Florida Day Three

Today was Universal Studios Day and we started out at 8am. There are two parks: Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. We started at Universal and walked all through the park stopping to eat and to see shows and attractions and rides. The weather was nice until those thunder clouds appeared in the afternoon. Then some of the rides started to shut down because of the danger of lightning. The rains came, but gentle showers instead of huge downpours, so we just kept going and ducking into stores or other shelters if we started to get too wet.

When we had seen all we wanted, we went over to Islands of Adventure to finish up the day. Of course, Daddy SJ wanted to go on that "nasty" roller coaster at the entrance. I think it's called "Incredible Hulk Coaster." Needless to say, he went on by himself!!! The rest of us walked over to "Seuss Landing" where the kids explored everything they could see, splashing and running from one thing to another. By that time it had been raining pretty steady and we were wet, warm, and happy. Mommy SCJ changed the kids clothes a couple of times and then went on "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" with CJ which squirted them thoroughly. Many of the rides here are "water rides" and you get wet whether you want to or not. Papa even got into the act with the kids in "If I Ran the Zoo." Dinner was at Circus McGurkus Cafe Stoo-pendous where they have fried chicken, hamburgers and chicken burgers, pizza...

We all got home about 9pm. CJ walked into the house, flopped herself face down in the couch with her arms spread out, and couldn't move!. But I did see that little smile on her face. I think she had a good time. And TJ was the best little 1 year old! I think his favorite place was "Seuss Landing" and his favorite thing was the blue ball Nonna bought for him. But that's another story. Papa and Nonna came back to the condo to shower off an entire day of amusement park, fix tea, and rest up for tomorrow.