are we on vacation again?

We went to orlando again for an overnighter.  It was such a horrible week it was nice to leave it behind even if it was just for 30 hours.  We lost Sugar (our 11 year old greyhound) on Monday.   We flew into orlando and drove over to universal.  We got into the park at about 1pm. We started in the older park so we could take to new Harry Potter train over to the Islands of Adventure.  It was pretty cool.  The train really is moving, and they show a video on the window to make it look like we're leaving Hogwarts and pulling into London.  On that side, we explored the new Diagonal Alley, which is behind a very nondescript wall, but once on the other side, the whole Harry Potter experience comes alive.  There are dark magic back alleys and lots of stores and details to explore.  We're kind of Harry Potter geeks, so we had to look at everything.  The wands that you can buy have interactive spots to cast spells, a lot of them have water invol...