Florida Part #5

This was 3rd ticket day at Universal. We decided that Peter would come with me and Luke would go with Brandon. The night before we mapped out all the rides for both the boys so we would know exactly where we needed to go. Peter and I started off in Marvel Super Hero Island. We went to Spider-Man first. Then we skipped the rest of the rides there and went to Seuss landing. I loved this place so much. A nice area for small kiddies is just my "cup of tea".

I was hungry and wanted breakfast, so Peter and I bought a giant $5 donut. I broke my rule of eating chocolate and completely enjoyed my half of it. It was while we were sitting on this little wall that I saw the gardener fertilizing the flowers.

Afterwards, Peter begged me to go to the Jurassic Park area and ride the Pteranadon flyers. I was scared out of my mind, but I knew it would make this kid of mine so thrilled. While passing Hogsmead we stopped to get a picture of the castle. It seriously, is so amazing.

Peter also thought all these Jurassic Park cars were cool. While they have never seen the original movie, they have the Lego Jurassic Park video game, so they know all about this stuff. I, on the other hand, am totally clueless.

Then, we went back to Hogsmead and hopped on the Express Train that took us to London. I wish it was for real (yes, I would go back in a heart beat), but sadly it wasn't. Peter was always too nervous to go up and stand by the park worker at the bus, so I told him to just stand up on this park bench instead.

I just had to get a picture of this fountain. It makes me miss London so badly. Sob,sob, sniffle, sniffle.

After we got off the train at Kings Cross Station,you are just a short walk to Diagon Alley. Peter was so insistent that he get butter beer. Just the sound of it makes me want to gag, but I took one tiny sip from the frozen one. Just as I thought, not a fan. He loved it though.

We finally finished our list of attractions around 3pm and headed back to the hotel. On the way out we saw this and knew Luke would appreciate this picture. He loves watching the cartoon on tv.

We also saw this on our way out and captured a great shot of someone else's family.

Peter and I needed a rest period, so we just chilled for a few hours. Brandon even ended up falling asleep even though I was the one that desperately wanted a nap. We decided after waking up, that we felt good enough that we wanted to go back to the park. I'm so glad we did. The sun had almost set, so it was much cooler. Peter went with Papa and I went with Luke. It was great.

We went to the E.T ride where I almost lost my purse. I wasn't told to put it on the bike handle so I just set it on the floor of the ride. It was almost too late before I realized the floor was just a platform. I expertly hooked one of the straps with my foot just as it was about to tumble onto the attraction floor. Yikes!

Finally, at 8pm we decided we were hungry. The only place that was open was Mel's cafe in the Hollywood area. I was hoping that we would somehow run into Brandon and Peter here, but they ended up coming 30 minutes after we left.

Lastly, here is our traditional hotel room picture. It was an okay room and it provided us with what we needed. We did have fits with the toilet not flushing at times, but it wasn't worth the hassle of moving rooms.