How to Spend Your Time at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter



FITTING A MORNING VISIT TO THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER INTO A TRIP TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

  • If checking in to the Royal Pacific, or another Universal Orlando resort, be at its front desk by 7.15a to check in and get your hotel keys, which are also your early entry passes
  • (If you are wondering why this hotel, or what these passes are, the details of Universal’s front of the line approach can be found in Where to Stay at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.)
  • If you are not a hotel guest, be at the entrance to Universal’s Islands of Adventure (the theme park within which the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is located) by 60-120 minutes before opening. Arrive earlier in this range during the peak season, later during the off season
  • At park opening, grab a park map and schedule, head to the Wizarding World, and get in line for and see Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
  • Then explore the shops in Hogsmeade
  • Then, if you are a fan of serious roller coasters, ride Dragon Challenge
  • Next, if it appeals to your family, ride Flight of the Hippogriff
  • Next, using your park map, relax and see the rest of the Wizarding World. See this for more on what you can see and do at the Wizarding World

(These instructions are especially designed for fitting a visit to Universal Orlando’s The Wizarding World of Harry Potter into a first family trip to Walt Disney World. Click here for the Summary of Instructions for visiting Harry Potter.)

(Note for those planning to spend multiple days at Universal Orlando: staff there told me that the best time to go to Harry Potter was in the evening.

They said that the line to actually enter the Wizarding World was usually gone by then.  (The Wizarding World itself is still packed.)

If so, then for multi-day visitors, the best approach would be to see the other great rides at Islands of Adventure the first morning (when, because of Harry, lines are short) and to try the Wizarding World that evening.

If for some reason this does not work, you can then still  try the “Harry Potter at 7a” approach the next morning…

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4 comments

1 David { 12.17.10 at 12:25 pm }

After visiting earlier this year, if you or any traveling mates want to see the wand ceremony inside Olivander’s that this should be the first line you enter….even before Forbidden Journey. Reason being, the queue for FJ is as much fun as the ride itself, and is predominately inside. The line for Olivander’s is outside and not fun….and long.

2 Dave { 12.17.10 at 12:38 pm }

Thanks David!

3 Kat { 07.06.11 at 10:53 am }

If you go to the rides first then you wont have to store your stuff in the locker and I would advise going to the dragon challenge first so you can ride both without the long wait

4 Dave { 07.06.11 at 5:03 pm }

Thanks Kat!

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