Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Today we used the 2nd day of our 2 day passes to
Universal Studios Orlando. The forecast
is for rain so we bought cheap rain ponchos yesterday and put them in the
pack. We got to the park just as it was
opening and got to park in the Spiderman section today!!
Once we entered Islands of Adventure we stopped at the
bathrooms and had a slight miscommunication as Mommy thought we were meeting at
Harry Potter’s castle and Daddy was waiting at the bathrooms. We got it all straightened out thanks to cell
phones. Mommy and Eddie got in the 65min
line to Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey while Alan, Joey, and Daddy went
to do the Flight of the Hippogriff and Pteranodon Flyers. They met Mommy and Eddie at the castle when
the ride finished and the whole family headed to Jurassic Park. We all rode the Pteranodon Flyers and then
hit the bathrooms. Daddy took Eddie and
Joey on the Jurassic Park River Adventure to get WET!! Mommy and Alan re-filled the cheap refill cups
from day one with lemonade and waited in the gift shop for them to get off the
ride.
After Jurassic Park we headed to Seuss Landing to see the Cat
in the Hat. Then we rode the
Caro-Seuss-el while Daddy went to buy lunch.
He bought us Green Eggs and Ham for lunch!! It’s a good thing he also got chicken strips
because the boys weren’t to keen on the green eggs and ham J
When lunch was done we went to see The 8th Voyage
of Sinbad Stunt Show and sat in the splash section up front. The show was all right and we totally got wet
in the splash section!! After the show
we got in a very long line for Poseidon’s Fury and were not sure what we were
going to experience at the end of the line as the description on the map wasn’t
very detailed. The boys were VERY
impatient in line. It turned out to be
worth the wait in my opinion. We were
all corralled into a big room where Taylor, an archeology student, gave us some
history of a war between Poseidon and the bad guy. Somehow the bad guys was awakened and we all
got moved into another room where we had to help find Poseidon’s trident so he
could defeat the bad guy. The water and
fire effects in the show are AWESOME!! I
had my arms around Alan’s neck and I could feel his heart beat faster and
faster throughout the show!!
It was down pouring when we got out of the Poseidon show so
we found a dry place to dig out the rain ponchos. Then we headed back to Seuss Landing to ride
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride.
After the ride Joey made a One Fish, Two Fish tag for his back
pack. Eddie tried to make a Green Eggs
and Ham tag, but it printed wrong and they had to shut the machine down L We bought family “Thing” shirts to wear while
we travel.
Then we went to the other side of the park and got in line
for Twister!! It was an awesome
experience to go through the movie with Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt. They put us right on the set of the movie and
made a tornado for us to feel what the drive in scene was like first hand!! It was AWESOME!! After twister
we went on the Revenge of the Mummy roller coaster. Daddy made Alan ride with him and Eddie the
first time around while Mommy waited with Joey in the child swap area. Then Eddie got to ride again with Mommy!! It’s more intense than Space Mountain, but
Mommy survived J
Next we went to the Terminator 2 3-D experience. It was a mix of scenes from the movie, live
actors, and special effects. As we were
walking out they were advertising for a Live Magic Show so we went into the
magic shop across the street to watch.
It turned out to be a total sales gimmick, but the boys were wide eyed!! They totally wanted to buy EVERYTHING in the
show so it was a very effective gimmick.
Mom and Dad won the battle and no money was spent J
The wait time for the Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket was only
15min so Daddy and Eddie headed to wait in line. Joey was having a good time playing in the
seats to see if you were too big to ride and Alan joined him. Mommy visited with the height checker dude
and we learned that you can get a special certificate if you are too short that
will allow you to go straight to the front of the line on the next visit to the
park when you are tall enough to ride.
That would have been very helpful information to have on Monday for
Eddie. Anyway Joey got his certificate
and we played awhile longer. Then Joey
needed to use the bathroom so we took a pit stop and came back to the Rock It
to wait for Eddie and Daddy. It seemed
like a long time and they still didn’t get off so we walked to the corner to
get a churro and pretzel to snack on.
Then Joey and Alan played o
n the seats again. Joey needed the bathroom AGAIN!! We got back from there and they STILL weren’t
off the ride!! Mommy went to ask and
found out there was technical difficulty that shut the ride down and they
didn’t know how long it would be. The
ride started shortly after that and Daddy and Eddie FINALLY came back. They actually got to ride it twice for
waiting for so long for the technical difficulty!
Since Alan waited so long and Joey wanted to go back to the
hotel we let Alan pick our next ride. We
went on the E. T. Adventure. Then it was
time for the park to get ready for the evening show and since we were all wet and
tired we decided to skip it. We headed
out of the park and Eddie was very upset and fighting with Daddy the whole way
out the park!! We stopped by Panda
Express and Moe’s to get a very LATE dinner on the way back to the hotel.
Thursday, June 7th, 2012
Today we checked out
of our Hampton Inn hotel in Altamore Springs, FL and met up with Missy, Ketan,
Aiden, Emily, Mama/Grandma Joan, Lisa, Austin, Lacy, Jacob, and Caitlyn at the
house they rented in Kissamie, FL . They
grilled hotdogs, burgers, and corn on the cob for lunch. Then the kids went swimming with Daniel and
Grandma Joan!! Everyone picked up where
we left off like no time had passed. I
can’t believe how TALL the kids got in the 2 years since we moved!!
Tomorrow is Aiden’s 9th
birthday so he picked Magic Kingdom to visit first. Stayed tuned for our adventures. It’s forecast to rain all 4 days of Disney L
Pictures are HERE.
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