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 Moaning Myrtle in the bathrooms is awesome. Butterbeer is awesome-I prefer the frozen-imagine drinking a frozen Walker’s shortbread cookie.
Royal Pacific Resort (RPR): Service was great, and you can’t beat the location. I really did not miss club level, except for one day when rains created a resort day for me. I stayed in Tower 2, which is the pet-friendly tower. However, I neither saw any pets nor heard any barking. Also, despite being a convention hotel, there was not the drunk business people element there was at the Dolphin.
Dtd: Once again, my time at dtd was among my favorite. There’s just something about being there that gives me the warm fuzzies in a way that Universal Orlando doesn’t.
Tchoup chop: I had a delicious dinner there, and a great lunch as well. However, they offer shrimp chips as your bread course, so beware if you don’t eat shellfish.
Citywalk: Yes, despite being underwhelmed there previously, I had two enjoyable times and meals there.
Fail:
Dragon Challenge: it’s themed to the Tri-wizard Tournament in Goblet of Fire. However, it is themed for Fleur, Krum, and Harry Potter. Yeah. A little bird told me that a Cedric Diggory banner will be going up soon, but still. Cedric’s death is such a big part of everyone realizing that Voldemort is back that it seemed kind of crucial to me.
Islands Dining Room: I had a mediocre, over-priced cheese plate.
Forbidden Journey test seats: As those of you who follow me on Twitter know, I tried the test seat outside the ride and did not fit. However, I fit on the ride.
Meh:
Taxis: true to form, I took a few cabs about Orlando. There were a couple of great cabs; however, I also had a few mediocre cab rides. The lesser issue was a driver who stayed in the slow lane on I-drive. The worse one involved a driver going the wrong way, then playing the “I’ll give you a discount if you pay in cash.” card. When I said I was going to report him, he said he would “get in trouble.” A few well placed calls later, and I had gotten my rate reduced after speaking with his manager.
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