*Sunday 6/8/08*
Today was Universal Studios Day. we were getting into the end of vacation funk, took forever to get to the parks. We made our way on over to the studios at 1PM!! Yikes!!
Go through the turnstile and make a bee line for the Simpons Ride.
We waited no more than 10 minutes.....the posted stand by time was 65 minutes - whoa - love that FOTL.
The Simpsons ride and waiting queue were totally awesome. But then again - we are the simpsons.....see:
After gettin off the Simpsons we go over to MIB, there was a mob by the lockers, so I told the rest of the family to go without me - they were on and off that in no time. We wandered on over to Amity and skipped Jaws
as youngest didn't want to ride it and the others had no interest because they just don't like it......oh well, I have never been on it and looks like it will have to wait until next time for me.
In San Francisco, we come up to Disaster! and DH said did they change this ride too? Uh....yep. Told you about that months ago
Well, let's get on then. Very well done changes and the ending was super
. We really enjoyed the ride alot. No spoilers from me, but be prepared to laugh at the end
.
We check out our most favorite spot in the Studios
thanks to adkar letting me know its open again (and I borrowed your shot of the closed hut), but they no longer serve food. Just the booze
Not that drinks are a bad thing....but we used to get peel and eat shrimp, a few drinks and sit out on the docks for a nice little rest.
We made our way on over to The Mummy. Dh and Kait went on that while me and the younger two went inside here to get a drink and cool off (barb - you will not believe this, I googled for a picture of Finnegan's, look what came up
) :
After DH and Kait finish with the Mummy, they meet up with us inside. We are a bit hungry and of course, this is Court's favorite place to eat because of the soda bread and apple butter. We were seated immediately
With our orders placed, we sat and waited for the food - some shots from inside.
Court getting her groove on with the apple butter....
Her telling me not to touch it or she would eat my hand!!!!
and Frank waiting for his food (told you barb that I had similar pics as Ry in Pastamore):
and with his triple decker grilled cheese
DH got the Corned Beef and Cabbage, I had the Fish and Chips Kait had the Shepperd's Pie and Court had the kids burger. Total with AAA Discount and tip= $62.00 I also asked for happy hour pricing on my beer, and they were more than happy to adjust that for us.
Bellies full, we wander through Production Central. Last ride of the day? Jimmy Neutron. Not too long of a wait, maybe 10-15 minutes.
Went back to the hotel, noticed they had a mexican theme in the lounge as far as food items, got a few beers and went to the room to change for the pool. Grabbed a few empanadas for the room, a few beers "to go" and sat by the pool from about 7:30 to 10:30. This night by the pool they had the Concert to benefit the victims of 9/11 showing on the big screen.
Up next:
Last full day of vacation and it rains?!?!?! Also, picked up the little brother to swim with the kids