On vacation day 4, October 5th, we left the beautiful beach and drove to Orlando. When we got there we went to straight to Universal Studios.
Universal Studios isn't super kid friendly, but it had some pretty cool rides for my dad, me, Limey, and the boys. Since my mom gets pretty sick on most rides, I was able to ride all the big ones while she watched Lills. It worked out great.
We rode The Incredible Hulk first thing, and it was pretty intense. Right when we got off, I turned to my dad and told him that I had closed my eyes for most of it. He told me that he had too as well. Lilly was really bummed when she found out she couldn't go on the green roller coaster. If she would have been tall enough, she probably would have like it.
We then we rode Spiderman while my mom bought Lilly Dippin Dots. After that we were off to the Jurassic Park ride(lame) while my mom and Lilly rode the Pteranodon Flyers.
It was then time to head over to the main attraction: the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It was amazing! Seriously, it felt like I was a character in the book. I loved it! We walked through the Hogwarts castle and saw lots of fun things from the book. Then we rode the Forbidden Journey which is the roller coaster inside the castle. It was really cool, and pretty intense. It was worth riding twice, so while we did that my dad took Lilly over to the Ride of the Hippogriff roller coaster and they road that four times together. Lilly loved the ride so much that I ended up taking her on it three more times. She couldnt get enough of it!
We took a walk down to Hogsmeade, and stopped at the Three Broomsticks and bought butterbeer. It was SO much better than I thought it would be. It was really good. We explored Zonko's Joke Shop and Honeydukes Candy Store.
The Three Broomsticks
On vacation day 5, October 6th, we woke up bright and early and headed to Disney World's Hollywood Studios. We immediately split up, and the girls went to Toy Story Mania. It said it was a 40 minute wait. We jumped in line hoping it was wrong. Well it was, because instead of 40 minutes we stood in line for 90 minutes! The ride broke down and no one working there told us. So there we stood. At one point Lilly went hysterical and said she was going to pee her pants. So, I grabbed her little hand and marched through the mobs of waiting people, went out the door, and headed into the nearest bathroom. When we returned to the end of the line, we awkwardly pushed our way back up to where my mom was waiting and endured the nasty glares from everyone we passed. I didn't mind. I wasn't about to let the 1 hour wait go to waste! We finally arrived and rode the ride. It was pretty amazing. But not 1 1/2 hours amazing.
After that fiasco we went to The Little Mermaid Show and then Muppet-Vision 3D. Then we met back up with the boys where we rode Rockin' Roller Coaster.
By this point we were pretty tired and decided to head home to rest our feet and eat lunch.
At about 6:00 that evening we headed to Disney's Magic Kingdom. James and Limey decided to stay home and swim because they were tired. While the electrical parade was going on we decided to walk on as many rides as we could. We rode splash mountain three times and Thunder Mountain Railroad twice. It was great not to have to stand in line. Then we watched the Wishes fireworks show as we walked to the monorail. We wanted to beat the crowds and get out of there. Lilly had a great view of the fireworks on my dad's shoulders. It was my favorite night of the trip.
On vacation day 6, October 7th we went back to Universal. We rode The Mummy while my mom watched Lilly and bought her popcorn. Then we split up and the boys went to ride the big rides while the girls rode Jimmy Neutron and watched Shrek 4D. I loved Shrek 4D. Your seat did lots of crazy things and made you feel like you were really in the movie. I also loved that Lilly kept trying to touch the 3D images on the screen.
We had lunch at the condo and then at around 4:00 we went back to the park. Me and my mom took Lilly to all the little kid rides in Suess Landing. We rode Cat in the Hat, the Caro-suess-el, and One Fish Two Fish.
By this time I was itching to get back up to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. When we got there I took Lilly on the Flight of the Hippogriff twice while my mom stood in line for the Olivander's wand shop show. The show was fun. Lilly wanted a wand but they were $30! For a stick? C'mon. It wasn't going to happen.
We met up with the boys in Hogsmeade, bought more butterbeer, looked in all the shop windows, and waited for it to get dark. It was really cool at night. The castle was all lit up and looked really pretty. We stayed there until the park closed.
2 comments:
Holy Cannoli! I want to go there. Sadie wouldn't have a clue why her mother was flipping out, but I want to go anyway! I love Harry Potter. I had no idea he had a whole amusement park.
Jenny, I can't believe you remember all the things we did! It was sure fun! Now if we could get every one of our family members doing something fun together! We will have to plan a year ahead or at least a few months, so we will have a chance! The family is getting bigger! I miss you and lilly! Thanks for your blog post!
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