This park was for Julia, since she has read a few of the books and seen a few of the earlier movies. In my opinion, the movies get a little too dark towards the end, so we haven't seen them yet. We first stopped off at Ollivander's Wand Shop in Diagon Alley for wizard wands. Throughout the park there are interactive attractions that you can play with if you have a wand. Julia ended up with the same wand as Hermione, and Jonathan ended up with the same wand as Dumbledore. From there we wandered around and saw a fire-breathing dragon on top of Gringotts Bank and stopped off for some real butter beer.
For the next leg of out adventure we hopped on the Hogwarts Express and took a ride over to the other Harry Potter Park, which is essentially Hogsmeade and an amazing replica of Hogwarts itself. We wandered around the park for awhile and ending up staying later than planned, since we eventually were able to find some food. The castle at night was pretty impressive and there was even a light show against the castle walls towards the end of the evening.
