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Universal Studios 2021

 We had such a fun time on this trip. It was the first trip we have ever made for ourselves. It was a lot of fun hunting for deals and figuring out the schedule. It was pretty spontaneous, my mom had gone to the park in January and after that we decided we were just going to do it! I know for me it was a good "reset button" for me. After the trip was over I was a lot more okay with going to work and living life normally again. I think we were both in need of a little bit of fun. We sure found it too! We took the trip at our own pace and just did the things we wanted to. I loved taking the time to walk slow and take in the scenery. It helped make the trip more enjoyable to not rush to and fro. It was also nice to be in the warm sun in Florida and escape the snow!

My favorite part was all the yummy food we ate! We ate genuine British food at the Leaky Cauldron, I really liked the cheese board we got there. I also LOVED the butter beer and pumpkin juice. The cream on the butter beer is to DIE for. We were sure to get plenty of it! Monson's favorite part was the food too, especially the Leaky Cauldron. He loved how the building looked small on the outside, but once you go in it is huge!

The new Hagrid ride is also one of the most amazing experiences. I won't spoil anything by writing about it here, but it had both of us laughing the entire time. It really brought the magic of Harry Potter to life in every aspect. That's all I will say about that!

We also bought a wand at Olivanders' that interacts with the park. It was fun to try the spells. Sometimes they wouldn't work, and we would try and try and try and nothing. Then some little kid would walk up and do it on the first try. Haha! 

The last day we felt like we had done everything so we went to Disney Springs and walked around the shops there. It was nice to have a Disney touch on things too.  

I made a little video capturing our trip. I will put the link below if you want to watch it! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgLIwoizZ_U




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