Our Christmas presents this last year to the kids were tickets to Universal Studio’s Harry Potter World and coupons for Butter Beer. They couldn’t have been more excited to open them on Christmas morning as we had talked about this for months beforehand. Unfortunately, for them, we wouldn’t be going until the end of January so…
We recently acquired a 10″ cast iron skillet, and are convinced that everything tastes better in it. I had been making this recipe in our 9×13 glass pan, but the first time we tried it in the skillet we were blown away by the deliciousness. Super soft, moist, and full of flavor, this cornbread recipe…
I usually make the meatballs one day and we’ll eat half of them over zucchini noodles (or zoodles), and then freeze the other half of them to make Italian Wedding Soup later in the week. The ingredients for both meals are very similar, but they are totally different meals. Works great when you have very little fridge…
Rachel has an intense love of dolphins, so when I told her we had the opportunity to visit Marineland near St. Augustine, Florida and participate in one of their dolphin encounters I’m pretty sure everyone in the campground heard her squeals of delight! When We Visited: February 23, 2016 Ages of Kids: 10, 8, 5…
We weren’t even supposed to be at Long Key State Park. After the Dry Tortugas, we originally had planned to stay at Bahia Honda for another five days to decompress. We knew we’d need to catch up on work and school and little to no driving sounded great. However, we found an open spot at…
Great post. Thanks for the information. We are going to visit Universal for the Harry Potter attractions this fall. We will be leaving the Airstream at home so I am preparing for what will be a pretty expensive couple of days. Your insight is helpful as always.
How come you are leaving the Airstream? Bill Frederick Park has got to be A LOT cheaper than a hotel and its SO CLOSE to Universal!
Just a time issue. We will have to fly in and fly out and stay in a hotel. Jack’s gunning for a top university and will not miss a day of school. The Airstream would be cheaper and preferable to me.
Some awesome photos! We were so obsessed with the butter beer that once we got home we looked up a recipe and made it ourselves (a bit unsuccessfully). Looking at y’alls photos makes me want to go back! 🙂
I need someone else to go back and just bring me some fudge!
Great post! Thank you for sharing. I have already sent it to out kids lol (24 & 25 years old). Our son mentioned going just a week ago lol
~Te
[…] 7. Butterbeer at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Fudge, Ice cream, hot, cold and frozen. Visiting Harry Potter Land in Orlando was definitely a highlight for us, as the older kids have read books 1-4, and all three have watched the associated movies. It was enough for them to really enjoy the experience and to be excited about all of the details we found at the park! […]