May 8, 2013
At Islands of Adventure, there were awesome worlds: Marvel Super Hero Island, Toon Lagoon, Jurassic Park, The Lost Continent, Suess Landing, and my favorite, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The whole point of this trip to America was to go experience my favorite world. If you didn't know, I'm potterhead. I wasn't a potterhead ever since, but it grew on me. Anyway, my parents knew how important Harry Potter was to me. They knew that it has taken a huge part of my life. They made this whole trip as a graduation gift for me, and I must say, they did a great job!
Since The Wizarding World of Harry Potter was the main purpose of our stay, we went there first. We didn't want to miss a thing! We brisk walked to the Suess Landing and through The Lost Continent and finally found this...
I was too agog to move. I was literally just standing by the sign. While looking on what's inside, I was sniffing... Later, when I stepped foot inside Hogsmeade, I could feel the tears coming out. I could feel the happiness flowing through my veins. It was the happiest day of my life. I could go on and on about how blissful I was, but I'd rather tell you guys all about my favorite world.
I just wish I could live here. Hogwarts is my home. It has always been. When I stepped in and the tears were pouring, my thoughts were swimming in my mind. I was thinking about what to do first, and what to do next. It was brilliant! However, my dad was excited with me. We went inside the castle immediately. We saw a Gryffindor telling us to put our bags in a locker. Wait, what?! I thought Why?! Is this an extreme ride?! The lockers were cool! They had this finger scan thingy to get your locker closed. It was awesome! After we have put our bags in our lockers, we lined up. The line wasn't that long because we were early. The things inside of the castle were breath-taking.
I could hear the moving picture saying that Hagrid has lost his dragon, that it was flying about in Hogwarts. Crazy, huh? When we got to the ride Hufflepuff yelled "Cmon muggles, get a move on!" I walked by him and said "I'm no muggle." I sat down on the ride and just stared back at the pathetic Hufflepuff. Seriosly, a Hufflepuff has the nerve to call me a muggle. Pfft. Anyway, the ride was the best!! It was called Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. It was hella awesome! It's like you really are riding a broomstick with Harry! I loved it to bits! Every part of it was an amazing experience. Everything, even when Aragog and the dementors scared me to death!
When we got out of the ride, we went back to the lockers to get our stuff. The gift shop was there when we got out. I wanted to buy everything! I ended up buying nothing. I wanted this jacket. It was a Slytherin jacket. But it costs $64, and I don't have that kind of money. I was saving my money for a wand. So I took a pass on it. When we got out, The Flight of the Hippogriff was just beside it. Dad let us go on the ride without them. I watched a P.O.V. of this ride once. I knew it was just a ride to let you see the whole TWWoHP. The line was short. It was awesome that we got in immediately. I was ready for this. I saw Buckbeak when we were going up. I was ready to see the sights. But then... The coaster was surprisingly fast! Well not extreme fast, but friendly fast. It was fun!!
We got off the ride. We were looking for mum and dad. We went over to the Hogwarts sign... Still no sign of our parents. We went to the Butterbeer station to find them... Still no sign of our parents. We went back to the gift shop (Flich's Emporium) and we saw them leaving. We chased them. I saw them holding a big plastic bag, I asked them what's inside. Mum told me it was something for my aunt. Dad gave us sandwiches. I told mum that she can totally survive The Flight of the Hippogriff. So she took my challenge. It was funny. We were at the last two rows. Dean and I were at the very last. When the ride was taking place, all I could hear was mums screams! It was hilarious! When we got out, mum was like "Piece of cake!"
I suggested to go to Ollivander's! We went to Ollivander's and waited. There was a long line. When we finally came in, I got disappointed that I wasn't the chosen one. I wore Neon for a reason! Some dumb Gryffndor was picked. Besides that, we went in the real shop. I got myself a Birch wand. It looked so cool! I love my wand so much. I didn't pick it. The wand chooses the wizard.
While shopping for wands, dad git us butterbeer! When I first tasted it, I puked rainbows! (not literally) It was the best drink I ever had! Even my parents were amazed! It was too good!
We then went inside Honeydukes. I wanted to buy Berty Bott's Every Flavour Beans, but the dad said it was unreasonable. So we just got a jar of candy that has "Honeydukes" on it.
For the last part, Dean and I decided to ride the Dragon Challenge! *que horrifying music*
The line was a maze! It was dark and shit. It was hard! But then when we got to the end of the line, my fingers started to go numb. It was scared! This would be the most extreme roller coaster that I would face! I could actually hear some girls laughing at me. I didn't care! I'm not a Gryffindor, I'm not brave!
(not my picture)
When I was already seated, I could feel my hands sweating while gripping tight on the handle bars. I was terrified. What did I got myself into?! I thought. Then it started. WHile going up, I could hear my heart beat. And the ride went on. All I could remember was I was smiling throughout everything. It was amazing! I didn't thought I could survive that! Though my hands were very numb, and my feet were in pins and needles, I had a great time! Dean suggested to go on the other dragon, but it got him thinking, we both bailed. It was too much for one day.
It was time to say goodbye to my home. I didn't want to say goodbye. But I had to.
"Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home." J.K. Rowling
So we left The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and gone to the Marvel Super Hero Island.
It was fun!! We didn't ride The Incredible Hulk Coaster. Even Dean was scared.
All of us rode The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman. It was awesome! Mum and dad loved it. It's a 3D ride where you go with Spiderman. It made us in a the front page! My folks loved it and decided to go to ride again.
After the ride, we exited in a gift shop. There were so many awesome stuff! I wanted a wallet. But I didn't buy one. I might find some better wallets somewhere.
Since the Mad Tea Party was closed in Fantasyland, we decided to go on Storm Force Accelatron. It was just like the Mad Tea Party, but faster. It was awesome!
We went out the Marvel Super Hero Island and went to Suess Landing. It was cute and awesome! The minute I stepped in, I felt like I was part of Dr. Suess books. I saw the trees from The Lorax, the famous hat from Cat in the Hat, and etc. The first thing we rode is The High in the Sky Suess Trolley Ride! it was okay. More for kids though. Dad and mum got disappointed and didn't want to go to any rides anymore. But I insisted to ride The Cat in the Hat. It was awesome! It was unexpectedly fast. Well, it's like one of those rides who leads you to the story, since this was Cat in the Hat, it was sorta insane. Lots of fast spins and turns. My parents ended up loving it.
Then the hunger came in. We decided it was the end of the day. Yeah, it sucked. I wished we could go back to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but no.. Oh well. I loved this day. The best day of my life.
CHARACTER SPOT!
-Mabel. xx
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