My weekend with Rachel had to come to a close, but no way to go out than with a bang! We spent her final day with me at…Universal Studios!
Sunday, 7/10/2016
First order of business was breakfast. We hopped into “Honeyduke’s” and grabbed ourselves some delicious pumpkin pasties! After gobbling them up, we stepped into the line for “Ollivander’s Wand Shop.” As you may know from previous posts, I am OBSESSED with my wand, made of Holly wood and containing a unicorn hair core. Rachel was eager to have her wand select her. But as we waited for the wand ceremony to begin, the wandmaker chose me. Oh yes. She. Chose. Me.
Showing off our magical prowess! The witch we asked to take this Boomerang video was confused by our muggle phone application.
Next, we purchased some lovely butterbeers and headed to wait in line for “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.” Although the wait was about an hour, I told Rachel that once inside the castle, the wait was worth it, as there are so many magical memories from the books and movies!
The ride was fun as usual, and fortunately my stomach held up. We bought ourselves some Prefect badges at “Filch’s Emporium of Confiscated Goods” and ventured out to get lunch in Simpson’s land.

We ate tacos and then purchased ciders from Moe’s Tavern before riding the “Studio Tour” around the backlot. I will never not ride that ride again without a drink in my hand. Way more entertaining!
Afterwards, I had hoped to show Rachel the lower level of the park, but it was too long of a wait for all of the rides, so we headed to the “Despicable Me” ride, which I’d never been on.
After eating our fill at The Three Broomsticks, we headed into Honeyduke’s one more time, where I finally purchased a chocolate frog! It was solid chocolate inside, I was thoroughly surprised once I got home and opened it up. Check out my holographic Rowena Ravenclaw card.
We then went and watched the animals show, which was thoroughly entertaining, and finally said goodbye to Hogsmeade for the day.
Although the most crowded I’ve seen it, this was definitely the most fun I’ve had at Universal! Rachel is kind of the best, and I was very sad to see her go. But I can’t wait for our trip to New York at the end of September! Stay tuned!
-Girl in Los Angeles 🙂