Detroit Nesties
Dear Community,

Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.

If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.

Thank you.

Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

Anybody been to Harry Potter World?

We're headed to Florida in a couple weeks, and I'm trying to decide whether or not to stay an extra day and go to Harry Potter World.  It looks fun, but I guess I haven't been to a theme park in forever, because I was shocked to see it costs $80 a ticket!!!  Is it $160 worth of fun?  Or should I just save my vacation time and money for something else?

Re: Anybody been to Harry Potter World?

  • I haven't been but I would totally spend $80 on a ticket! I am a big Harry Potter dork.
    image
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
  • I've never been but I would spend the money to go there.  If you think about it all the theme parks in that area are expnsive anyways. 
    DS Born 12/21/11 #2 EDD 4/7/13
  • My nephew went and loved it.  I'm a big HP dork too, so I can't wait to go.

    I have heard that if you're going to get there when it opens and run right to the coasters to avoid hours long lines.

    Birthday Lilypie 2nd Birthday Ticker
  • I've heard that it is amazing.  Are you a fan of the books/movies?
  • imagemardoll10:
    I've heard that it is amazing.  Are you a fan of the books/movies?

    We're both HP fans, so I think it would be fun.  Just at that price, I don't want to get there and find out it's a let down, you know?

  • DH and I were in Orlando last year for a conference and decided not to go because of the price.  It seems like Disney and other Orlando parks are a LOT less expensive if you make it a multiple day trip out of it.  We decided to come back at some point and dedicate at least a few days to the parks so that we could use those discount packages that they make available to you.  

    I should tell you though, that I'm a HUGE HP fan, so this was a tough decision for me :-) 

    Uniquely Home
    image
    Serendipity3, South Beach, Miami, FL 2012
  • If you are going in a couple weeks and only plan on going one day and NOT purchasing the express pass, then I would NOT go.  The parks will be super crowded and the lines will be horrendous.  Waiting in lines is not worth $80/person to me.  I have done both IOA and US in one day, but in the fall when there were zero crowds.  Summer is considered peak season for both Disney and Universal and I wouldn't do US without an express pass if I went during that time.  They cost and extra $50/ticket. 
    image
    Visit The Nest! Visit The Nest! BabyFruit Ticker
    Steph and Jeff's Shutterfly Website
    ~ Stephanie & Jeffrey ~ 9.15.2007
  • I love Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. The last time I was there was March of 2009 and they were building the Wizarding World of Harry Potter ( I think that is what it is called lol). I have heard there is a lot to do there with a walk through the castle and some pretty cool rides. I have heard though that the prices are high. When I went with my BFF, we got a seven day unlimited pass which was the best offer. We were able to do both parks, IOA and US. It is much more expensive to buy separate tix for each park. Plus now I know there is a price hike...:(
  • mumegsmumegs member
    Eighth Anniversary 2500 Comments Combo Breaker

    If you are a HP fan you will love it - it is amazing!! However it is expensive, and IMO, the rest of the Islands of Adventure park is kind of lame. There are only a few other rides that are kind of cool.

    We went in October and there was hardly anyone there, I'm afraid in the summer it would be super packed.

    Also we did one of those timeshare tours so we could get a big discount - I think it was almost like getting 2 tickets for the price of one. We paid less than $100 for 2 tickets. It took less than 2 hours - was totally worth it!

    image
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards