Orlando Day 3: Universal Studios

For our last day we said goodbye to Disney and headed for Universal Studios Island of Adventure.

 

 

Now entering Hogsmeade

Me, and a few of my favorite things that I picked up in Seuss Land, all waiting for the Hogwarts Express.

Olivander's Wand Shop

Hogwarts

 

Hagrids garden

Hagrid's Hut

 

Hippogrif

 

 

Me and Catherine at Hogwarts

A charmed tape measure in the shape of cat (that really moved)... Hi Granny!

 

Me and Catherine in front of Honeydukes

Zonkos Joke Shop



Inside the store was amazing!

Lots of fun houses with crooked chimneys and a Butterbeer stand.  The butterbeer was super yummy!

Kristin and Riley, and the rest of the gang played in other parts of the park while me and Catherine explored Hogsmeade (hence the serious lack of pictures of anyone else).  I finally met up with them again in Suessland for more fun.

I pushed Catherine around in a wheelchair all day so she could conserve her energy for the Disney half marathon that she was planning to run that night after spending the whole day playing in the parks.  Crazy girl!

Waiting for the Spiderman Ride

The Comic Book Land

 

This is one of all time favorite ride pictures.

 

Catherine back at the hotel and ready to head out and run 13.1 miles.

Even though I was exhausted and ready for bed, I was inspired by Catherine's energy and headed out for a late night by myself at Downtown Disney so I could get a few necessities from the Mr. Potato Head Store.  I wasn't too tired to have fun shopping, but I was too tired to take many pictures because this is about the only one I came back with.

This is the next morning at the airport.  Our flight left bright and early so we ate breakfast at the airport Burger King after we checked in.  With the hoodie on I think Riley looks like Max from Where the Wild things are.

It was a fun and adventurous 3 days and even though we were SO tired and ready for some R&R back home we wished that we could have stayed longer and seen more.  Disney world has WAY to much to do to cram into only 3 days.  I predict that at some point in the eventual future, you will see another round of travel blogs with destination Orlando :).  It was definitely a vacation to repeat.