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…
Most of our activities are chosen and planned by Jess as we travel. I spend much of my time working and don’t always adventure with the family. Every once in awhile, I choose a place that I’m particularly interested in, and Jess and the kids are awesomely accommodating. My chosen adventure this time was a…
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…
Visiting Lincoln’s Birthplace helped me feel reverent and inspired knowing that such a great man had a humble beginning and relied on God. When we arrived at Lincoln’s Birthplace we first went to the Visitor Center and got our Jr. Ranger Books. Then we went to see the video about the history of the…
Visiting the Everglades has been a travel goal for some time. Despite setting a goal to make it there, we had somehow managed to not spend much time researching our options. We planned to spend a few days there in our usual slow travel style. Our early research indicated that we should get good verizon…
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! […]