Universal & Islands of Adventure | Travel

There is simply no words to describe how much I was looking forward to visiting Universal (I was excited for Disney too obviously but I love Harry Potter). As a big rollarcoaster fan I have always dreamed of  going back to Universal as when I was 8 years old I was too short and couldn’t ride anything. I have a vivid memory of crying about being too small to ride the Hulk so at the ripe age of 22 I rode it twice and almost cried of joy - yeah I'm that type of person.

We decided to take two days out of our trip to go to Universal we stayed in the beautiful Loews hotel for one night. The main reason we did this was so we could get free express passes for the rides. Although the park was relatively uiet it was nice to be able to walk on to the rides and not have to worry about waiting in long lines. Due to Hagrids magical adventure being the newest ride we weren't able to use our express pass for this so we didn't get to ride as we had limited time but when I eventually go back I will ride it, I just wanna see a blas-ended skrewt in real life. The hotel was really nice, a bit posh for me but I would 100% reccomend.

I was looking forward to Universal for months, all I wanted was a wand. I had watched hundreds of vlogs online of people buying wands I was so excited to get my own. I ended up chosing the Interactive Ash Wand from Olivanders and I love it. Performing the spells was so much fun I truly felt magical. Just walking in Hogsmede or exploring Diagon Alley was something I had always dreamed of and I have never felt so happy as I have when I was there. Getting the Hogwarts express between the two parks was a highlight of the trip for me, yes I shed a little tear but I do not know how the Hogwarts students sat in those compartments all day they were a little uncomfortable.

Another thing I am a big fan of is Jurassic Park so the ride and area around the park was so cool I loved it all.  I loved Universal so much I often just sit at my desk wishing and dreaming about going back.

Just like my Disney post I am going to included my favourite images from our time at Universal, we ate amazing food, saw the Macy's christmas parade, went on lots of rides - a lot of the rides in the two parks are 4D rides which often makes me feel a little sick after a while but I still had a good time. We met the grinch and Claire got a candyfloss as big as her head!