"Someone left their inside b*** on the toilet!" July-Aug 2014 Done 3/03/2015

[DisneyKid4Life]

Ah the Mummy!!! I can't get enough of that bad boy. You're right too. Universal has loads of single rider options.

I've only eaten a Louie's once, but quite enjoyed it.

Ugh, the Beetlejuice show. I saw it once and hated it, lol. You said you "forced P to watch it". What did she think of it?

Wow, look at the crowds indeed. So glad I didn't have to deal with that.

I really think Disaster is great, but yeah, not an every visit type of thing.

 

[jenseib]

Loving the Universal shots....but I can't believe you waited that long to hit Harry Potter area. I hope it wasn't too crazy busy for you.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

Ah the Mummy!!! I can't get enough of that bad boy. You're right too. Universal has loads of single rider options.

I've only eaten a Louie's once, but quite enjoyed it.

Ugh, the Beetlejuice show. I saw it once and hated it, lol. You said you "forced P to watch it". What did she think of it?

Wow, look at the crowds indeed. So glad I didn't have to deal with that.

I really think Disaster is great, but yeah, not an every visit type of thing.

The Mummy was fun! I enjoyed it. Louie's is yummy. I enjoyed it both times.

P didn't really enjoy it much, as she didn't know Beetlejuice or anything about him, and she didn't know the music much either. But she didn't beg to leave either, so we'll give her that! I liked it though.

Yep, summer crowds. Yucky. I don't really mind them though, but you have to do more planning around them!

Disaster was fun, I did like it.

Loving the Universal shots....but I can't believe you waited that long to hit Harry Potter area. I hope it wasn't too crazy busy for you.

I was going crazy waiting to get out there!

 

[DisneyFreak06]

Finally, we were heading towards London and Diagon Alley. I seriously love that area!

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Ok, Ok, I'll try! I will try to share a few less... LOL

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#12 Grimmauld Place!

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I should have got them to take my picture there. Oops... There was a line, so we didn't wait. P is a huge hockey fan, and I guess her favorite player was #11, so we did this instead.

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DIAGON ALLEY!!! EEEEK!!!

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Yes, it was crowded.

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I could just walk and wander through there all day. I loved it all. It was so fun to be there, it felt so real.

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Does Gregorovitch have a wand shop in Diagon Alley? They never really say.

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A goblin, through the window.

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[DisneyFreak06]

Continuing along, we went inside another shop.

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So fun!

We went into the ice cream parlor.

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K and I decided to leave and get Butterbeer. P and Q got ice cream I think, but I really don't remember what they got! It wasn't Butterbeer so I didn't sample it. I kept saying that I'd be back another time and I could get some.

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I asked K if he was going to get the frozen one or the regular butterbeer, and he said regular so I got frozen.

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He savored the flavor for a second and decided that he liked it.

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After that... we left Diagon Alley. HORRIBLE! The others were not willing to wait for Escape from Gringotts, even though I suggested the single rider line. I guess P wouldn't have done that, but K would have. Nope, they were done. I figured I'd head out with them for a bit and then go back on my own.

We would do Men In Black.

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Q was thinking about trying it, so we had to put away all our bags. I had a big bag, so I had to get my own locker. Such a pain! I love that Disney lets you take bags with you.

After Men in Black, the others decided to leave the park and go outlet shopping. I decided to head back to Diagon on my own to ride Gringotts.

 

[disneyAndi14]

Love your pictures, we were there in November and US/IOA were so quiet, we rode everything without much wait time, DA was so awesome, hope you get on the Gringotts ride it was so fun and FJ is so great, my fave for sure. We thought going thru the bricks was so neat! We really liked Despicable Me also.

 

[jenseib]

Gregorovitch does not have a shop in Diagon Alley. He is a wand maker from another area...so I was surprised to see his shop there too.

I am glad you stuck around to go back and try the ride. I can't wait to hear how long you waited.

 

[KelleyK75]

Love all of your Universal pictures! I haven't been there in *eek* 20 years so it's fun to see the park now. When I went back in the 90's I had friends that worked at the ET ride, Jaws ride, the Beetlejuice show and in the 50's doo wop group (not sure if that group is still there?). So that was a lot of fun to see them all (and not have to wait in line for those rides). I'd love to get back and see the Harry Potter areas. Probably in a couple of years when my nephews are a little older.

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

Wow, I am so glad I didn't have those crowds to deal with on my visit. But wow, you still got some Amazon photos.

Boo to not waiting for Escape from Gringotts. I hope you get to ride.

I HATE THE UNIVERSAL LOCKERS!!!!! I understand the need on some rides (i.e. the big coasters), but there is no excuse not to have a pouch on the other rides.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

Gregorovitch does not have a shop in Diagon Alley. He is a wand maker from another area...so I was surprised to see his shop there too.

I am glad you stuck around to go back and try the ride. I can't wait to hear how long you waited.

I don't remember ever reading about it being there, and I know he's from where Krum is from... but it really bugged me too, so now I'm pretending that he may have had a shop there, it's just more people use Olivander's. Hagrid did say that he was the best wand maker, not the only one. Hee hee. I like to trick my mind. (Like today, I was picturing myself on a bench at Walt Disney World looking at Palm trees and eating a citrus swirl or something like that. Instead of being bundled up in layers and layers and it being -30 celcius.

Love your pictures, we were there in November and US/IOA were so quiet, we rode everything without much wait time, DA was so awesome, hope you get on the Gringotts ride it was so fun and FJ is so great, my fave for sure. We thought going thru the bricks was so neat! We really liked Despicable Me also.

I am a little jealous of all of you who can travel in the fall or at least in the off times. I'm limited to Spring Break, Summer and Christmas! (And I refuse to travel at Christmas, that's family time.)

Love all of your Universal pictures! I haven't been there in *eek* 20 years so it's fun to see the park now. When I went back in the 90's I had friends that worked at the ET ride, Jaws ride, the Beetlejuice show and in the 50's doo wop group (not sure if that group is still there?). So that was a lot of fun to see them all (and not have to wait in line for those rides). I'd love to get back and see the Harry Potter areas. Probably in a couple of years when my nephews are a little older.

Hee hee hee. Glad to help you see some things without waiting! Oh, the Harry Potter areas are just incredible. You'll have to make sure your nephews read the books and watch the movies.

Wow, I am so glad I didn't have those crowds to deal with on my visit. But wow, you still got some Amazon photos.

Boo to not waiting for Escape from Gringotts. I hope you get to ride.

I HATE THE UNIVERSAL LOCKERS!!!!! I understand the need on some rides (i.e. the big coasters), but there is no excuse not to have a pouch on the other rides.

Yucky crowds and waits, but still doable, and still better than not going at all! Those lockers are such a pain. I normally carry my camera bag, which is kinda big, but it goes on everything at Disney, even the roller coasters with inversions, both at DL and WDW. I don't understand why other parks don't allow it. I wrap it around my leg, I wear my glasses and I'm good.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

I left the others sometime between 2 and 2:30 ish. I'm thinking 2:30-2:40 sometime. They were going to wander and decide if they'd do another ride before leaving to go shopping.

Here are some shots of what they did.

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I don't think they did the ride, but they originally were thinking about it. Between that and Escape From Gringotts, you know what I chose!

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I guess K was hungry.

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I wonder if they rode ET?

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Hee hee hee

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Me, I went straight to the lockers at Gringotts. I think the locker was good for 4-6 hours. I did single rider though, and I felt like I waited forever. The queue was so incredible boring. The single rider line sees nothing. It was a hallway. That's it. SO BORING! But a much better wait than had I gone through the regular line!

I took this next picture once I was outside again. At 3:56. So the single rider wait was about 1.5 hours. Ick. Still, I had no choice, I had to do it! No clue when I'd be back again, and I'm a real Potterhead. Hee hee hee

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I asked if I was allowed in the queue just to take pictures. They let me go in to the first circle just inside the doorway. That's it. Oh well, next time, maybe they'll do something like the castle walkthrough at Hogwarts.

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I was so fascinated by the area. I stayed there taking pictures until the others texted me to say they were done shopping and they were on their way to pick me up. Boo hoo.

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The owlery was a little, um, real looking.

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I did some shopping too.

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[DisneyFreak06]

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This is the shirt I bought to wear to Islands of Adventure a few days later.

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I went back to Knockturn Alley.

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I stopped to watch for Dobby on the way out.

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I browsed a few shops on the way out because they were not there yet.

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Oh, here are a few cell pictures.

The line for a picture with the bus was too long, so I tried a selfie.

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I wanted a picture at 12 Grimmauld Place, but this woman sat there and just stayed there! She wouldn't get up. I guess she has no clue how important that actual stoop is. I decided to just snap a shot with the cell and head out.

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I got my first churro on the way out. At the parking lot area, and I guess it had been there a long while. It was not good. I think it was quite stale. I will have to get one again to see.

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We stopped on the way back to the hotel for some supper, and we were looking for a certain restaurant. I can't remember which one, but the GPS thought that there was one where there wasn't. There WAS another restaurant just there too, so we stopped and ate there. So basically, I had my first meal at a TGI Fridays. On a Thursday. LOL

I got a really good chicken sandwich with a Caesar salad. Really, really good food. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

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P got a kids mac and cheese and some fruit, K got a sandwich of some sort and Q got a burger.

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Q made fun of dead Dobby eyes from the tee shirt. We had a good laugh over it!

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This is the shirt. I'd taken a picture of it with my cell earlier.

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I went back for some marshmallows and the others went swimming. I really don't know what else we did! Oh well. It was a fun day, maybe a little shorter than I'd normally like, but I can't control the others. I could have taken a cab back on my own, but I wasn't in the mood for it.

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

Good to know about the single rider queue. I'm quite surprised at the setup if there's nothing to see. But WOW, 1.5 hours for single rider? That's crazy.

Ugh, that's so frustrating when people camp out in front of photo ops.

 

[disneyAndi14]

Glad you got on Gringotts, you didn't say what you thought, hope it was worth the wait for you. It had just opened the month you were there I believe so I can understand the long lines. Your pictures are great!

 

[jenseib]

I totally missed Dobby! Dang it! Now I have to go back!
The day I was there the single rider line was longer than the regular one. I waited about 90 minutes too if I remember right. I was happy that the line moved fairly fast.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

Glad you got on Gringotts, you didn't say what you thought, hope it was worth the wait for you. It had just opened the month you were there I believe so I can understand the long lines. Your pictures are great!

It was worth the wait once, or maybe another time, if it were in the regular line! I did enjoy it, but I do recall thinking it was kind of short when we I got off.

Good to know about the single rider queue. I'm quite surprised at the setup if there's nothing to see. But WOW, 1.5 hours for single rider? That's crazy.

Ugh, that's so frustrating when people camp out in front of photo ops.

Crazy, but better than the full line. It was the first month it was open, plus summer, so expected. I know! GET OUTTA MY WAY! But I'm Canadian, and an Islander, so I'd likely not do that, unless it was my sister or brother. LOL

I totally missed Dobby! Dang it! Now I have to go back!
The day I was there the single rider line was longer than the regular one. I waited about 90 minutes too if I remember right. I was happy that the line moved fairly fast.

I found Dobby t-shirts and Dobby dolls, but walked away with 2 Dobby pins. The single rider was LONGER? ODD! I don't think I'd bother with SR then!

 

[DisneyFreak06]

Aug 1, 2014
We got up and headed to Riverside Mill for some breakfast. I only took my cell with me, so the pictures are not the greatest, but they totally document the moments for us memory lacking people!

P got cereal.

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And a chocolate croissant thing. None of the rest of us would want that.

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I think at some point during the trip they'd bought a mug for P for her bks and snacks, and her one cola/pop each day and one for K for his coffee and some pop/cola every once in a while. We found some green tea at Target for Q so she just got hot water.

K got some pancakes.

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I got French Toast.

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And Q likely got oatmeal. She normally got that, and it was incredibly boring to photograph.

Even just looking at the food pictures is giving me the itch to go back! Holy it is an addiction, isn't it? Good thing I have alternate plans to distract me from no Disney trip until at least March 2016.

Pretty calm morning...

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There was a CM at the bus stop checking on the waits and where everyone was going etc. That was the first time I'd seen that, and thought it was pretty helpful. He also entertained us.

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Can't resist as it is one of my absolute favorite shows.

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Off to DHS it is.

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We got in line for some pictures by the Olaf. Q and P (and I) love Olaf, and K can do a great Olaf impression too.

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It was so funny because the photographer kept calling K Dad... and I'm like, um no, please don't call him my Dad. I am actually about 7 or 8 years older than him. LOL I'm sure they were just talking about P but still.

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We were disappointed that the tow truck wasn't there.

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P was ready for some rides again, so we were off to check the wait time for TSMM. I had had to cancel the FP+ that we had for it when we changed our days and was not able to replace it.

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

I really love staying some place with a body of water. It's so beautiful when it's that calm.

That Olaf photo spot was pretty cool. Sad I never did get a pic there. Just always a line.

It's so weird to think that the Hat will likely be gone when I get back.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

I really love staying some place with a body of water. It's so beautiful when it's that calm.

That Olaf photo spot was pretty cool. Sad I never did get a pic there. Just always a line.

It's so weird to think that the Hat will likely be gone when I get back.

Oh me too! I love the look of the lakes on property. Pop has a nice one too.

Wow, I'm surprised I did something that you didn't!

I know! I have no clue what it will look like! The hat has always been there for me. Kind of like the Epcot name on Spaceship Earth, it had been there since my first trip. I don't mind it though without it. I'm sure I'll get used to no hat too.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

On our way to check out the wait time for TSMM.

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45 MINUTES? I'm in! Totally, I'm in, because it's likely not 45 minutes because it's close enough to park opening. Come on, let's get in line!!!

Nope. P didn't want to wait. I was just a little cranky. You made me wait 70 minutes for Soarin, and you won't wait less than 45 minutes for TSMM? GRRR!

So off we went.

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I think we stopped and waited for a bit because we had FP+ for Rock n Roller Coaster. K went to find P a green tea, but couldn't and just got her a regular one. The rest of us just sat and waited.

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We must have had a few minutes to spare, because we went for some shopping first, or maybe after, who knows! LOL

Q loves the Teminator. I think it was one of my first big grown up movies. I remember jumping from one side of the couch to the other, and her telling me not to look for a few minutes, must have been the sex scene she was fast forwarding. I was a huge fan of Beauty and the Beast (TV show starring Linda Hamilton) so she thought I'd like the movie. I did.

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We snapped pictures of some of the memorabilia around the room. Most were movies that Q loved, so it was fun.

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Is this Walter?

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Hee hee hee

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Time for a snack!

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We found a bench to sit on to have our snacks. I forgot to get shots of the other's snacks, but I had a croissant.

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We wanted to watch the Frozen parade, but P didn't want to wait in the area, so we watched from afar. The CMs wouldn't let anyone stand on anything, so we at least could see over some people's heads. A little bit. I could have left them and find a spot on my own, but I chose to stay with them, figuring I'd get a shot later to do it.

Soon it was snowing in DHS.

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I sort of got a shot of Elsa, even if some I accidentally focused on some other people... and I was a little annoyed that no one told that guy to get down when the rest of us were not allowed to stand on the ledge.

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