Christmas Gift Suggestions for January Trip

[staceychev]

We bought Hogwarts letters from Etsy. She did a "because you're doing so well in Muggle school, we're admitting you early" letter for my 8 year old and a "sorry your acceptance is late- your records were lost during the war" letter for the 13 year old. https://www.etsy.com/shop/BalistiCreations

We bought two $100 gift cards with Harry Potter images. The cool thing about having the different images is that we could keep track of whose was whose when they were in my wallet. When I'd pull them out to pay, my 13 year old would remind me "Mom, mine's the one with Diagon Alley on it." https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/gift-cards/index.html

I can't recommend robes enough if your kids are real HP fans. I really hesitated about this but I ended up buying inexpensive costume robes on Amazon, and I am SO GLAD I did! They also have house scarves that they wore with their robes that they got on another occasion. We bought the Rubie's ones. They have three different levels, and I'd actually recommend going with the cheapest (ie, thinnest material) for May. My younger daughter had the next level up and it was made of some sort of fleece.

You could also do a HP Christmas decoration. https://shop.universalorlando.com/c/Harry-Potter-Holiday.html

 

[have2getaway]

I bought our tickets from Undercover Tourist, but I plan to upgrade at least mine to an annual pass. Anyway, the UT tickets are paper. Is there a way to add that to the EP, or do we have to plan on carrying those in the lanyard as well?

 

[macraven]

The deluxe hotels will give you a lanyard for all on your reservation

It is a hotel designed lanyard with a cheaper style plastic holder

So if anyone in your group loses a lanyard, you can use the free one if need be

 

[Squirlz]

The deluxe hotels will give you a lanyard for all on your reservation

It is a hotel designed lanyard with a cheaper style plastic holder

So if anyone in your group loses a lanyard, you can use the free one if need be

You must have to ask, they didn't us any.

 

[macraven]

Since they did not give any to you, go back to the front desk and ask for them

The ones they gave out in October were colorful

The plastic holder was not of great quality but the lanyard “ribbon” was

I use the UO wallet they sold back in early 2000
But I always get the hotel lanyard as a memory of the stay