This Christmas, Nashville experienced it's first White Christmas in over a decade--what would've been the second White Christmas in my life and first in my memory had I been in town. But no regrets for me as I'm no fan of snow and anyway, I was celebrating Christ's birth in short-sleeves at a much more magical setting (literally and figuratively)--Harry Potter World.
I must admit when I heard about the creation of the HP theme park, I was a little skeptical, especially of the rides. But I needn't have worried because the rides, which we experienced first, were awesome! We were welcomed into the Forbidden Journey with a "Welcome, Muggles!" complete with a terribly fake British accent, but they made up for it later since the ride was so cool. We would have ridden it again but when we returned, the wait was 75 minutes. Then we rode the hippogriff ride which was less exciting but heey, I rode a hippogriff? And last but not least, there was the Dragon Challenge. We rode this one twice to experience the ride from both perspectives, and both got an Outstanding in my book!
After the rides, we headed on over to Honeydukes and Zonkos, then Dervish and Banges and Ollivanders (the stores were connected), and finally dined at the Three Broomsticks/Hogs Head. It was pretty much just a huge money-making extravaganza, but executed well enough to make even me, an extreme cheap-o, break out the cash. Sadly robes were $100 and wands were up there too, so we had to pass on those. But we did buy plenty of food, which was the coolest anyway! My sisters and I got frozen butterbeer, regular butterbeer, pumpkin juice, and a cauldron cake! Everything was delicious.
Here are some mediocre pictures of our adventure:
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