Kissimmee, FL

We got up this morning at ten and headed to Denny’s around the corner for breakfast. From here we drove northwest for 20 minutes to Universal Studios. Parking was really easy and because we had pre-purchased our tickets at the hotel, we walked straight in, with the obligatory photo out the front first. The following is what we did here:

Kim, Suze, Reggae & Marbs @ Universal Studios

Lucy: A Tribute – Memorial to Lucille Ball. A great start. I could’ve stayed all day. There was a lot of memorabilia, photos and excerpts from her show.

Hanna Barbera Ride: An explanation of how cartoons are drawn – using the Jetsons, Scooby Doo and The Flintstones, followed by a flight simulator to rescue Elroy Jetson. Excellent.

Twister: Showing scenes from the movie and then a simulated hurricane. Twister was cool – loved the flying cow.

Kongfrontation: Gentle ride through New York, dodging King Kong at various times. Enjoyed.

Earthquake: Simulated train ride in San Francisco Underground, which is stopped during an earthquake, ie roof caves in, truck falls on us, fire, flooding etc. Pretty scary.

Beetlejuice Rock And Roll Graveyard Revue: Lame singing and dancing show.

Jaws: Boat ride through the waters of Amityville chased by Jaws. THE Jaws comes out of the water towards the boat. I little too realistic. A scary and saturating ride – plenty of fun.

Men In Black: Ride where you shoot aliens to score points. Good to have an interactive ride. Great fun

Back To The Future: Ride in a Delorean, chasing Biff through various eras of time in order to rescue the time machine. A lot of bumps and dips and an excellent ride.

Quick lunch at International Food Bazaar.

ET Adventure: A bike ride in order to get ET home so he can get back and save his planet. Nostalgic for us but I’m not sure if young kids would be that much into ET – good anyway.

Terminator 2: 3D: Awesome 3D movie from Terminator 2 that was so realistic it was scary. Definitely the best ride was saved for last.

On the way out we did some shopping (I didn’t get anything) before going back to the hotel. It was decided at 11pm dinner was required, so it was McDonalds all round.