Lost at Hogwarts !!

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Last night, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II was finally released. Knowing nothing whether this movie will be released on time in Indonesia makes me worried. Well... today I will also release my unexposed story during my trip in US!! Hahaha ... You know what, I was lost in Hogwarts !! Yes that's true. 

Here the story goes...

It was a full fun day... My group and I visited the Islands of Adventure at Universal Studio, Orlando, Florida. Well... the only reason why I chose to visit this place instead of Disney Land was because there is this so called "the Wizarding World of Harry Potter" area hahahaha ...



"The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" is a theme park in Islands of Adventure. In that place, you can feel the Potter atmosphere!!
The picture on the left is Hogwarts castle from afar. Isn't it great?

 Once you entered Hogwart's gate, you will see the red train that is used to take students to Hogwarts. Once you enter the gate, you will feel the Hogsmeade atmosphere. There are Zonko, Honeydukes, Three Broomstick, Hogshead, Olivander's wand shop, and many moooore ...

The rides on the theme park are 'Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey', 'Dragon Challenge' and 'the Flight of the Hippogriff'. Out of the three, I did not dare to ride 'Dragon Challange'. It was so scary that I decided to skip it :)

Well, the title of this post is 'Lost at Hogwarts'. I really was lost at Hogwarts! The Hogwarts building in the picture above is actually an arena to queue for 'Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey'. So.. there is this story...

After riding for the first time, I was asked by my friend, Febe and Iman to ride it again. So we entered the building again. In the queue line, we passed a door with a plank that says 'Rooftop Access'. We thought that it was so cool! We could see the scenery from the rooftop! So, we climbed the stairs and walaaaaaaaa, we were able to get to the rooftop. Well, we were kinda Potterfreak, Pottermaniac or whatsoever. We took some pictures there for 10-15 minutes. We decided to get back. But, the door that led us to the rooftop was locked from the outside! It could only be opened from the inside! We were terrified! Shocked! (especially me)...

We were trapped for about 30 minutes on the rooftop until finally some of our friends were able to get an officer in Slytherin uniform got to us. I was so relieved to be saved by a Slytherin hahaha ...
I really was lost at Hogwarts !! Well, the officer said that it was the really first case ever !! We did not regret it, we're potterfreaks afterall hahaha.......


So below are some pictures of the theme park!!

Hogsmeade, Honeydukes, Zonko, KingsCross, Olivander Wand Shop

Inside Hogwarts, Queuing for Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey Ride

Lost on Hogwarts Roof, What to Do? Surely Taking Pictures lol ... 

Hope Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II will be released in Indonesia !!! 


Comments

  1. Ferrial PondrafiJuly 8, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    wah akhirnya pengalaman ini dipostkan juga..
    dah lama aku tunggu nih Riz foto2 dari Hogwarts..

    so, you're saved by Slytherin huh? so where's Harry then?? LOL

    p.s. need more pictures here.. :-)

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  2. Rizqi ArifuddinJuly 8, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    Udah ditambahin pon hhaha

    I was saved by Slytherin haha Gryffindor sucks !! no helping at all wkwkw

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  3. Ferrial PondrafiJuly 8, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    this pictures are just 'whoa'!!
    you look like on the movie Riz..
    hmmmm.. maybe dressing like a wizard in front of Honeyduke will make you like a friend of Potter..

    i like the rooftop part. i mean, the castle looks the same with the movie.. that's so awesome.. :-)
    how bout the environment?? is it the same also with the movie?? cos this picture doesn't depict much about the surrounding environment..

    well, this is what i call as 'Dream Comes True'.. Potter fan came to Hoghwarts finally.. :-)

    p.s. while on the movie, Slytherin sucks!! lol

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  4. Rizqi ArifuddinJuly 8, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    haha guess what, the robe that I wore costs 100 USD :-)
    the rooftop part is a bitter sweet memory lols
    and yes, it really was a dream came true.

    The environment surrounding the potter area looks like Hogwarts, but once you step in the other area, it will be different. There are Jurrasic Park area, Marvel Superhero area (that I also love hahaha), some cartooon area, Sinbad area.

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  5. Ferrial PondrafiJuly 9, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    100 USD???? wtf..

    oh i see..
    what!! Jurassic Area?? did you have the picture??
    i believe is an extrasupervery amazing area..
    that's my childhood memorable movie.

    Marvel.. hmm... seems interesting.
    and Sinbad.. i'm not interested at all.. lol

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  6. UnknownJuly 31, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    ooooh~~ karena ditolongin sama murid Slytherin deh ini aku jadi dikasih badge Slytherin....

    makasih lho mas udah beliin aku~~
    tapi aku Gryffindor loh bukan Slytherin~~ :D

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