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So let me start by saying that I and my children are huge Star Wars fans. So our expectations were high going into the land. What did we think? The answer is ahead. I got a little tear in my eye when we turned the corner and saw this beauty. The wait for the Falcon at this time was 170...

Our next day we got up bright up bright and early to make it to the Studios for the 7 a.m. opening to try to get the coveted ROTR boarding pass!! In line to get in the Park 6 a.m. They started letting us into the park about 20 after and we were thru the gates by 6:35. It seemed like most...

We then went to ride our third Fast Pass at Big Thunder Mountain. We went ahead and did stand bye at Splash next since we were right there. Splash stand bye sign said 90 minutes, but we only waited 60. The ride stopped on us right next to the scene where Brer Fox is putting Brer Rabbit into...

We are big Disney parade fans!! Our Favorite part of the parade, the Maleficent Dragon Float We kept waiting for the fire, but no luck. Universal- 1, Disney- 0 While waiting for the parade, we started chatting with a cast member that was working crowd control. I think his name was...

This was our first time seeing the Festival of Fantasy Parade. Loved that the MSP lead off the parade!! Smolder? We had a family sitting next to use that had a little girl that had one of those annoying bubble blowers. She would blow bubbles at the different dancers, and when they saw...

Favorite restrooms!! Next was Haunted Mansion. Even though the stand by sign said 50 minute wait, we got into the mansion in 15 minutes. Found the Bride's ring!! Had to check out the new widened pathway. It was very nice. Had to stop and mourn for the trees that were planted for one day...

Goofy was down this morning. We never made it back over to this side of the park to ride it. It's become a family tradition that Dumbo is always one of the first rides we ride. Elephant Butt My Wife's favorite ride is Peter Pan, so we started to make our way over there. Couldn't get a...

So we figured we would hit Seven Drawfs Mine Train first. The problem is, so did everyone else in the park that morning. There was a mad rush to get in line for the ride. With people pushing and shoving, trying to get to the ride as fast as they could. We've been to Disney many times when it...

Day Three: Magic Kingdom Yay!!! We're Home!!! We normally stay on site when we go to Disney, so it was kind of weird having to go in thru the parking lot entrances and ride the trams. In my best Tim Tracker voice "Monorail!!!" Loved seeing the parks decked out for Christmas.

To mainly see this It was kind of cool to see this. It amazed me how many people would just stand around waiting for it to go off. If you were close enough, you could even feel the heat from the fire. Okay, one more rant. Since it was New Year's Eve, the park was advertising a special...

More Parade And just like the parade in NYC... It ends with Santa!! I thought it was kind of risky to have Santa in the parade after Christmas. What if some kid didn't get his X-Box and decided to take it out on the bearded wonder? It could have been ugly. Thoughts on the parade: It...

More Parade pics I've never been to NYC to see the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, so I have to admit that it was kind of cool to see balloons that had been used in the parade before. It was interesting to me to watch the handlers of the balloons to see what they had to do to keep the...

It was New Year's Eve the day we were at the park, so to kill some time, we caught a spot for Universal's Holiday Parade. Minions!! We all thought the Minion craze was over, but these floats seemed to get the biggest reaction from people. Even more than Santa Claus!!

Went in to see the Horror Make up Show, because we were bored waiting for night fall. It ended up being a highlight of our day. It was a very corny, but very entertaining show!

Betty Boop Popeye and Olive Oyl My son and the Mystery Machine, that's my son in front. Transformers!! Bumble Bee was great. He would play music to interact with people. Megatron Simpson's Next up was Minion Mayhem. It was a fun ride, but similar to other motion simulator rides we...

More Simpson's We did eat at the Krusty Burger food court. We thought the food was good with large portions. Universal also offered a refillable cup that you could get free refills all day on day of purchase, and then get refills for one low price on every day after the first day. I'm a...

We all thought the area outside of Diagon Alley was very well themed, maybe too well themed. The entrance to the land is under the red archways. We saw many people walk right by it not knowing Diagon was back there! Grimwault Place Kreacher peaking out the window We then made our way...

More pics from Diagon Alley Knockturn Alley

Then the line takes you back outside, into an enormous covered queue! We all thought that was kind of sneaky The signs in the queue were humorous But we finally made it into the main part of the queue. To see all the Goblin clerks. The inside queue was fun, with newspapers everywhere...

Day 2- Universal Studios So we got to get in an hour early this morning, and like everyone else, we all headed straight for Diagon Alley. The reveal to this land was good, but not as good as Hogsmeade to me, but that dragon is sure impressive. So everyone went to Gringott's...