Last Saturday, we woke up early and watched the people lining up to get into Epic Universe.
They were lined up inside and outside the hotel.
We left for the airport around 9 am.
It was a whirlwind but fun week.
We were back in Philly by early afternoon.
We got home and the light sabers the boys made at Hollywood Studios were there. We had them mailed home because they couldn't go on the cruise. They went right into battles.
That night was Dave's 50th birthday party at Parx Casino.
Slide show.
It was a great crowd and we had so much fun.
Dave is such a sweetheart. He has a nice group of friends.
Emily slept over.
Last Sunday was pretty quiet. Eli zoomed around on his quad.
Another post for last Friday. It was a busy day! After resting until about 4:00, we headed back into the park. It was a tiny bit cooler. We went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic.
Suddenly we were transported into Paris.
It really felt like we were there.
There is only 1 ride. It's famous for how long the line gets. Thankfully we had the express passes. The line was averaging 2-3 hours that day. We waited about 15 minutes.
It was a really cool line though.
We went through the Floo network to get there.
I was blown away. I felt like we were in the movie.
I guess they have to give you something to do while waiting in line for 3 hours.
So many long narrow hallways.
The ride was great and I didn't get sick!
I celebrated not getting sick with a frozen Butter Beer.
As you know, Eli got a Hedwig owl in December at the other Universal parks. He took that owl everywhere and she got really dirty and she has some issues. He wanted to get her a friend.
We left Paris.
Then we had dinner. New Hedwig joined us.
It had been in th 90's but was now in the low 80's. Still warm but better.
There's the hotel!
Then it was time for Dark Universe! Not sure about this place.
It was all about scary monsters from the past like Frankenstein and Dracula.
There was a scary vibe.
This normal looking windmill...
Exploded! We went on a couple of rides there.
Then we headed into the middle section, which is called Celestial Park. There was the trippiest merry go round.
Our turn!
This thing was eerily beautiful.
The whole park was so pretty at night.
Each of the 5 worlds had spotlight and they all met in the sky.
We walked around. It was quiet and pretty.
We went to the front of the park to see the main entrance.
Then we went shopping. We took home one of these apples.
Amy Ariel and Eli went back to the hotel to pack. Noah was determined to win all the challenges in Super Nintendo World so we headed back. The park was open until 10. This was around 8:30.
So cool at night!
Noah worked on the challenges.
He won enough challenges to go into a secret area we didn't even know was there. I guess it was a good secret. We joined a group of 10 other people. They trained us then we went to face Bowser. We had jump around and interact with a screen and we beat him! It was fun!
Noah said it was the best night of his life!
I have a 10 minutes video of this which I'm not going to post. I will show you if you want to see it. We headed back to the hotel and at 10:00 we were treated to an amazing show. The whole park lit up and the fountains went crazy.
Mario looked cool from a distance.
This was wild.
We really enjoyed the show and could even hear the music. We packed then went to bed.
