Workday Rising: Part 1 - Universal Studios

Workday Rising - Workday's annual user group conference - occurred the same week as our Fall break this year. In Orlando. Griff got to attend instead of present so he was booked to fly and stay at the Orlando Marriott World Center.

Guess who tagged along? These guys!

Part 1 of OUR Workday Rising conference was spent at Universal Studios in Orlando. The conference began on Monday night. So, we flew in on Saturday morning and the four of us hit up Universal Studios together on Sunday and Monday.

We had a blast. There was a lot of Simpsons fun.

Krustyland - The ride. "Duff beer for me. Duff beer for you. I'll have a Duff. You have one, too."

Moe's!

Lisa Madelyn loves Millhouse.

And so. much. Harry Potter.

Gringotts Bank and the Gringotts dragon. The dragon blew fire every so often and it was so hot. Madelyn said it was something like 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit. Yikes!

Butterbeers all around on a hot day - three regular and one frozen, please.

We stopped into Olivander's and wands were purchased for the two young wizards. They proceeded to practice their spells at the various shoppes throughout Diagon Alley.

The Hogwarts Express. We rode this from Diagon Alley to Hogsmeade Village...and Hogwarts.

Universal was so much fun. On Monday, we had the express passes so we were able to bypass the REALLY long lines. We did do other things besides The Simpsons and Harry Potter - Minions, Transformers. But, our trip to Universal was definitely heavy with The Simpsons and Harry Potter.

We had two very full days and 3+ tired and hot park goers. But, part 2 of Workday Rising would begin on Tuesday when Griff went to his conference and Madelyn, Sawyer, and I went to Disney World. Stay tuned.

Oh, and our newest cousin, Garrison Michael, was born to Aunt Lauren and Uncle Graham on Monday while we were in Universal. Congratulations, Uncle Graham and Aunt Lauren, and welcome to the world, Garrison!