The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Express Passes

    Hello everyone, as you may remember from last time, I said I was leaving for Orlando. The reason being I was going to Universal Studios to see The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Now I'm back, and I can tell you it was awesome (see below). I went with my brother and aunt, as well as one of my aunt's friends and her husband and son. We stayed at one of the hotels that's part of Universal Studios, so that was cool because it was only a 10 minute walk to the parks in the morning. What wasn't cool was the weather - I know I used that joke already about Indianapolis - I don't know if it's just because I'm Canadian, but the United States feels really hot all the time. And you know what sucks when it's hot? Waiting in lines for rides. That's why Express Passes are so awesome, because you don't even have to wait in lines. Sure you feel bad for a second about walking past all those people in the regular line, but then you realize you're on the ride already and you couldn't care less about those people. If you go to an amusement park sometime (I recommend Universal Islands of Adventure - that's where Hogwarts is) you should invest in an Express Pass at least once to see why I think they're so awesome. Remember, becoming awesome is not a spectator sport, so get out there and start being awesome.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Level of Awesomeness: More fun than burning witches.

What Is It: June 18th, 2010. The day Hogwarts opened its Orlando campus. These days that seems so long ago. Back in 2010 Rebecca Black wasn't even famous, but now I don't know if I could imagine the music industry without her... False. That is not difficult to imagine. But it does mean it took me over a year to get to Hogwarts. Now in case you're not familiar with Hogwarts, it is the school from Harry Potter, and in case you're not familiar with Harry Potter, he looks like this:

Or more importantly, like this:

See "A Very Potter Musical"

Now that that's out of the way I can tell you what The Wizarding World of Harry Potter really is. A land of wonder where all your dreams come true. Need I go on? Yes? Okay, it's an amusement park. Happy now? Good. It has rides such as: The Forbidden Journey (now featuring the longest wait times on this side of the Mississippi), Dragon Challenge and Flight of the Hippogriff.

Why Is It Awesome: Because it's almost as awesome as being Ron Weasley, which is still really awesome. Don't believe me? Check out these pictures I took.

It's Hogwarts!

It's a sign! Read what it says!

I got distracted by a roller coaster...Hogwarts is in the bottom left corner.

Express Passes

Level of Awesomeness: Passable

What Is It: Sometimes they are cards, sometimes it's just a piece of paper, but whatever it is it lets you skip the regular line at an amusement park and go in the express line instead. It's what those people you hate have. And it's awesome. Imagine, instead of waiting 2 hours to go on that ride you like, you wait 2 minutes. Now you can go on your favourite ride 59 extra times. Or, if you don't want all those extra rides, you have enough time to watch Cowboys & Aliens in the middle of the day while you wait for the regular people to get off the ride.

Why Is It Awesome: Because you have so much more time for activities! Standing in lines is not awesome, but going on rides is awesome! Now you get more awesomeness per unit of time!

P.S. When I was in Florida I found this "Awesome" mug.

Look how awesome it is!