OMG...we flew home today....I am so tired. Wish I had taken a day off tomorrow to rest...but, oh well.
We had a great time. Since the parks were so packed during the week, the two 14 yr olds with me, wanted to do spells during the meetup. So, we spent way more time doing that on Friday. Which was fine, they didn't take their wands on Saturday night. I wasn't sure which park to start in & we ended up in USF, the one that closed to regular guest later. I first thought that was a mistake but, turned out to be a good choice.
FRIDAY:
We started the night in Diagon Alley........and they were mostly by themselves doing spells. The area was so empty. They rode Gringotts I think 3 times in a row. We were in line for ice cream when they opened. Finished up doing spells & grabbed Butter Beer ...... headed to Hogwart's Express.
At IOA, rode Hagrids, did spells, watched the Castle lights & ate at 3 Broomsticks. I even got a night time ride on Velocicoaster.
SATURDAY:
We started the night in Hogsmeade. Jumped in single rider line for Hagrids right at park closing. wait time said 55 min & SR line took about 20 min. So, we jumped in SR line again....but, this time, it took longer....around 35 min. We rode all the HP rides again this night but, didn't spend all our time there. Rode so many rides, several times, I can't remember them all. At some point, we jumped on the train & headed to USF. We ate at Monster Cafe (even spoke to Taylor Strickland at the entrance).....then headed to Finnegin's for bread pudding (omg, YUM).
So glad the weather worked out!! I will add, this time around the meetups were are the end of our trip.........back in Nov, it was the beginning.......I will never do it at the end again. We were already tired from 3 days in the parks, even with not doing much Fri & Sat, we were still tired. I will plan it differently from now on. Lesson learned.
Hope everyone had a great time!!!