Look at all these random people. They’re
actually walking though Diagon Alley. Trust me, I did it too. Proof? I took
this picture, doiii. ☺
SO EXCITING RIGHT!!!!
YES.
Obviously that’s exciting. And if you don’t think so then stop reading now
because that’s lame and crazy and I can’t have crazy people trying to
comprehend the absolute AWESOMENESS that is Harry Potter.
Okay,
so here’s the deal. There is (was) a Wizarding World of Harry Potter at one of the parks at Universal Studios in
Orlando. And then, people (aka me) were all, “WE WANT MORE!” So Universal was
just like, well, OK! Let’s do it! So they built another park. AND IT’S FRIGGIN
COOL. (Duh, it’s Harry Potter) And it opened in July…and I went in July…so it
was packed. So there’s this ride there. The Escape from Gringotts (the
wizarding bank). Aka it’s brand new. And it takes you through (in the 7th
book) Harry and his “posse’s” [get this]
escape from Gringotts [wow]. And if you’ve seen the movie, it’s a pretty
intense, awesome, radical scene. So we get in line for this ride. The park
opened July 8, 2014. I went on July 16, 2014. So it’s brand new. So the wait
time was about 5 hours (and that was us being one of the first people in the
park). So naturally, Paige (that’s me!), takes on the endeavor of live tweeting
her progression and status as she waits in line. Check it.
The five hours was well worth the wait
Guys that was so good. Maybe I cried a bit.
And here we go! pic.twitter.com/q9ObaTCN8e
People are applauding as they get off! #goodsign
Doing calf raises in line
to pass the time #stayingfit
But I got some cool shades pic.twitter.com/SsoasoLEDE
Thought I was in... just
to find another line.....
GUYS. IM IN. pic.twitter.com/nVJ2siYpqY
The things some people wear to these
parks......
So close pic.twitter.com/4IvQZQz1c0
3 hours down, 1.5 to go
Some girl just said "I dont wanna ride
this.." im sorry. What. Are you insane. #bye
They only let a certain number of people in
Harry Potter world #exclusive
Lets play a game: how many more delays will
there be before paige rides the escape from gringotts
We have once again returned to normal
operations. WOOHOO ONLY TWO MORE HOURS TILL I RIDE IT
Getting a death glare from
a 12 year old across the line... dont look at me like that I didnt make this
line stop
Gringotts is experiencing more delays....oh
the things I do for you harry potter
Snoozin' while we wait #lines pic.twitter.com/gq4tZHE6jF
The girl next to me is explaining everything
about harry potter to her friend.... if you aren't a fan, leave. I WANNA RIDE
Paige
Matacchiera retweeted
@paigeamber29 I eat Ravenclaws for lunch. #slytherinpride
Got some butterbeer #happy pic.twitter.com/XGKh4yfYtK
She's a Ravencaw. She says, "the
cleverest"
20 bucks shes a hufflepuff
Making my sister get a pottermore before I let
her ride this ride
Girl in her Gryffindor
gear. Got the lanyard, the shirt, and my personal favorite, shorts with
Gryffindor on the butt pic.twitter.com/SqrNI9L27p
Live tweeting from the line, it might be
awhile but fingers crossed for some twitter worthy news
I AM SO EXCITED
And so the 5 hour wait begins
"We are pleased to announce that the ride
is restored and fully operational...." *entire line erupts into loud
cheers*
Gringotts ride delayed.......
Okay,
so maybe I’m a little insane…. But really I just love Harry Potter so you can’t
actually hate on that. Anyway, as I waited in this 5 hour line, the
anticipation built up higher and higher and my expectations for this ride were
through the roof. I mean, this ride had to be GOOOOOOD for how long I waited. I
cried. *I CRIED.*I CRIED* It was
amazing and perfect in every single way. I can’t even begin to describe how
spot on, wonderful it was.
Okay.
What else happened?
BUTTERBEER.
So
good.
So good.
Honestly,
I didn’t think I would like it. People described it as “butterscotch-y”…ew? NO.
heaven. I can’t describe it. It’s indescribable. Also delicious.
Olivander’s
wand shop. Okay, so you know in the movies. And Hagrid’s all, “You’re a wizard
Harry.” And then they’re shopping for wands. And then this happens:
Okay,
well that happened to me. LEGIT. It did. Swear. My wand is 111/2”
Ivy with a dragon heart string core. (so what? I’m a nerd. Just deal with it).
Usually, you can only buy character wands (so like Harry’s or Draco’s or the
Elder Wand, etc. you get the gist) unless
you get chosen to get “fitted” for a wand. WELL I DID. So I got a special wand.
JUST FOR ME. That’s really cool.
Basically
I went to HP World 2 days and they were the best 2 days of my life. Here are
some pretty rad pictures of the rest of it. ☺
Ze
castle Hagrid’s
Hut
WOW SO COOL IM SUCH A NERD AND I DON’T EVEN CARE CAUSE IT’S AWESOME.
I
left HP World incredibly happy. Nothing could bring me down. “All was well.”
☺
p.s. sorry the formatting is weird. my computer hates me.
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