Its funny - all the people who go to the HP Theme Park all come back raving about the Butter Beer. I have to try this drink!!!!
We are not going to Harry Potter so we will be missing out on the butterbeer but it sounds yummy. I googled it and there is a recipe and even the adult version with a little rum. Have to give it a try
what a great idea to get the recipe - lol
On our first (and to date, only) Universal trip, DW & I went on Hulk about midway through our full day of a 1 1/2 day trip. It pretty much did us in
We spent a couple hours back in the room and then wandered back to CityWalk for dinner, but Hulk was pretty much the end of our Theme Park experience that day...luckily it was pretty much the last thing on the to-do list. That's not to say I won't try it if/when we go back (we really want to see WWoHP too...just not enough time off), but if we go on it again, it'll probably be the last thing we have planned for the day.
great we will get to meet before the cruise! Im thinking we will stay the night before in Buffalo, you just never know what the weather will be like and Buffalo can get alot of snow it seems. we have stayed at the quality inn across from the airport a couple of times , may stay there again, nothing fancy but it is clean had no issues before, not bad pricewise they have a pool and hot tub. Its never been at all crowded on previuos trips , pretty much had the pool area to ourselves. also have stayed at the millenium but thats a whole other story, won t be staying there again! how about you , do you know where you will be staying ?
Just luck I guess. We are not flying out until late Friday afternoon as we have concert tickets on Thursday nite that I just could not give up to Brad Paisley
That will be the official start to our vacation
I am pretty certain I will be wearing something disney related but I couldn't tell you what as I haven't purchased it yet so look for the D! 
Yes Buffalo weather can be very unpredictable. It can not be any worse than the last 2 trips we have taken and left in terrible weather.
great we will get to meet before the cruise! Im thinking we will stay the night before in Buffalo, you just never know what the weather will be like and Buffalo can get alot of snow it seems. we have stayed at the quality inn across from the airport a couple of times , may stay there again, nothing fancy but it is clean had no issues before, not bad pricewise they have a pool and hot tub. Its never been at all crowded on previuos trips , pretty much had the pool area to ourselves. also have stayed at the millenium but thats a whole other story, won t be staying there again! how about you , do you know where you will be staying ?
We are the same the next night, so you will head to the airport at 8:30 for a 10am flight? I was planning on taking the 8am shuttle....I hate being there so early but I am nervous going any later. You still get time to check in and go through security with no stress? I would love to do that.....
Yes I will have my 24 hr checkin done so maybe we will just take the 8:30 shuttle over and then dont have to wait around so long. We are always there WAY early!!!!! 
Yes have flown out of Buffalo and Detroit but always in July so they are very busy then.....
But you will be kid-free so it doesn't matter!!!
isn't it funny how your sense of time changes when you have kids?? Without kids - show up at airport too early - no problem just pull out book and read. With kids - anxiously watch clock because keeping toddlers entertained for an additional hour before an hours long flight is stressful. And simply keeping an eye on 3 kids at once is impossible so fears of loosing child in airport make time crawl by.
Show up late without kids - little rushed, but still get off shoes, throw bag on belt - run to gate. With kids - TOTAL CHAOS - get off 5 pairs of shoes, try and keep eye on toddler while carrying baby, and collapsing stroller, diaper bag, toy bag, car seat, etc to load on belt. Grab two kds, scream at third to run and help, pushing stroller ladenned with too much stuff and try and drag/run everything to gate.
When DH and I travel alone, we feel young again as we can fit everything we need into a rolling carryon, or better yet, check one bag and carry nothing on board but a purse and a book. With kids, I always feel like a travelling caravan. And we really only add a stroller, car seat and diaper bag and two oldest carry back packs, but it seems like I get to schlep everything!!!
So the boys entertain him for a while, until they get bored then we go through all the usual, oh yeah we were first in line.... So I get the bulk head...
and give Jordan (16mth) my seat cuz by then he is pretty mellow and wants to listen to his brothers disman...so he is a prince the whole trip so are the rest of them...I sit on the floor basically. Now DH is another story...he was terrified of flying back then (now he is just scared) so he did not budget from his seat so I did all the taking care of the boys....at the end of the flight a handful of people came over to me and complimented me on how well my boys behaved and how good I had things under control.....so when we were walking out my dh says to me ..... and they were probably saying "And you sir were a pure *****"....he sat glued to his chair didnt talk didnt move.....my then 7 yr old said..."Dad you can open your eyes now" and you could hear chuckles from people around us......Oh god what a trip...oh yeah and to boot we flew through a hurricane in the Carolinas.........
