This place is mostly cute. It is quite small and not crowded at all, which made it kind of awkward to walk in since it was just me, my boyfriend and the employee, ahah... You can exchange your money for Wizarding Money, and there is no conversion rate. This money can be used all around Universal Orlando Resort just like real money. You can exchange 10$ or 20$ bills. It just sucks that you cannot actually exchange your money for galleons, knuts and sickles: now THAT would have been cool and it would have felt so much more authentic. But you can buy a super expensive collectible coins pack (One of each), "gold" ingots, chocolate galleons and a couple of other things. The coolest thing is that the Goblin talks and can actually answer your questions. The decoration is beautiful and in the same style has Gringotts. Overall it is nice and the money can make a...
Read moreCould not be worse! The Gringott's notes are completely uninteresting looking, smell revolting, and worst of all are a giant pain to use. Almost every single vendor we tried to use them with didn't know how to use them, called their manager, and it just added several minutes to each transaction. One vendor (butterbeer!) even said they didn't accept them. Then, at the end of the day they pretended to be surprised that most vendors didn't know how to process them, which was offensive, and refused to exchange my last $20 back to actual useful currency to be used in the park, which was...
Read moreThe COOLEST experience for the Potter fan! When you enter you can exchange your currency for Gringotts notes to be spent in the park. We had every intention of spending these but ended up taking them home as souvenirs for friends! Make sure to get extra envelopes. Note though if you do spend them in the park they give you obvious US currency back. Highly recommend the whole experience in the bank was amazing. The cast member did a great job!...
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