Things 1 and Things 2Yes, I'm talking about Universal. I've only been once about 15 years ago and even then it was to Halloween Horror Nights. I wasn't impressed at all then, but I was willing to try again. Last June at the girls dance recital, Riley won tickets in a raffle. It took quite awhile to figure out a time I could take the kids. I had pondered taking Riley and a friend (along with their parent) or just taking Riley twice. Anyway, it finally all fell into place Friday while my dad was visiting. It was a good thing since the tickets expired Tuesday. Both girls had Friday off of school and my dad likes to ride just about anything so we were set. We chose Islands of Adventure because it looked like it had the most to offer for our group (turns out we could have done both but one was good). I wasn't sure if I would like it, but we really had a good time. I think the favorite place was Suess Landing, but they really enjoyed all the rides. Riley was excited to ride the coasters and it would have been her first time on a big one that goes upside down. We went to Dueling Dragons and ventured through the creepy hallway in the castle thing (those that have been know what I'm talking about) and made it all the way to the coaster. We chose to ride Ice and got in line and were fortunate to get on pretty quickly because we were a party of two. Well, we were on the coaster all strapped in when the "coaster police" came by to check to make sure you were secure. They decided Riley needed to be measured...and she came up short by 1/4 of an inch. They had us get off and we excited. It was such a bummer. The rides we did go on were fun and Kamryn was able to ride everything we did (Spider Man was down and Hulk was out due to the height thing too). Now I know Disney isn't cheap by any means, but I was surprised at how much it cost us to eat lunch and get treats later. I honestly think the prices were higher than at Disney (some may disagree). We got to see the Cat in the Hat, Sam I Am, Thing 1 and Thing 2, and the Grinch. Plus, we got totally soaked on the Popeye raft ride! It was a complete day and lots of fun. I still prefer Disney, but I think my kids might be swayed to the "dark side."
The girls and my dad as we waited in line for the Pteranodon Flyers (Kamryn's favorite ride)
Kamryn trying to get her hair even wetter after we got off the raft ride
Riley now realizing mom was right and she shouldn't have worn her new outfit to the park since she is now SOAKING wet
We tried to spin dry on the Storm Force Accelatron
We brought this book with us for a picture for something Riley is doing at school - it couldn't have turned out better!
1 comment:
Looks like fun!
Nellie & Nash
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