MegaCon 2016 Day 2
May. 28th, 2016 08:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puppetmakerPeter did a couple of panels and signed a lot of comics. Fans bought books and scripts. Everyone was happy.
Caroline and I started our day at Universal Studios Florida thanks the Michael and Alexandra who were kind enough to arrange passes into the Park. The security screening went fast considering the number of people who were being screening.
I had forgotten how long it takes to get from the parking lot to the actual park of Islands of Adventure. You go from the parking lot to the City Walk (shops and restaurants) and finally to the park itself. It is, as they say, a schlep.
We had one purpose in this for Caroline that was to get to Diagon Alley because she had not seen it. Since we came in on the Hogsmead end of the world, we quickly hopped onto the Hogwarts Express and rode the train to London. We walked by the entrance the first time but figured it out pretty quick and were in a submersive environment where the rest of the park just didn’t exist. The word “Wow” comes to mind. It was amazing.
We wandered around and looked at everything. All the shops mentioned in the books along with one or two that were not are represented. We went to Olivander’s Fine Wand makers and Caroline was chosen to participate in the wand ceremony where the Wand picks the Wizard which was magical indeed. She had a series of magical misevents before there was a great breeze and light and that piece of the soundtrack where Harry finds his wand. Rather powerful over all. She love it and the wand so, we spend most of the rest of the day casting various spells all over both Diagon Alley and Hogsmead. We had lunch at the Leaky Caldron and tasted Butterbeer for the first time.
Before we left the park, we ran over to the Simpson’s part of the park and immersed ourselves in Springfield.
After Springfield, we decided that we were done for the day and we went back to the convention.
Last year Peter was invited to a screening of the first two episodes of the most recent Dr. Who series. I sent a puppet with him for Michelle Gomez which he got to her and received a big hug in return.
Yesterday I got to meet and talk to Michelle Gomez and find out what the puppet has been up to. It is nice to know that it is loved and appreciated by the family.
We went out to dinner with friends and had a lovely time. Lots of jokes and stories to be told.
Tired and probably slightly dehydrated, we got back to our hotel room.
Today should be interesting as we have several things on our docket to do along with a couple of things I hope will work out in our favor.
I am grateful for GM who keeps providing a certain kind of magic in our lives.
Caroline and I started our day at Universal Studios Florida thanks the Michael and Alexandra who were kind enough to arrange passes into the Park. The security screening went fast considering the number of people who were being screening.
I had forgotten how long it takes to get from the parking lot to the actual park of Islands of Adventure. You go from the parking lot to the City Walk (shops and restaurants) and finally to the park itself. It is, as they say, a schlep.
We had one purpose in this for Caroline that was to get to Diagon Alley because she had not seen it. Since we came in on the Hogsmead end of the world, we quickly hopped onto the Hogwarts Express and rode the train to London. We walked by the entrance the first time but figured it out pretty quick and were in a submersive environment where the rest of the park just didn’t exist. The word “Wow” comes to mind. It was amazing.
We wandered around and looked at everything. All the shops mentioned in the books along with one or two that were not are represented. We went to Olivander’s Fine Wand makers and Caroline was chosen to participate in the wand ceremony where the Wand picks the Wizard which was magical indeed. She had a series of magical misevents before there was a great breeze and light and that piece of the soundtrack where Harry finds his wand. Rather powerful over all. She love it and the wand so, we spend most of the rest of the day casting various spells all over both Diagon Alley and Hogsmead. We had lunch at the Leaky Caldron and tasted Butterbeer for the first time.
Before we left the park, we ran over to the Simpson’s part of the park and immersed ourselves in Springfield.
After Springfield, we decided that we were done for the day and we went back to the convention.
Last year Peter was invited to a screening of the first two episodes of the most recent Dr. Who series. I sent a puppet with him for Michelle Gomez which he got to her and received a big hug in return.
Yesterday I got to meet and talk to Michelle Gomez and find out what the puppet has been up to. It is nice to know that it is loved and appreciated by the family.
We went out to dinner with friends and had a lovely time. Lots of jokes and stories to be told.
Tired and probably slightly dehydrated, we got back to our hotel room.
Today should be interesting as we have several things on our docket to do along with a couple of things I hope will work out in our favor.
I am grateful for GM who keeps providing a certain kind of magic in our lives.
