The last min bargain - Day 6 Universal & MK

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I was the first to wake up again this morning at 7am, I let Sy sleep till 8:30 - I just stuck the TV on low and watched some Fresh Prince reruns. The planner told us we were off to Universal today

After we were up and dressed we headed out the door, stopping at McDonalds on the way for some breakfast on the go, no time for stopping today.

We valet parked the car, as we have the premium annual passes we get this for free We hopped on the escalator and got half way up and it stopped, but it didn’t just stop it threw us forward and we both almost fell over! Thanks for that universal we walked up the rest of the way and told the security guy at the top, he didn’t seem too worried. We made our way through Citywalk to US. First ride of the day was Shrek as there was no queue. I love this show, especially the bit going through the gingerbread man’s house



Next up was Twister, I know this gets a bad rep but I just love it - its was my first ride ever at Universal when I was younger, I’ll never forget my mum screaming as the floor went she still swears she thought she had broken it!

It does make me sad though to think people do lose their homes in these extreme weather storms.



Next up, the Mummy! We went and dropped our things off in the free lockers and headed inside. I was a bit worried in case I felt sick as I get motion sick sometimes. I made the mistake of saying something to Sy and the guy the other side of me gave me a really panicked look and told me if I need to be to aim it the other way! Oops! I needn’t have worried, I was fine We then walked over to Disaster and had just a 10 min wait. I think I like the pre show to this more than the actual ride/show. It still makes me nostalgic for Earthquake though.



We then walked over to MIB passing a corndog stand on the way so Sy just had to have one



I cant quite believe this, but I actually won MIB! Me, a girl! And I won by quite a fair distance Sy then proclaims that he doesn’t like that ride... funny that hahaha.

We then walked past the Simpsons and grabbed a pizza for lunch. I kinda forgot to take pics of the lunch but tbh, once you’ve seen one American pizza you’ve seen them all it was okay, nothing too special. But it filled a hole We did have a little friend sat next to us trying to steal our food though... another couple gave him a chip.



Once we were finished with lunch we walked back to watch Fear Factor, we have never seen it before. If you have already seen it you will know what I mean when I say I was nearly vomiting!! If you haven’t seen it, think of something along the lines of ******* but a bit more of a controlled environment.

We decided to then make our way to E.T. who doesn’t like this ride? What’s not to like? I love helping E.T. save his home planet





The sky was looking like it might rain again so we decided to head out of US back to the hotel. Though on route we took a detour via DTD. I wanted to have a quick look round some of the shops

We did also get a drink and an ice cream in Giardelli’s – I wasn’t that keen on the ice cream, it was so sweet and sickly. I had a vanilla and Sy had mint chocolate chip. The sun was already back out by now but there were still big black clouds in the sky.



We got back to the hotel for 5pm and chilled out for a bit before heading back out again, this time to MK. Driving in we saw this sign for the first time this trip...



We parked up and decided to get the ferry over.



Killing time I also got a picture of the infamous Crocs

 

[RobynPrincess]

On the Ferry





Once we got inside the park we hopped on the train and went round to Frontierland. We didn’t get to ride Splash Mountain on our last trip as it broke down every. single. time. we went to ride it. And we were there 3 weeks! But if that wasn’t bad enough, we had already tried to ride it once on this trip and it was broken down. I was a woman on a mission though we were headed straight for it, I had already checked the my Disney experience app to make sure it wasn’t down Success! We managed to ride

Just to note, it was now raining so we had the ponchos on because of that, we’re not those wimpy people who put the ponchos on so we don’t get wet on the ride



Now ,I cant be the only person who sees this part of the ride and has a childish giggle to themselves...



Does that represent a certain part of a man’s anatomy to anyone else?

I managed to snap this beauty just as we started tour way down the big one, this is might be my favourite picture of the holiday!





It had stopped raining again so we took off the ponchos and decided to ride Big Thunder Mountain. We got in the queue and as we got to the front we saw the rain had started again and was coming down quite hard... so we quickly put the ponchos back on again. Oh dear, this ride is so not good in the pouring rain, the speed was driving the rain in places I didn’t know I had! And it blooming hurt when it got you full in the face! I think I will skip this ride in the future when its raining it was funny though

We then walked over to Haunted Mansion. Those pop up heads at the end always make me jump, even when I know they’re coming. By now the rain was in for the night, we were walking round ankle deep in water - I kid you not! So deciding that the parade and fireworks would probably be cancelled we made the decision to head back to the hotel to dry off. It was 8:15 when we left, far too long to hang around on the off chance wishes would be on at 10pm.

Back at the hotel we got changed and went out in the search of food but we were super tired. We went to try Miller’s Ale house but it was rammed and as I was tired I didn’t want to wait, we tried a few different places but they were all busy so we made the decision to just get McDonalds take out and eat back in the room, a bit of a let down as we had gone back to change when we could have just picked it up on the way home, but hey ho, that’s the way it worked out tonight.

We ate dinner in bed and went to sleep at about 10pm. At 11pm a coach load of people checked in and one family spent half an hour stood outside our door, shouting down to their friends 8 doors down! I don’t even know why they had to stand outside our door as we were the very last room. 3 times I went out to them to ask them to be quiet. They weren’t English so I have no idea if they understood what I was saying but they must have understood what I meant when I went out in my PJ’s half asleep! 3 TIMES. These were women of my mum’s age, ie old enough to know better. GRRRRR. Have I mentioned that I’m a bit of a mad woman when I get woken up?! Once they left and went to their rooms I lay there awake for about an hour, I was too angry to sleep. I can laugh about it now, I’m just the worst person ever when I’m tired and woken up (just ask Sy, he never wakes me and stays away from me if I’ve had to get up early )