Universal Studios:
I have been to Universal Studios once before. Charlie and I (before the kids) took a vacation down here. In fact, it was down here that we witnessed the Red Sox win the world series! Good memories!
Anyway, I really had wanted to go while we were down here and so we planned to spend 2 of our days checking out the parks at Universal. Today we went to the Universal side.
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| The boys all ready for a fun filled day at Universal Studios! |
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| David checking out what rides he is tall enough to go on, he was just a smidge under 48 inches. |
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| Shaun was 44 1/2 inches, tall enough for MIB, but he wasn't interested. |
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| Evan was a smidge under 40 inches (39 3/4 inches to be exact!) |
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| The boys and I are ready for some fun! |
We got into the park about a ½ hour after opening and headed straight over to ET! It’s the ride that MIL was looking forward to the most! Before we got to the ride we saw SpongeBob SquarePants and David couldn't wait to go over to meet him! Even Scottie was happy to have his picture taken with SpongeBob! Evan was very unsure. He wanted to meet him but wouldn't go near him. SpongeBob came over to him and put out his hand to give him a high five, which then lead to a big hug from Evan! Shaun was very happy to wave from outside the window.
I’m a little curious to see how he reacts to the rest of the characters.
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| Evan getting a hug from SpongeBob! |
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| Who lives in a pineapple under the sea... |
After meeting with SpongeBob we headed to ET. This was a ride I thought for sure they would love, but because it was dark in the waiting area, Shaun was very nervous in line. No amount of reassurance that it wasn't a scary ride helped. We still got him to go on but he was freaked until the end when we all saved ET. We got off the ride and Shaun said it was awesome. But if you ask him if he wanted to do it again he would say “No Thanks”. I’m thinking he didn't really think it was awesome, but felt like that was what he was “supposed” to say.
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| Shaun and Evan, happy to just cool off in the misting station! |
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| Scottie at M.I.B, his favorite of the day! |
There wasn't much over at Universal that Shaun and Evan enjoyed, most of the rides were for older kids. M.I.B was the big hit of the day with David & Scottie we rode it twice. Auntie Kristin was the winner both times but she only beat me the second time on a technicality. I was way ahead until the last minute when she got a 100,000 point bonus. Boo!
Unfortunately it rained for the last part of our day so Shaun didn't get the chance to check out the Curious George water playground. I guess they close it. It was a bummer that it was so wet, but the lines were nice and short so we didn't have to wait long at all to ride the new Despicable Me 3D ride (earlier during the day the wait was over a ½ hour!). After we got all our rides in, it was time to head home to get ready for the next day of fun over at Island of Adventure. Harry Potter was calling my name!
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| Dinner at one of the diners inside the park |
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| Staying dry inside the diner! |
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