SnapesGirl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2011
Day 11 – Happy Mother’s Day!
Saturday was another rough night for me so I felt a bit out of it for the first part of the day. We got up slowly and made our way to Universal (for the last time!) by 9am.
We met Marilyn on our way to Diagon Alley. I love how the meet and greets at Universal are a lot more casual than those at Disney. And you have to love her security guard on the side. He looks like he needs a hug.
Gringrotts was down when we arrived, so we walked around a bit and went to Knockturn Alley again. I have to say again I love how they did this! I was trying to take pictures and there was a really creepy wizard standing around me. Just love the whole atmosphere there!
We figured we would do the rest of the park first, so we walked back out to London. For once there was no one in line to see the Knight Bus conductor, so we went to get a picture. There’s the shrunken head (from the 3rd movie) in the bus and he interacts with you. I actually hated the talking head in the movie, but it was a fun interaction.
I tried seeing if anyone was at home at Grimmauld Place, but no one answered.
I did catch Kreacher peeking out of the window, though!
Our first stop was Men in Black. We put our stuff in the locker and I believe it said we had 20 minutes free (since it was a 5 minute wait). Well, once we got inside, for some reason they were only loading the vehicles on one side of the track, so it turned out to be about 30 minutes. When we got to the locker, it said we had to pay as we went over the time limit, but we spoke to a Team Member and he opened it for us (and a couple of other people who had the same problem).
Next stop was the Simpsons ride and area.
Mom picked up the famous pink donut, but the regular size one, not the huge one!
We did Transformers and the Mummy in the single rider lines. Both rides took maybe 5 minutes to get on.
Saturday was another rough night for me so I felt a bit out of it for the first part of the day. We got up slowly and made our way to Universal (for the last time!) by 9am.
We met Marilyn on our way to Diagon Alley. I love how the meet and greets at Universal are a lot more casual than those at Disney. And you have to love her security guard on the side. He looks like he needs a hug.
Gringrotts was down when we arrived, so we walked around a bit and went to Knockturn Alley again. I have to say again I love how they did this! I was trying to take pictures and there was a really creepy wizard standing around me. Just love the whole atmosphere there!
We figured we would do the rest of the park first, so we walked back out to London. For once there was no one in line to see the Knight Bus conductor, so we went to get a picture. There’s the shrunken head (from the 3rd movie) in the bus and he interacts with you. I actually hated the talking head in the movie, but it was a fun interaction.
I tried seeing if anyone was at home at Grimmauld Place, but no one answered.
I did catch Kreacher peeking out of the window, though!
Our first stop was Men in Black. We put our stuff in the locker and I believe it said we had 20 minutes free (since it was a 5 minute wait). Well, once we got inside, for some reason they were only loading the vehicles on one side of the track, so it turned out to be about 30 minutes. When we got to the locker, it said we had to pay as we went over the time limit, but we spoke to a Team Member and he opened it for us (and a couple of other people who had the same problem).
Next stop was the Simpsons ride and area.
Mom picked up the famous pink donut, but the regular size one, not the huge one!
We did Transformers and the Mummy in the single rider lines. Both rides took maybe 5 minutes to get on.
We then made our way back to Diagon Alley to see if Gringrotts was working. It was, so we used the single rider line, which took about 10 minutes. We weren’t terribly hungry, so we grabbed 2 butterbeers and 2 bags of chips (I know, I know, very healthy) and sat on the steps a bit. Somehow we never managed to catch the show with the Tale of the Three Brothers. I’ll save it until next time
It was time to say goodbye to Diagon Alley and take the train to Hogwarts.
Forbidden Jourey had about a 35 minute wait, so we just used the single rider line. I wanted to do it one more time and Mom said she would sit it out. I knew she was up to something. Once I came off, I found her in the gift shop and sure enough, she wanted to buy me the blanket I said I wanted, but she didn’t know which one it was! She thinks she’s so sneaky lol
I picked up my Hogwarts throw.
We also made a stop at Honeydukes to pick up a few containers of sherbert lemons. Word of warning – the lemon candies in the glass containers are NOT the same as those you can fill up the bags with. The ones in the glass containers are much better!
I took one last look at Hogwarts and reluctantly left the area. I’m serious – if I could live in this park and Diagon Alley, I would!
On practically every trip, Mom talked about getting a henna tattoo, so I told her to finally get one! There is a henna stand in the area between Hogsmeade and Mythos.
We did Spiderman once more and I did the Hulk again. The single rider line was closed, but even though the sign said a 15 minute wait, I walked right on.
By 2pm, were officially done, so we headed back to the resort. I immediately jumped into the pool and didn’t move for about an hour, while Mom did laundry. I know, not a cool thing to let Mom do on Mother’s Day, but she wanted to!
While we were getting ready to go out for dinner, I took a couple more pics of the room:
While I was in the shower, I noticed something on the wall that I never saw before. It’s a hidden Mickey inside Ariel’s locket!
It was time to say goodbye to Diagon Alley and take the train to Hogwarts.
Forbidden Jourey had about a 35 minute wait, so we just used the single rider line. I wanted to do it one more time and Mom said she would sit it out. I knew she was up to something. Once I came off, I found her in the gift shop and sure enough, she wanted to buy me the blanket I said I wanted, but she didn’t know which one it was! She thinks she’s so sneaky lol
I picked up my Hogwarts throw.
We also made a stop at Honeydukes to pick up a few containers of sherbert lemons. Word of warning – the lemon candies in the glass containers are NOT the same as those you can fill up the bags with. The ones in the glass containers are much better!
I took one last look at Hogwarts and reluctantly left the area. I’m serious – if I could live in this park and Diagon Alley, I would!
On practically every trip, Mom talked about getting a henna tattoo, so I told her to finally get one! There is a henna stand in the area between Hogsmeade and Mythos.
We did Spiderman once more and I did the Hulk again. The single rider line was closed, but even though the sign said a 15 minute wait, I walked right on.
By 2pm, were officially done, so we headed back to the resort. I immediately jumped into the pool and didn’t move for about an hour, while Mom did laundry. I know, not a cool thing to let Mom do on Mother’s Day, but she wanted to!
While we were getting ready to go out for dinner, I took a couple more pics of the room:
While I was in the shower, I noticed something on the wall that I never saw before. It’s a hidden Mickey inside Ariel’s locket!