Thursday, September 15, 2011

Universal Orlando

The next day we headed to Universal Orlando to check out the new Harry Potter land. (Separate post, too many pictures) It was the hottest day in FL so far, temperature was over 100*.We got there bright and early to try to beat the crowds, but weren't the only ones with this idea.
Wish we had time to eat here!

After visiting Harry Potter land, we explored the rest of the park. It was all broken down into different "worlds" with different exhibits.
My favorite (other than Potterland) was Dr Seuss world. Universal couldn't even compare to Disney in any way, but was still fun anyhow.
Dr Seuss land was cool because everything was made to look straight out of the books. There were a ton of topsy turvy poles, signs, and funny characters. We went on this ride, which was a monorail around Seuss land.
Isn't he cute?!
This was the top of the merry-go-round.
And the inside of a line for a ride.

Here are some Dr. Seuss trees.
And Dr. Seuss store
The next land was Jurassic Park, but there wasn't much to do here. We looked at some dinosaur eggs hatching, tried to look through broken dinosaur eyes, and walked around some shops to take advantage of the air conditioning.
Another land was Toon Land. This land had several water rides, which we were tempted to cool off in, but didn't want to be soaking wet in tennis shoes.
We ate our lunch in this cool comic strip cafe
After lunch, we tried to stay cool in the shade of this theater where we watched a pirate stunt show. It wasn't cool in there at all. All of the heat was trapped in there, and we were boiling!
The Lost Continent was a pretty cool land. I think it was supposed to mimic Atlantis before it sunk.
The buildings were fantastic!
We went on a ride/show where we got trapped in an archaeological dig, and Poseidon had to save us. It was a pretty good show, air conditioned the whole time.
This was the entrance to the ride. It really looked all old and falling apart.
This is a view of Marvel land from across the water.
We didn't go on this ride. Robb and I are old people now, and can't handle all the upside down twisting of these roller coasters, but it looked so fun!
We went on a spider man ride in Marval land, walked around some more shops, and found an air conditioned restaurant to eat dinner in.
It was a fun day at Universal, but our feet hurt, we saw all we could see, and we were sick of being hot, so back to the hotel we went!

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