Magic Kingdom, Typhoon Lagoon and Diagon Alley Reveal

Our first full day in Orlando for this trip was Wednesday 14th October 2015, we spent the morning at at Magic Kingdom, the afternoon in Typhoon Lagoon and our evening at Universal Studios.  You can find our video here on youtube or at the end of this photo blog post.

Driving under the Walt Disney World sign gave me such excitement, and when I got into the park I could hardly make proper sentences. For the holiday we hired a car, my partner Terry drove. It took a little while to get used to being on the opposite side of the road, but he picked it up really fast.

We arrived at Magic Kingdom and headed to the Tomorrowland Speedway as we had a fast pass for it. We arrived a little later than we set out to as we needed a lie in after all the travel from the day before, and due to the fast pass Tomorrowland Speedway ended up being our first ride, even though this really wasn't our plan, we rushed over to ride it anyhow. Terry seemed not have any confidence in my driving skills.

Magic Bands were a relatively new thing for our trip, and we decided to try them out. Terry got himself a toy story magic band and I went for a haunted mansion themed one. These are such a great invention and I adore them. They were quite expensive, but totally worth it. It just makes fast passes and getting into the parks so much easier. No need to fiddle about with the park tickets.

Our second fast pass was one of my favourite rides, the Haunted Mansion. Then it was time to head over for the pictures in front of the castle that you have just got to take. This trip was Terrys first time in Florida, and first time at Walt Disney World. So these photos are now a part of our history.

Side view of the castle 

 We rode Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyears Space Ranger Spin, then grabbed a snack before heading out of the park.

Typhoon Lagoon was our next park for the day. We swam with the fish in shark reef. The water was freezing, but it needed to be for the fish. It was a cool experience. 

Typhoon Lagoon gave us a great afternoon, we rode quite a few of the slides and had such a blast in the large wave pool. I had a waterproof case for my phone so I was able to take some videos in and under the water which was so much fun. 

 After going back to our resort to freshen up, we went to Universal and checked out Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. There was some live music, stilt walkers, lots of food and some great drinks. Lovely atmosphere. 

I had a watermelon margarita and the volcano nachos. The nachos was a little bit of a mistake as I wasn't all that hungry! As you can see, the portion size was huge. Needless to say I did not make my way through the whole dish.

Our park tickets allowed us multiple nights entry to Halloween Horror Nights 25. We thought we would make use of them and check it out. I wasn't able to take many photos as I was quick scared, it was my first time and I was worried the scareactors would prey on me if I had my camera out or I was paying attention properly.

 We ventured into a couple of houses. Freddy Vs Jason was our first. This frightened me, yet it was cool and interesting. I loved looking into all the details walking through, but was scared so many times by the actors! At one point Freddys glove with all the knives on was right in front of my face and he was just not moving, those second he was in front of me felt so long. I was full of fear, yet so much excitement. 

Diagon Alley was open late for Horror Nights, so I was able to get my first glimpse and it was absolutely incredible. The detail was incredible and the dragon was beautiful. We got to ride Gringrotts with no wait, and that rollercoaster was awesome, seeing Bellatrix and Voldermort was epic. Although Forbidden Journey is still my favourite, but that's got a special place in my heart. Gringrotts preshow was interesting, and walking through the bank, seeing all the beautiful details and the goblins was atmospheric. 

Please feel free to ask any questions, or add comments. I'll be happy to answer and reply.

You can find the video of our first day on youtube below.

This post contains only my own thoughts and opinions, it is not a sponsored post, just a review of my trip. Although any sponsors would be appreciated.