User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4184690-20110722023349

Harry Potter has been my childhood. 7 books, 8 movies, and I've been there for all of them. Midnight premieres, midnight releases... well, at least those my parents have agreed to take me to! They're pretty Muggle, so it becomes a problem when they have to pick me up at 2:30am from the movie theater! Anyways... Harry Potter. For the past 10 years it has been my way to escape everyday problems. Getting lost in the grounds of Hogwarts used to be (and lets be honest, it still is!) my favorite pastime. I've grown up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. I've been with them through all their adventures. Fan till the very end. And then July 15th, just like it all begun, it ended. I feel like a good friend has moved away (where I could chat with them over the Internet, but I won't ever see them) I know I can go back to the books and movies, but there's no more excitement. No more midnight premieres to attend. It's really ALL over. Visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter would mean living in the world that I could imagine through the books, and watch through a screen. It's at the moment, my dream! I'm only 3 hours away from Miami, but like I said, with muggle parents like mine, and with our Gringotts chamber similar to the Weasleys, visiting The Wizarding World of Harry Potter has proved to be a bigger challenge than I ever expected! I remember sitting in front of my computer when the Grand Opening was being live-streamed.... I had tears of joy when John Williams took on the Orlando Philharmonic and conducted the magnificent music from the movies. I could only wish to be there!

Overall, it has been a ride! Many tears have shed over Harry... most have been happy tears, some have been tears of sadness (I mean, Jo DID go on a killing spree in Deathly Hallows!) and now that it's all over, the memories will remain with those who have been with Harry till the very end. It has been the best childhood I could have asked for.