Osaka Day 3

We went to Universal Studios for our third round of roller coasters. Osaka’s Universal Studios is perhaps particularly famous (at least in my family) because it boasts a Harry Potter section with a themed-roller coaster and a Harry Potter 3D interactive movie ride through the castle. 

I know my sister Shannon (her travel blog here) must be extremely jealous! My favorite part of the Harry Potter experience was walking through the castle and seeing moving, talking portrait paintings, just like the movie. The 3-d movie ride was also probably the best ride of the park because it almost makes riders feel like they are part of the movie!

 

The park was divided into sections named after, and designed to look like, famous cities in the US like New York, and San Francisco. 

As we made our way through a mini-US tour, some of the other interesting rides we jumped on along the way were the Jurassic Park ride, Spiderman, and Space Adventure.

 

We returned to the hotel and had a wardrobe change before going to a karaoke spot for a few songs to start the night. Then, as it was our last dinner in Japan as a group, we went to a nice Italian place and ordered several delicious dishes, and a bottle of wine (sparkling cider for Simon). 

Continue on to Osaka Day 4.