So I have decided to blog my trip to NYC, Niagara Falls, and Toronto with my mother.

So let's set the scene for you all. This is not your ordinary vacation. My mother used her master ninja-like guilt tripping skills to trick me into this vacation with her. It started off just as a trip to Toronto for the convention. Oh wait...I forgot to mention the whole point of this mother - daughter bonding trip is to go to a Harry Potter Convention in Toronto. Yeah...anyways, it grew into a stop in NYC for a few days and now a stop in Niagara Falls for 2 days. My mother has been super excited about this trip for a year now and I felt it was my God-Given duty to annoy her with me pretending like I really don't want to go...now don't get me wrong, this is not a dream vacation, but I will be entertained. Well, she really believes that I have no desire to go on this trip with her....mission accomplished.

Like I said she is really excited about this trip and has been working on the details of it forever. Today I got an email from her with the subject line of schedule. I opened it up and found this:

Muggle Metropolis & Summer Sorcery Tour
Saturday, July 28th – Delta Itinerary depart Orlando at 7:45 am Delta Flight 1888, arrive LGA 10:25 am. Take Super Shuttle, check in to Holiday Inn Manhattan Wall Street
Tour Midtown Manhattan – visit American Museum of Natural History - $14 Rose Space Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art, St Patrick’s Cathedral, and Cloisters. Dinner at the Metro?
Sunday, July 29th – Holiday Inn Downtown SoHo Try to buy discount theatre tickets for Hairspray at 50% off kiosk, Empire State Building $16, Rockefeller Center/ NBC Tour / Theatre Tour.
See “Mary Poppins” at 3:00 Dinner Grand Central Station.
Monday, July 30th – Lower Manhattan – 7:30, Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island,
World Trade Center Site, Harbor Cruise and perhaps Trinity Church. Dinner in Chinatown? Theatre ?
Tuesday, July 31st – whatever we missed & depart for Buffalo/Niagara on Chautauqua/Delta Flight # 6261 at 1:40pm, Arrive Niagara 3:05pm; pick-up car Hertz check in to Holiday Inn St Catherine’s Hotel,
Maid of the Mist tour/Watch light show & fireworks, Fallsview Casino?
Wednesday, August 1st – 9 am Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours, Cave of the Winds, Niagara State Park, Skylon Tower. Laundry time?
Thursday, August 2nd – Casa Loma early am, lunch at CN Tower, tallest building in the world, check in to Sheraton Queen Centre
Then begin convention activities/programs:
Kathy-convention registration # 666,
Megan convention registration # 911
Prophecy 2007 Official Schedule of Events
12:00 PM - Sunday Common Room Open
12:00 PM - 10:00 PM Hall of Reflection, Art Gallery, & Vendor Room Open
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wizard Chess
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Opening Ceremonies
5:45 PM - 7:15 PM Welcoming Feast
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM All-Star Wizard Rock Concert
9:00 PM - 12:45 AM Exclusive IMAX Order of the Phoenix Screening!
10:00 PM - 1:00 AM Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban showing
10:00 PM - 12:00 AM The Midnight Duel
Friday August 3, 2007 All Day Common Room Open
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Registration Open
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast :: Morning Announcements
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM Hall of Reflection, Art Gallery, & Vendor Room Open
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Formal Programming
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Champion's Cup - Task 2
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Special Guest Luncheon
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM North American Flying Federation Tournament
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Poster Session
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Wizard Talent
10:00 PM - 1:00 AM Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire showing
12:00 AM - 2:00 AM LeakyMug: Special Midnight Edition
Saturday August 4, 2007 All Day Common Room Open
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Registration Open
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast :: Morning Announcements
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM Hall of Reflection, Art Gallery, & Vendor Room Open
4 – 6 PM – TriWizard assistant
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Formal Programming
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Special Guest Luncheon
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Champion's Cup - Task 3
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Decade of Enchantment Ball
12:00 AM - 2:00 AM Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone Anniversary screening
Sunday August 5, 2007 12:00 AM - 1:00 PM Common Room Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Leaving Breakfast Feast :: Morning Announcements
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Hall of Reflection, Art Gallery, & Vendor Room Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Auction
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Hall of Reflection Memory Readings
Leave for airport by 5:15pm, Delta Flight 719, depart Atlanta 9:05
Arrive Orlando 10:30 pm

Needless to say this is the first time in the trip I have been left speechless, we will see how many more times this happens to me during the next 9 days.

I did get one laugh today, since January mother has been bothering me about applying and getting my passport. I finally applied for it in March and she has been panicing since May that is hasn't arrived yet. She spent this past week calling the federal goverment pretending to be me and getting a confirmation from them so I can show my confirmation in Canada and they will use that to allow me in and out of the country. Well, I haven't been worried about it and haven't really put any effort into tracking it down. Well, guess what I got in the mail today 19 hours before my flight leaves? I think this is proof that this trip will work out to my advangtage. Stay tuned for more stories throught the week!