I know everyone is talking about Harry Potter; but quite honestly, they should! The books and movies are fantastic and I am pretty excited to see the latest installment. As such, today’s Friday Escape is Potter-themed, or rather, a Potter theme park!
I vaguely remember hearing that a Harry Potter theme park was springing up somewhere in Orlando. It didn’t really stick in my mind as something I should remember to check out and I haven’t been to Orlando since I was around fifteen, so I completely forgot about this. Then Ryan and I decided to re-visit movie 7.1 before we go see the last movie. In the previews, they show footage of the theme park, and I have to say, it looks pretty awesome.
Visitors to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter are surrounded by the same stores and buildings from the books and movies. The similarities are incredible as Universal worked with the movie studio to make the buildings as true to the sets as possible. You can also travel through the books with Harry-inspired rides, browse shops where you can purchase all of the Harry Potter gear you could ever want (or never wanted), and re-fuel at a restaurant where you can get a pint of Butterbeer or pumpkin juice (or real adult bevies).
Granted, I’m not going to be putting Orlando anywhere near the top of my travel list; but, if someone could wave a wand and make it so I was exploring the land of Harry Potter instead of sitting in my cubicle, I would take them up on the offer.
Wandering Mind and Body 