Florida Family Vacation Day 8

Journal Entry: Sunday, October 10, 2010

Even though we had al ong day yesterday, we were up and on the go early this morning. Today we decided to go to Universal Studios. None of us had ever been to Universal so it was something new for all of us.

Once we got into the park we decided to buy the Express Line Pass. With this pass we were able to go in the Express Line for all of the rides and therefore have a very minimal wait time for each ride. We were very glad we did this because without it, we wouldn't have had enough time to go on everything. My favorite of the day was The Simpson's Ride.

Some other highlights from today include Cameron not liking the Twister ride, which really surprised me. He was worried that a twister was going to come and get us. We assured him that this wasn't going to happen and then he was okay. I think he had seen the actual movie before, he wouldn't have been scared by the ride. We also witnessed a grown man throwing a huge tantrum over the length of time he had been waiting to get on a ride. He was crazy and we felt sorry for his wife and daughter. On the Disaster ride, Matt was chosen to take part in the making of the ride. They kept calling him purple Matt (he was wearing a purple shirt) and of course we kept laughing at him. The ride was about making a movie and Matt was then in the trailer for the movie. It was pretty neat.

One disappointment today was that the big roller coaster was closed for annual maintenance. We bought a few souvenirs at the end of the day before heading home.

Cory, Stephanie, Matt, and I decided we would have a lazy evening at home and just have leftovers for super. We stopped at McDonald's for Cameron and at Super Target for a few things on our way home. Pernell and Chantel went out for supper and we stayed home and watched Beauty and the Beast with Cameron. We all wanted to get some laundry done and make it an early night.

Tomorrow we are planning to go shopping and then Pernell, Chantel, Matt, and Stephanie are going to see Blue Man Group tomorrow night. We all need a little break from parks for a day.