WARNING: The following portion of this TR has left the Disney building and has decided to visit that other park. Proceed with caution.
The next morning we woke up somewhat early. Our bodies were really feeling tired after having trekked the Disney parks the past 3 days, and we still had 2more parks to conquer.
Sidenote: Backstory on why we’re visiting the other park.
When we were planning the trip back in April Isis asked if we were gonna do Universal. You see Isis has an AP for Universal and unlike Disney they get a discount for other people on their tickets. At the time I said 
because we had already spent a lot of money on the Disney portion of the vacation. She was fine with that though.
Well prior to our trip that idea changed. Why you ask? Because somewhere along the lines in all my signing up for newsletters and news and stuff on theme parks and all things Orlando and Disney related, Universal sent my family a mailer. The mailer contained 1 free ticket to both parks valid until September and an extra ticket for half price of regular admission for up to 6 people. Score!!
So I let Yani know and asked her if she was willing to pay $39 for Universal on top of her Disney tix and she said yes (at the time James was not on board, but luckily the ticket had a limit of up to 6). So I let Isis know and we decided to add those parks for our last day. End Sidenote.
We finish packing up and head to the front desk to checkout. Remember how I thought Olivia’s was OKW’s equivalent of a food court? Well I had told Yani and James to wait for us there to eat breakfast while we finalize our check out. When we got there I see Olivia’s doesn’t look very food court-y, but restaurant-y. Like a Floridian style version of Denny’s. I ask them if they ordered and James said, with a look of disgust on his face, that they hadn’t ordered. So I asked them if they wanted to eat somewhere else. James got out of the chair so fast that I hadn’t even finished my sentence.
So we hopped in the car and headed off to SSR, because I was jonesing for my flatbread breakfast from Artist Pallette. Unfortunately I was the only one that enjoyed their breakfast at SSR, oh well I did warn them on some of the stuff.
We were off to conquer the other park! We got on the highway and with my trusty navigator Isis or IceIce (said like Tom Tom the GPS thingy) as she’s become to be known for all things Universal. We arrive to the park and head for valet parking, because Isis gets a discount on it
(yet another perk for Universal AP holders).
And we’ve arrived! Here’s the entrance of Citywalk as we walk towards the parks:
Looks pretty crowded huh? Although not quite as crowded as Disney.
Sidenote: I realized that I didn’t take that many pics of the parks for those of you who’ve never been and would like to see more of it I’m including some pictures from a trip I took with my cousins and also when we visted earlier that year in April for Mardi Gras. End Sidenote.
We trek, well I’m still hobbling but my ankle’s not as bad, through Citywalk and check out the map to see which park to hit first:
We decide to go to Islands of Adventure (IoA) first since it has more rides and will most likely be more crowded later in the day. We get to the ticket center and show the ticket guy our coupons and he gives us our tickets and we buy the Universal Express -- UE (which is Universal’s equivalent of FPs). Once all tickets are obtained we start our adventure.
First stop The Hulk
We dump Yani with all our crap, since she’s not riding, much to James’ disdain. They actually have a little argument about it and he was kinda bummed. I kinda felt sorry for him. Anyway so we show our UEs to the lady at the line entrance and our let in and pass all the suckers….er standy by people and are soon ready to board.
For those of you who don’t know about this ride, it’s a huge roller coaster that shoots you off at an incredible speed with quite a few loops. Here’s a little video I took to give you an idea of the ride (now it looks slow, but when you’re on it it’s super fast).
Yup! We went on that and it was GUD!
James actually had a smile on his face for the first time after riding a ride (unfortunately James was lost to the dark side and never saw the Disney light
).
We walk to our next destination, Dr. Doom (if you look at the last pic up there of the Hulk, you can see Dr. Doom, which is the 2 tower things sticking up behind the roller coaster):
We show our UE’s and pass all the suckers…er stand by and are ready to face Dr. Doom. Basically this is a reverse ToT. You’re strapped into a chair RnR style and shot straight up into the air on a cylindrical tower and you feel like you’re just gonna keep going and fly right off the tower. It was sooo fun though. Definitely gives you a major rush and one of the few that actually freaks me out for the 30 seconds the ride lasts.
We continue walking next door to the Spiderman ride.
Like my lame imitation of Spidy?
See that lady who looks like the straw’s gonna go up her nose?
We show our UE’s and pass all the suckers er…stand by people and grab our glasses since Spidy is a 3-D ride
Don't you just love James' face in the background? :
and are soon boarding our vehicle to go fight some baddies. Ok those of you who have sons or brothers or any sort of male family member who has played the Spiderman video game, this ride is very much like it. It’s so much fun and very interactive and a must do at IoA. After the ride we’re dumped in the gift shop and do some shopping and we meet this guy:
Isis trying to reenact the kiss scene, but Spidy wasn’t falling for it
You can actually meet Spidy too (my cousins when we went)
His line was too long and we were on a schedule.
This guy tried to attack me
So we took the hint and got out of dodge.
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I didn't even know MGM had been open that long.
Now Janet...I wouldn't hide V from you...
...skilz...ummmm....Honey, don't take this the wrong way, but if you can't find the Photopass guys...
I can just imagine your brothers in these parks Lessa. 
