Universal Studios Islands of Adventure- Day 4

Yesterday we took a day off of Disney and headed over to Universal Studios mainly to go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We got up early and rented a car (cheaper than hiring a taxi for all 5 of us) and drove to USIOA. We headed right over to Harry Potter which is in the back corner of the park. We walked through a Dr Suess themes land and The Last Continent to get to HP. HP was SO WORTH it!! This land has 3 rides and several shops and Olivander's wand shop where they give a presentation on how a wand picks a wizard. Valie was the "wizard" chosen during our presentation- SO cute!!!! This was a total highlight of the day (first highlight was Butter Beer but more on that later).
The main ride is a motion/projection ride on an enchanted bench through the world of HP where we encounter dragons, spiders, whomping willow, and dementors. We also fly through and around the castle and become part of the action in a quiddich match. I have never been on a ride like this before- it was fantastic!! The second ride is a kiddie coaster (which I got sick on!!) themes like you are riding a hippogriff, and the third ride is a dragon themed thrill coaster with inversions and cork screws. I missed out on riding this because I was feeling SO sick but that is when I found out Butter Beer has magical powers to cure motion sickness. Ok, not really true but it worked for me. I loved everything about Harry Potter world and think they could have an entire theme park all to themselves.
After HP, we went to Jurassic Park (similar to US in LA). After that section is a toon section with water rides (rafts and log flumes) where people were getting soaked. After that section is a comic book section with a Spiderman ride and a huge green coaster named after The Hulk. Spiderman was surprisingly good, like Indian Jones at Disneyland but in 3D. The Hulk was an incredible launching coaster with tons of inversions and cork screws.
Over all, I had a great day but I missed the Disney magic, the details and touches and service. Outside of Disney, I would say this is one great amusement park for sure- thrill rides and kiddie rides (Suess land would be awesome for young kids).