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  1. mnmrmustard

    TR - Get your Disneyfied Christmas B-Day Fix! - Hub, Grub, & Up, Up and Away! - fixed photo links & Final Thoughts

    Final Thoughts! I was re-reading this TR and fixing some dead links to pictures and realized I never posted my final thoughts for this trip. So I guess I'll throw them in if anyone wants to set the wayback machine to 2017 and this wonderful birthday holiday adventure. I did one on my...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 33 – A Christmasey Seussical End to our Day Still one of the best Christmas-themed lands in Orlando in my eyes One more quick bathroom break and we were on the Cat in the Hat, which had a whopping 10 minute wait, which basically meant walk-on This ride is a tough one to get...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 33 – A Christmasey Seussical End to our Day Still one of the best Christmas-themed lands in Orlando in my eyes One more quick bathroom break and we were on the Cat in the Hat, which had a whopping 10 minute wait, which basically meant walk-on This ride is a tough one to get...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 32 – A Good Soaking, Evening Comes and on to Classic Thrills With the first stop in the “let’s get soaked!” challenge completed, we left the Jurassic area. As I mentioned in the last chapter, the kids and I had done this bit back in 2012 with this being the result We had a great...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    You're very welcome and oh yes, you need to go! We were in the exact same circumstance having been to Hogsmeade but not Diagon Alley/Knockturn Alley/Kings Cross Station ...and of course the Night Bus. It was all just so immersive and fun :)
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 31 – Jurassic Grub, A Kong Encounter, and we Enter the Splash Zone It was sad to tear thru Hogsmeade so fast, but we knew we’d be back on another Universal day. We were actually hungry as it was 12:30pm by this time. But we also wanted to just stick to simple burger fare so what...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 30 – A Ride to Hogsmeade and Thru it to Points Beyond Soon enough it is boarding time for our first journey on the Hogwarts Express! It was cool to have a car to ourselves Soon we set off Journey on the Hogwarts Express Video In a mere 8 minutes we were disembarking from the...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 29 – From the Muggle World to Nine and Three-Quarters! The line started moving again so we continued on our way thru Kings Cross. Soon enough we were at a certain magical opening between platforms. Jinx went thru first Then PumpkinGirl And then me Another of PumpkinGirl at...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 28 – Exiting Diagon, Night Bus Fun, and on to Kings Cross I grabbed one more beer at the Fountain of Fair Fortune And then went across the way to the Magical Menagerie and snapped a couple of quick pics By now it was 11:15am and we decided we better get moving if we are going to...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 27 – Embracing Our Slytherin in Knockturn Alley Some places we wish we could just walk in and check out But there were still plenty of shops that you could While they explored we had finished up our goodies and decided to take a trip into the wonderous gloom of Knockturn Alley...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 26 – All the HP-Themed Merch You Can Handle! All of that spellcasting made them hungry, so it was time to hit the candy shop. PumpkinGirl found lots of things that caught her eye! And then on to Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes – brace yourself for all the jokey, gadgety goodness...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 25 – Diagon Wanderings At this point the kiddos wanted to get interactive wands so we split off. Since we hurried thru the entrance when we first came in we headed back that way and took a shot of it and got one of Roxy coming in And I had to get a shot of a wizard in training...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 24 – Making a Beeline for Gringotts We had a slightly late night at DHS the night before but this was our first day at Universal Orlando and the whole family’s first time going to Diagon Alley! So we were up and made it thru the getting up and getting ready routine. I can tell you...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Well it has been 3 weeks since I posted an update, for anyone at the edge of your seat I apologize ;) The beginning of the term at work has been a challenging one and my weekends have been kind of full. But with no further adieu here is Day 4!
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 23 – A Gondola Ride to an Animated Destination We were all done so we started back up Sunset Boulevard So bright and festive We stopped at the Crossroads and looked for pins One last touch of Christmas We wanted to get in a ride on the gondolas so we decided to take a trek to...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 22 – 50s Prime Time and Rockin’ Around Onward to meal time! The kiddos had never eaten in here and Roxy and I had only been here once for my surprise birthday trip back in 2011. I was a bit bummed in that we didn’t get one if the proper kitchenette spots with the full theming and...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 21 – ToT and Photo Traditions From there it was down Sunset Boulevard for some ToT fun More PhotoPass! Onward – love that architecture! It was 3:30pm and this was going to be one of our longer waits of the day with an estimated 60 minute wait time. I got in line while the...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 20 – Who Wants a Droid? Once out of the show we found some snacks to munch on and I took a shot of the last façade of the old Streets of America Somewhere in there Jinx came across a sketch of Oswald, his favorite character By now it was 2:30pm and we had a 2:40pm reservation to...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 19 – The Resistance Brings us Home Then we were on to General Hux and Kylo Quick Vid of Hux and Kylo Kylo’s Lightsaber makes its entrance Kylo Lightsaber Vid On to the big battle! Space Battle Vid Kylo was not amused Especially after the ship blew up behind him! Off to...
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    A Disneyfied X-Mas B-Day Fix Part Deux! - Day 4 Universal Day Completed!

    Chapter 18 – You Got the Wrong Guy! Solid formation of troops for sure! Down the corridor for processing Good security around here PumpkinGirl didn’t seem concerned And I just wanted to talk to someone in charge about being First Order all the way! They were pretty stoic in...




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