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Day: July 14, 2010

Universal Studios & WW (Day #1)

July 14, 2010
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Wow. I got excited seeing the Hogwarts towers from the freeway, but the actual Wizarding World definitely took my breath away when I saw it up close. It was about 4 times larger than I had expected and the lines for the stores were about 100 times longer than I’d expected (I knew there was…

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I Made it to Florida!

July 14, 2010
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The rest of the train ride was a bit uneventful, apart from some kids stopping up our toilets with paper towels and peeing all over the floors (I just used the ones one car over; those were lovely and pristine). I managed to get a shuttle to the resort (ended up just taking me; I…

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On the Train

July 14, 2010
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This was written around 8pm on Tuesday night: I love taking the train. It’s my favorite way to travel, hands-down. You don’t get any snarfs, I’m sad to say, but you do get to see a lot of the country and there’s no worry about getting lost or running into traffic. As of writing this…

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Terms Explained:

AWP-I worked at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs
BookCrossing-the act of registering books and leaving them in public places for people to find
BCinDC- my local BookCrossing meetup group
DADA-my local Harry Potter meetup group, Defense Against Dumb 'A's (who don't get Harry Potter)
Gillian-The name of my current GPS unit (old GPS was named Jill)
HPA-The Harry Potter Alliance. My local chapter was Carpe Futurum
Love-The name of my dark red Honda Element
Markeroni-finding & photographing historical markers (usually with a mascot; mine is Eeyore)
OBCZ- Official BookCrossing Zone (a shelf where it's okay to leave books)
Snarfari-at Markeroni, a historical marker is a snarf. So a snarfari is a safari/trip to find markers
WRock-Wizard Rock is Harry Potter music

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