Day 18 (Disney day 8)

Universal studios!!!! Only the four of us today, Lalie + Matt say nothing for kids to do and Fern says its a waste of money - they think we mad!!!!! So after a long night  of celebrating NEW YEARS, and bringing 2012 in,in style, we woke up at 6:00 and left the hotel by taxi on our way to UNIVERSAL STUDIOS !!!!!.  The drive is about  30 minutes tops so by 7:45 we were waiting in line to enter.  The tickets were US$100.00 to get in so about R810.00 per person - we have been spoilt so much. We started at Adventure land as there are two different lands now .....AND WE WERE OFF !!!!!  We dashed the mad dash to the FAMOUS Harry Potter RIDE and OMG it was amazing you ride like your on an actual broom flying around Hogwarts.  Harry is on the broom in front and guiding you through the maze of scenes.  Definitely would have queued for that ride if we had had to.  Apparently yesterday the queue was 3 hours long.....can you believe it.  Next Britt & I did TWO incredible roller coasters that were two dragons, from Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire, and wow they were AMAZING , we then made our way through the streets and boy oh boy did it feel like you were walking in the movies, they had Olivanders and the book store and a mini Hogwards that was just mind blowing bcos it really looked awesome!!  They had the sweet store with the chocolate frogs and all the other crazy candy from the movies.  Mom bought us wands, Harry's , Ron's and Hermannis - exact replicas of the ones in the movies.  We grudgingly left Harry Potter's area and then made our way down to the Jurassic park and it was Erin's turn to ride and the next thing the ride broke and to our amazement there were actually people fixing it and not just a sign saying "out of order" people were actually fixing it and then within 10 min it was fixed and there were people riding it again.   Spiderman ride, this was amazing too, its a mix of a coaster and a movie with scary scenes and because if was 3D everything jumped at y0u - you even feel the tingle on your forehead.......whoop whoop!!!!!!   The amazing HULK coaster, Mom + Erin toke on look at this ride and the people screaming on it & wouldn't do it Britt & I  did it of course & WOW it was our favorite ride yet!!! loops, sprays of water, upside down, speed,  height you name it....wooooow!!!!!! Next was Cat In The Hat,  calm and relaxed ride compared to the rest....lol.  After that was a break for lunch - so sick of this yucky food, the fast food here is terrible - tasteless and boring.  Moving onto Universal Studios the older of the two parks, not that you would guess it but Mom told us.  First ride was Shrek 4D, it was an amazing show & you can definitely see the difference between 3D + 4D here.  After that was The SIMPSONS RIDE, ja Mom was like really...... but it was fun......ha ha We then went on the Jaws Ride, this was on of the oldest rides in the park but again it looks new and it was brilliant, ship wrecks, fire on water, big splashes, Jaws attacking our boat - really good fun.  We were totally exhausted at this point, our feet and legs are aching - we been walking and up since 06h00 and it was about 18h00 so twelve hours of fun - Erin fell asleep in the taxi on the way back and we were all fast asleep by 21h00.  What an awesome day - its definitely OUR FAVOURITE PARK, the four of us agreed that we would choose this over Disney World any day.  The rides are close together much more exciting, faster and more fun!!!  The decor and sets are exactly like they are in the movies - its as if all the movies were filmed right here in the parks.  There  was loads to do for Josh & Jamie age - pity my cuzzies did not go, but next time guys.