User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4182272-20110721152913

What Harry Potter means to me is my childhood. I grew up on Harry Potter, I started reading them when the first book came out in paperback all those years ago, and Harry has stuck with me, I am twenty years old now and I still get excited when I read my books, they are like old friends who sit and wait, who listen, and were there for me when I needed them. Harry, Ron, and Hermione have gotten me through alot of rough patches in my life, then the movies came out and I could finally see what I only invisioned in my mind, I remember going on opening day, decked out in Gryffindor robes and a stuffed owl being toted along. I've laughed, cried, and felt a connection with all the characters along the way, and to finally get to stand in their world, even if it was just a theme park would mean the world to me. I know I'm not a doe eyed kid, or a grandmother wanting this for their grandson, I am just a "Harry Potter veteran" wanting to see Harry's world for my own eyes, buy candy from Honeydukes, and step inside Hogwarts for the first time.