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Saucer Summer Tour Part 4





Monday, June 4, 2012
Almost a year ago Mommy commented on a blog and won 4 two day passes to Universal Studios Orlando for FREE!!  They sent the actual tickets with an expiration date in mid-June.  We headed to the park this morning after FREE breakfast at the hotel.  When we were 5 min into morning traffic I asked Daddy if we had the tickets and he promptly took the next exit to go back to the hotel to get them.  I’m glad we caught that early so we wouldn’t miss much time at the park.  The boys were excited to park in the Cat in the Hat section of the parking ramp and they all even remembered the row number all day!!
We had to wait in the line to purchase one more ticket so we could all get into the park.  We got one child ticket for 2days for $150.  Not too bad for a total ticket price for our family of 5 to spend 2 days at Universal Studios!! 
Once inside the gates we headed straight for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!!  The wait time for Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey where you make your way through the classrooms and corridors of Hogwarts was already 90 minutes and well worth the wait.  Joey wasn’t tall enough for the actual ride which is an amazing 4D experience that moves you through all kinds of scene’s from the books/movies, but he even enjoyed seeing all the parts of the castle while we were waiting in line.  They had parent swap and Alan was afraid of the ride so he waited with Daddy and Joey while Mommy and Eddie did the ride.  I told him he would really enjoy being in the movie and he should ride with Daddy and Joey.  He was pretty angry with me when he got off!!
Next, we headed to the Flight of the Hippogriff, a family friendly roller coaster that spirals and dives around the pumpkin patch and swoops past Hagrid’s hut.  Alan worked himself up big time.  There was a technical difficulty resulting in several people leaving the line.  We got to know the family in front of us in line.  They were from West Virginia and their daughter, Emily, was the same age as Eddie and they hit it off so well she asked if she could ride the ride with him!!  They had a great time and the 45 min wait flew by.  I convinced Alan to ride it even though he didn’t want to and it was one of his favorite rides of the day!!

It was time to head off to Marvel Super Hero Island to try to meet some of the characters.  We found Captain America and Daddy headed off to get lunch ordered while we waited in line to meet him.   After lunch we headed to The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man.  The wait time was 60 min, more than enough time to let lunch settle.  Everyone was tall enough for this AMAZING high definition 3D experience where you help Spider Man catch the bad guys!!
When the ride finished we got in line to meet Spider Man and he put the boys in charge while he took a 5 min break from pictures to contact the other super heroes.  When he got back they took pictures in front of the green screen.  They were wearing teal Spider Man T-shirts for the event and there was enough green mixed with the blue that the fancy pictures they try to sell you were just floating heads!!  I’m not paying big bucks for that so the 2nd day we will wear our orange Avengers shirts and see if we can try again.
When we left the shop Storm and Rouge were doing the meet and greet picture thing so we went to the back of the line and there wasn’t a line to meet Cyclops so we jumped to meet him for pictures first.  When we finished getting pictures with Storm and Rouge we were off to find Wolverine, but he had already finished his photos for the day L 

Thanks to Mommy’s new smart phone app we saw that the wait time for Doctor Doom’s Fearfall that rockets you 150 feet into the air and then drops you faster than gravity was only 5min.  We went to check out the height requirements and Eddie was only ONE inch too short.  It was a short wait so we sent Daddy on his way while Eddie stomped around FURIOUS.  His fists were clenched and he was literally stomping back and forth.  Then he said, “It’s your fault I’m not tall enough Mom.  If you would have let me pick my food for lunch so I could get vegetables I would be tall enough.”  He was dead serious and I HAD to take a picture by the height requirements so I would remember how hiliarious the moment was!!  The lady working the entrance was more than amused J  We even called grandma to share the story while we waited for Daddy.  She was able to help Eddie cool off a little bit.  Then it was time to regroup and check show times.  It was getting close to parade time at the other park so we headed in that direction to find a short 10 min wait for the Shrek 4-D adventure.  We found a great spot for the parade afterwards and had Dippin’ Dots while we waited for the parade.  It was taking forever so Daddy went to find out what the delay was.  We were on the wrong route, but had enough time to find a new place to watch the new Superstar Parade!!  It started with Despicable Me and an AWESOME dance routine.  Next was Sponge Bob, Hop, Dora and finally Diego. 

After the parade we headed over to the E.T. Adventure.  As we were getting to the last section of the line Joey had a potty emergency so Daddy took him out.  Mommy, Alan and Eddie road in the front row of bikes with E.T. on the front of Eddie’s bike!!  Then we waited for Daddy and Joey to go through the last part of the line and ride.  The Woody Woodpecker’s Nuthouse Coaster was right next door to E.T. and there was NO line so we road it 3 times in a row before we headed to the Simpson’s Ride.  This was a good ride, but NOT a favorite for our crew.

The wait time for Men in Black Alien Attack was only 10 minutes so we headed in that direction.  Daddy locked his back pack in the lockers and we got in line.  This was an absolute FAVORITE of the day for EVERYONE!!  The ride is similar to Buzz Lightyear’s ride at Magic Kingdom only you have to shoot the alien bad guys and it keeps your score.  Somehow Daddy, Alan, and Eddie got in the car on the opposite side as Joey and Mommy.  The game keeps score for both cars and lets you know which side had more points.  Mommy and Joey won!!  We decided to make sure we ALL got in the same car to try and win together the next time around.  We totally WON!! 

We had time catch the 8pm Disaster before the new Universal Cinematic Spectacular 100 years of Movie Memories show.  The Disaster was a fun show, but we were all running out of steam and happy to find seats and dinner while we waited for the closing waterfall, laser, and firework show.  They showed all the best classic movie clips on falling water.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

We just couldn’t get up this morning so we decided to just hang out and recover from our travel and fun.  It was the best choice as Eddie got sick from sinus drainage at breakfast so we did laundry and hung out in the hotel room until lunch time.  Then we headed for lunch and shopping.  There were pamphlets with coupons to Build a Bear in the hotel lobby so we went there to get unique to Florida items for the boys’ collection.  Joey got a cool scuba outfit for his Monkey, Eddie got a Captain Hook costume, and Alan got a Florida T-shirt, swim trunks, and a cool shark hat.  It down poured rain for a long time while we were at the mall.  We decided to stop by Target to get rain ponchos in case it rains tomorrow or any other day we are at parks this week.  They only had 2 so we also hit Walmart to get 3 more.  We passed a Hooters on the way and decided to have dinner there.  We are playing new DSI games and chillin’ out in the room before bed and another BIG day at Universal Studios!!

Pictures from Universal day 1 are HERE.

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