10.21.07
Our day at Universal. We started off in the Studios side, and headed straight back to check out the wait for "The Mummy." It said only 10 minutes, so Mark and I went in while Mom, Dad and Ken waited outside. It actually took longer, probably around half an hour by the time we got out of there. It still wasn't that bad, but we only got to ride once. Still a good ride, great special effects. Next, we went on "Jaws" and then Mark, Dad and I went on "Men In Black." We walked around the park, checked out the "Kwik-E-Mart" store with the Simpsons stuff (they're building a new Simpsons ride), even got a picture with Homer and Marge. Had lunch at Mel's Drive-In. And last but not least, saw "Shrek 4-D."
Then we headed over to Islands of Adventure. Mark and I were able to ride "The Hulk" right away, less than a 10 minute wait, which was great. Ken, Mark, Dad and I went on Dr. Doom's Fear Fall, and then Ken, Mark and I went on "Spider Man." Just after we got off that, the rain came. It poured for a little bit and we got the ponchos out. When it lightened up enough (and even eventually stopped) we started making our circle around the park. We were in Toon Lagoon and getting the people on "Bluto's Barges" wet with the water sprays and Mark and I decided we'd go on the water ride too, but they shut the ride down just as we were going to go on because of lightning in the area. Bummer. :( So we started walking again, and next ride we came upon "Jurassic Park" was closed too. We thought then we'd catch the Sinbad show, but that was cancelled too. So next was "Poseidon's Fury" and that was actually open! The last few times we've visited it's been closed and Mark had never seen it, so Mark finally got to see it this trip. When it came to exit, it was pouring again!! The downpour didn't last too long, and when it lightened up enough, we walked through Dr. Suess towards the front again. Mark, Ken and I rode "Spider Man" one more time before we headed out of the park and into Citywalk.
Dinner was at Bubba Gump, where we were hoping there wouldn't be too long of a wait. We were really surprised when they told us it would only be a 5-10 minute wait. It didn't even take that! It was a really good dinner, and we had a really nice waitress who took good care of us. That was a fun dinner. Mom and Ken had fish & chips, Mar and Dad had bourbon mahi mahi and I had coconut fried shrimp. Yummm... Did some shopping afterwards at the store there (I got a sweatshirt and a glass, Mark got a t-shirt, and Ken got a t-shirt too) and then at Margaritaville (Ken and Dad both got t-shirts here).
Headed back to Saratoga Springs after all that, and Mark and I decided to take a walk over to Downtown Disney. I'd say it took us about 15-20 minutes to get over there. The longest part was just walking through the hotel grounds to get to the walkway by the lake. Once you got to the edge of the resort, it was a quick walk over a bridge and you were right by the entrance by the scrapbook store (my favorite!). We had time enough to the check out that store, the Team Disney store and the World of Disney store. We caught the last boat of the night (11:00pm) at the dock there to take us back to Saratoga Springs. It was a nice boat ride, and it was a quick walk back to our room where the boat dropped us off.
Day 3 coming up: Disney-MGM Studios, Chef Mickey's and extra magic hours at the Magic Kingdom.
Our day at Universal. We started off in the Studios side, and headed straight back to check out the wait for "The Mummy." It said only 10 minutes, so Mark and I went in while Mom, Dad and Ken waited outside. It actually took longer, probably around half an hour by the time we got out of there. It still wasn't that bad, but we only got to ride once. Still a good ride, great special effects. Next, we went on "Jaws" and then Mark, Dad and I went on "Men In Black." We walked around the park, checked out the "Kwik-E-Mart" store with the Simpsons stuff (they're building a new Simpsons ride), even got a picture with Homer and Marge. Had lunch at Mel's Drive-In. And last but not least, saw "Shrek 4-D."
Then we headed over to Islands of Adventure. Mark and I were able to ride "The Hulk" right away, less than a 10 minute wait, which was great. Ken, Mark, Dad and I went on Dr. Doom's Fear Fall, and then Ken, Mark and I went on "Spider Man." Just after we got off that, the rain came. It poured for a little bit and we got the ponchos out. When it lightened up enough (and even eventually stopped) we started making our circle around the park. We were in Toon Lagoon and getting the people on "Bluto's Barges" wet with the water sprays and Mark and I decided we'd go on the water ride too, but they shut the ride down just as we were going to go on because of lightning in the area. Bummer. :( So we started walking again, and next ride we came upon "Jurassic Park" was closed too. We thought then we'd catch the Sinbad show, but that was cancelled too. So next was "Poseidon's Fury" and that was actually open! The last few times we've visited it's been closed and Mark had never seen it, so Mark finally got to see it this trip. When it came to exit, it was pouring again!! The downpour didn't last too long, and when it lightened up enough, we walked through Dr. Suess towards the front again. Mark, Ken and I rode "Spider Man" one more time before we headed out of the park and into Citywalk.
Dinner was at Bubba Gump, where we were hoping there wouldn't be too long of a wait. We were really surprised when they told us it would only be a 5-10 minute wait. It didn't even take that! It was a really good dinner, and we had a really nice waitress who took good care of us. That was a fun dinner. Mom and Ken had fish & chips, Mar and Dad had bourbon mahi mahi and I had coconut fried shrimp. Yummm... Did some shopping afterwards at the store there (I got a sweatshirt and a glass, Mark got a t-shirt, and Ken got a t-shirt too) and then at Margaritaville (Ken and Dad both got t-shirts here).
Headed back to Saratoga Springs after all that, and Mark and I decided to take a walk over to Downtown Disney. I'd say it took us about 15-20 minutes to get over there. The longest part was just walking through the hotel grounds to get to the walkway by the lake. Once you got to the edge of the resort, it was a quick walk over a bridge and you were right by the entrance by the scrapbook store (my favorite!). We had time enough to the check out that store, the Team Disney store and the World of Disney store. We caught the last boat of the night (11:00pm) at the dock there to take us back to Saratoga Springs. It was a nice boat ride, and it was a quick walk back to our room where the boat dropped us off.
Day 3 coming up: Disney-MGM Studios, Chef Mickey's and extra magic hours at the Magic Kingdom.
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