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Our last theme park of the holiday and off to Universals Islands of Adventure. Up bright and early to try and beat the queues. We got into the park just as it was opening at 9am and quickly made our way to the Wizarding world of Harry Potter. OMG!!! 9.15 and there is already 120 minute wait to get on.... No thanks!! Instead we went on the smaller Harry Potter roller coaster. The wait was only 10 minutes.
Next, off to Jurassic Parks river adventure. A slow moving river ride with dinosaurs trying to scare us. Then a T Rex pops out and we plummet down a large drop and get soaked... Great stuff!
Next stop The amazing adventures of Spider-Man, another 3D simulator ride and another big favourite. Queues are really long today so we head back to Harry Potter world for lunch. The food was again $60 but really nice. Lewis's roast chicken looked delicious and he finished it off at super high speed. I tried a delicious butter beer drink. Very very good.
Another walk round HP world and we decided to brave the Potter ride as the wait was now only 90 minutes. The queue turned out to be enormous and Lewis really struggled in the heat. Not many fans blowing cool air. Universal, you could learn a lot from Sea World there!!!
So, after the long wait, we were finally in Hogwarts walking through corridors with talking pictures explaining our mission. Finally seated in our roller coaster we were ready to fly. Lewis was convinced we were gonna go upside down and was a little scared. Jake just takes it in his stride.
Wow, what an absolutely brilliant ride. Full of twists and turns following Harry on his Broomstick, encountering ghosts, dragons and loads more. Well worth the 90 minute wait after all.
We headed for Bulge Rat Barges next but the wait was 60 minutes and the sky was really dark. Lewis started feeling low, so we did a BM... 2.2, time to get the emergency can of Pepsi out and a large packet of Lays crisps. The heavens opened so we decided to leave. Just as well, shower after shower followed.
Time for the pool now the rain has stopped.
Laters guys :)
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