Sunday 8 July
This morning is our first serious park morning.
Up at 6am and we all shower and have breakfast in the room. This is where the cooler box from Walmart and the icemachine serve us well.
We walk from the hotel to the park gates and are there bang on 7am for early entry. Other Muggles will have to wait till 8.00am before they can get in. This is still 1 hour earlier than last years opening of 9.00.
Since nothing else is open we are directed via Seus Landing to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Olivanders already has a good line developing and Forbidden Journey has a 10 min posted wait time. As Robyn has recently become a HP obsessive we retrieve our bags from the locker. Then promptly deposit them again and re-ride Forbidden Journey. The wait time is now showing 20 mins.
Next up is the Flight of the Hippogriff which Morgan sits out as it is twin rider seating. Then the 2 thrill seekers take me for their ride on Dragon's Challenge while Diane and Robyn re-ride Hippogriff.
We talk to a lovely family from Guernsey while queuing for Dragon's Challenge. The dad enjoys thrill rides as much as I do. His wife declares us whimps
The shops are perused for a little while longer and the troops try Butterbeer - cold rather than frozen. I try a taste and while not offensive don't have any more.
We walk through Jurassic Park and make our next stop Popeye & Bluto Bilge Rat Barges. We ride this twice in a row in case we have left any quarter sized dry spots
Then we all head to Spiderman which looks great with the High Def update.
Dr Doom was out posing for photos so Jack and Robyn pose while I scream like a baby indulging Morgan's desire to go on this ride.
Robyn and Diane scored another great ride on Spiderman while I sucked it up and got catapulted at speeds not designed for the human body on The Hulk. We laugh as we walk from the ride and Jack spots a hat. I do one better and spot someone's glasses. Who goes on Hulk and keeps their glasses on !
The troops are getting hungry and Robyn has in mind that there is only one place for lunch today...Three Broomsticks .
We order fish & chips, shepards pie, roast chicken and the rib/chicken combo.
The fish and shepards pie is the best of the choices.
We head back to the hotel and chill out at the pool
Supplies for breakfast are low so we head to Walmart and then land in a major thunder and lightening storm.
Supper tonight is McDonalds for Robyn and Jack. Salad for Morgan and a sandwich for Diane and I which we take back to the hotel.
We head over Prime Outlets and shop for an hour or so.
Back at the room we see that our view lets us see some of the Universal fireworks that go off around 9.15pm.