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Day 5 (Universal Studios - Islands of Adventure/Harry Potter World)

The kids were super excited to go see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.  Apparently they weren't the only ones, the crowds were unbelievable.  At one point, you literally could not walk because there were so many people.  And lets just say that Universal is not quite up to par with Disney as far as managing large crowds.  For one, they don't have fast passes (unless you want to pay an extra $100 per person) and the walkways are smaller, and there is really only one way to get from one area to another.  We were still able to have a good time, it just took a little longer.  We rode the Hulk roller coaster (after a 2 hr. wait) which was awesome, then we headed to Harry Potter.  It was really fun to feel like you were in the world of Harry Potter.  I wish that there hadn't been so many people so we could've actually looked in all the shops and stuff.  The good news was that the "Dueling Dragons" roller coasters had no line, and they were totally fun.  We also rode "Flight of the Hippogriff" and then waited 100 minutes or so to go on "Forbidden Journey."  Once we were done with that we headed back out into the rest of the park and rode "Jurassic Park" a couple of times (no line) and then another log flume ride (also no line).  We got to see a cool X-games type stunt show on the way out and that was Brooklyn's favorite thing.  Overall it was another fun day.