Harry Potter World!

Nick and I arrived at the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando at 1:00 a.m. But committed to getting up just 6 hours later to be on time for early entry at Island of Adventure at Universal Orlando and Harry Potter Land!

It was everything we could hope for. Even better!

Casting a spell with his new wand.

Weasley's Joke Shop

Lunch at the Leaky Cauldron.

Butter Beer!

So many wands! The witch helping us knew all the Harry Potter characters they belonged to.  Nick got the Elder Wand. My favorite was Luna Lovegood's -- the tulip-style handle.

Honeydukes!

We did make time to visit other areas of Universal. Hulk was one of our favorites!

Butter Beer ice cream