Walt Disney World: It's Not Just for Kids

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

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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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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 [...]

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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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For my Universal Orlando trip: // *I’m holding off on making my touring plan until the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (WWoHP) officially opens on June 18.  It is looking extremely likely that I’m not going to fit on the Forbidden Journey, just as I had worried.  This throws a couple of curve balls my [...]

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Although the Wizarding World of Harry Potter officially opens on June 18, Universal had stated that they would honor guests who had booked the Harry Potter package* on dates from May 28  onward.  Now, not only are there hard-core Harry Potter peeps who would want to be there as soon as it opens, but Memorial [...]

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So, as I sit here refreshing the #wwohp hashtag on my computer, I feel I should do those of you venturing into the dark side a favor and suggest this book:  Universal Orlando, 2010 Edition: The Ultimate Guide to the Ultimate Theme Park Adventure. I first heard of this book via the DIS (I think) [...]

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