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Wordless Wednesday: July 13, 2011

July 12th, 2011 · 6 Comments

This entry is part 42 of 75 in the series Wordless Wednesday

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Harry Potter trip report-Sunday morning…

September 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

My alarm went off.  I dressed myself in my “Muggle” shirt.  I went down to the Orchid Court lounge and grabbed a cinnamon bun-it was good.  I headed onto the walk to Citywalk, which was empty as all get out.  I was meeting M at 7:15, so I waited in a chair at Margaritaville.  She [...]

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Wizarding World of Harry Potter Trip Report-Saturday Afternoon

September 18th, 2010 · No Comments

My dinner decision was based in a very logical, responsible choice:  Bob Marley’s was celebrating Jamacian independence day.  In my handy Citywalk party pass brochure, it indicated that this included $4 Bacardi drinks.  I boarded the Water taxi.  There was kind of a wait-your on-site hotel key pushes you up in line.  I headed over [...]

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Beta-potter

August 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments

This post is part of the Disney Blog Carnival. Go check it out! Based upon the awesome Betamouse Podcast, I thought I’d discuss the techier side of Universal Orlando.  Universal Orlando recently took down their mobile site, so I found that the Android App Ridehopper to be my only option.  I’ll review RideHopper more in [...]

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Wizarding World of Harry Potter etc.: win, fail or meh

August 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Woohoo!  I am home from my Wizarding World of Harry Potter trip!  I have a bunch of posts to come up, but I figure I’d start things off by taking a page from Betamouse’s book and play “win, fail or meh.” Win: Wizarding World: The theming of this area is beyond reproach.  The touch of [...]

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Pictures!

August 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Having a great time-can’t wait to tell you all more, until then, check out my posterous for some pictures.

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Wordless Wednesday July 28, 2010

July 27th, 2010 · 7 Comments

This entry is part 18 of 75 in the series Wordless Wednesday

Just 9 more days until I get to see how this turned out!  See all Wordless Wednesdays here

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Trip Planning Updates: July 25, 2010 (including my WWoHP Touring Plan)

July 25th, 2010 · No Comments

OMG!  Less than TWO weeks to go until Universal-w00t! I ended up moving around my DTD day in order to do a DIS meet.  I’ve also added lunch at Emeril’s Tchoup Chop to my agenda.  I may be canceling my Paradisio 37  reservation as I’ll be using my OpenTable check to fund the lunch, I [...]

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Trip planning updates, June 29, 2010

June 29th, 2010 · No Comments

I am now thisclose to being one month out from my Universal Orlando trip.  As such, I’m going to chat a bit about planning and share my to-do lists. As the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (WWoHP)is now open, I have begun a more fleshed out touring plan.  I had been pretty settled on not [...]

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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Revealed

June 14th, 2010 · 6 Comments

This post is in Disney Blog Carnival #5! Last night, NBC broadcasted a piece of Islands of Adventure’s new Wizarding World of Harry Potter (if you missed it, you can watch it online here). I saw it, and have some pretty conflicting thoughts on it.  (Please note:  I will be discussing some book spoilers in [...]

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