July 14th, 2011.

     July 14th, 2011. This day has been long awaited by some many people. It will be a happy day, yet sad. Very bittersweet. I am sure I will cry. I will get all dressed up for the occasion, and head off down the aisle. Movie theater aisle that is.
    Yeah, I know that was super corny, but you guys do not understand this is the LAST Harry Potter movie. It will be a very emotional experience for me. When I went and saw the first part I even bedazzled my Muggle shirt for the occasion, and I'm not going to spend 5 hours glueing rhinestones on just any shirt. This go round I plan on going ALL out. Ron Weasley wand. Gryffindor tie. Gryffindor Scarf. Harry glasses. And I am hoping to find a cloak, so if you see one let me know. You may think this sounds crazy but you have obviously never seen a HP movie in theaters. People don't just get dressed up for the midnight showings, they do it for every showing! I went to see the first part of Deathly Hallows, the Saturday after it came out and people were still in full costume. It is quite the experience. I usually go see these wonderful movies with my friend Kristen (click on her name to see her blog!) because we laugh together, cry together, and have obviously read the books 256415 times a piece!! So we know what to expect next!
     This past summer for graduation, I got to go to the Harry Potter theme park. Embarrassing story; we got into Universal and started standing in line, 2 and a half hours later we were in the HP part of the park. it was 326 degrees and literally 2,000  in a place no longer then a half mile, IF that long! (It was so crowded because it was the Wednesday after it opened!) There were 3 rides, the castle, the dragons and the Hippogriffs. The wait was 1 1/2 hours for the dragon and castle so we went for the 25 minute wait on the Hippogriff, I rode it, standing in line for a wand I felt sick so I went and sat down. I sent Quincy to get a pumpkin juice and made it just out of Hogsmeade before well.... you know the rest. SO EMBARRASSED!!! Anyway I did manage to get a lot of pictures...

This is where we started!!

The town of Hogsmeade

Hogwarts. nuff said.

Hagrids Hut!!

That's ole Buckbeak the Hippogriff. He bowed as you went up the hill

Love me some Buckbeak.

Ollivanders. Only a 2 hour wait to get inside!!

See??? 2000 people AT LEAST!!

Fantastic.

                
    Quincy is reading this ovr my shoulder and told me I should put "I look forward to meeting wizards." anyway enjoy!!!!

Love and Rockets.

Jillian