Spring Break Day 5 - Universal Studios

On Day 2, we had purchased shirts to wear on our last day. We decided for everyone to choose their Hogwarts house. Daddy was Ravenclaw, the boys were Slytherin, and I was Hufflepuff. Gwyn was almost Slytherin, but changed to match Daddy. It was fun. A few people said they liked our shirts. I got picked on a bit being Hufflepuff. It was pretty funny. Staff members would see me running and yell "Hufflepuff's don't run!" Once I left my phone in my pocket and had to go back through the line, and the staff at the entrance said said "Hufflepuffs don't break the rules!" It was entertaining.

We decided our last day would be at the park. We wanted to go back to all our favorites, or ride the things we missed. (The boys were too scared to ride The Mummy, but otherwise everything was ridden at least once.)

Once afternoon hit, Gwyn wanted to swim, so she returned to the hotel with Daddy. Gwyn had so much fun jumping on the pool. She kept talking about it once we met back up for dinner. The boys and I jumped from park to park riding our favorites. 

The kids got chocolate frogs with money from Aunts Betsy and Pat. They ate them while waiting to ride the train.

We decided to use our God passes on the Hogwarts train. Right after we got in line, one of the trains stopped working, and everything paused while they fixed things. This meant that as soon as things started moving, the line would move slow. So we showed our passes and we instructed to take the elevator up to the platform. Once there, we were asked to wait for a few minutes, and told we would get on the next train. But they never took the tickets! Bonus!

So we all decided to ride the Escape From Gringotts one last time. At first Colin said he didn't want to ride, and we were going to have him wait for us, but that started an argument with park employees. After a few minutes, he decided he wanted to ride (YES)! This is where we used our god passes in the end. Totally worth it.

A picture of the Escape From Gringotts dragon.

This is in line for Flight of the Hippgriff. I think I rode this close to 20 times.

Dinner at The Leaky Cauldron! Colin is showing off his Chocolate Frog card. It is Dumbledore.

Kevin spent so much time just trying to get pictures of the dragon breathing fire. So on his last night he stayed until it happened. Here are a few of the pictures. (The kids and I walked around doing spells with the interactive wand.)

We stayed until the park closed, and then walked home.

The next morning, we got our rental car, and went to the airport. Thankfully we were able to send Colin's wand with our luggage. Here is one of Gwyn's last times sucking her thumb! She and Kevin sat by Daddy. (We had a direct flight home.)

Colin and I talked and played on Snapchat.

Kevin was one of the first ones on the plane, and got to meet the pilot! He even got to sit in the cockpit!

It was one of the best trips of my life. I hope the kids have wonderful memories!