{"id":24503,"date":"2016-11-27T18:57:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T02:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=24503"},"modified":"2016-11-27T18:57:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T02:57:41","slug":"a-very-harry-birthday-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=24503","title":{"rendered":"A very Harry birthday, part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first day at Universal was the day before Thanksgiving. It wasn&#8217;t all that busy (at least not compared to the next day, or to the times we&#8217;ve visited Disneyland), and we had plenty of time to wander around the Harry Potter section of the park. True fans of the books and movies have tons to geek out about there: Walking through the gates to <a href=\"http:\/\/harrypotter.wikia.com\/wiki\/Hogsmeade\">Hogsmeade<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0you really feel like you&#8217;re part of the wizarding world. We went on several rides (including Zoe&#8217;s favorite, the 3D &#8211; and very realistic -\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.universalstudioshollywood.com\/harrypotter\/ridesandattractions\">Forbidden Journey ride<\/a>), but to me\u00c2\u00a0they were almost\u00c2\u00a0beside the point. Just looking around and being immersed in the surroundings was worth the price of admission!<\/p>\n<p>-M<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-by-Universal-sign.jpg\" alt=\"girls-by-universal-sign\" width=\"401\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-by-Universal-sign.jpg 401w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-by-Universal-sign-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24507\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-and-Daddy-entering-Universal.jpg\" alt=\"girls-and-daddy-entering-universal\" width=\"302\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-and-Daddy-entering-Universal.jpg 302w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-and-Daddy-entering-Universal-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24535\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/entrance-to-Hogsmeade.jpg\" alt=\"entrance-to-hogsmeade\" width=\"302\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/entrance-to-Hogsmeade.jpg 302w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/entrance-to-Hogsmeade-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Hogsmeade.jpg\" alt=\"hogsmeade\" width=\"403\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Hogsmeade.jpg 403w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Hogsmeade-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24508\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-by-flying-car.jpg\" alt=\"girls-by-flying-car\" width=\"403\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-by-flying-car.jpg 403w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-by-flying-car-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24509\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-by-Hogwarts-Express.jpg\" alt=\"girls-by-hogwarts-express\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-by-Hogwarts-Express.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/girls-by-Hogwarts-Express-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Avery-with-map.jpg\" alt=\"avery-with-map\" width=\"302\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Avery-with-map.jpg 302w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Avery-with-map-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Avery-waving-wand.jpg\" alt=\"avery-waving-wand\" width=\"403\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Avery-waving-wand.jpg 403w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Avery-waving-wand-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Zoe-on-ride.jpg\" alt=\"zoe-on-ride\" width=\"302\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Zoe-on-ride.jpg 302w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Zoe-on-ride-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24504\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Avery-on-ride.jpg\" alt=\"avery-on-ride\" width=\"399\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Avery-on-ride.jpg 399w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Avery-on-ride-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first day at Universal was the day before Thanksgiving. It wasn&#8217;t all that busy (at least not compared to the next day, or to the times we&#8217;ve visited Disneyland), and we had plenty of time to wander around the Harry Potter section of the park. True fans of the books and movies have tons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-94-two-kids-nov-dec-16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24536,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24503\/revisions\/24536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}