Wednesday 11 July
It is decided that we could all do with a long lie. We are all up at 8.15am and have a leisurely breakfast.
It is down to the pool as the sun is out and will hopefully be warming the water.
Okay I am sure it will get warmer later!
We spend a very enjoyable morning. Lunch does not ring any bells and I cannot recall where we eat.
In the afternoon we decide on a break from the pool and head over to Prime Outlets and every grabs quite a few bargains.
For supper we slum it in the room with two enormous pizzas from Domino's
Then we head back to the pool as Jack and Robyn want to watch Harry Potter at the Dive-in. Once the mozzies start really biting we call it a day a 9.30.
Thursday 12 July
Up this morning at 6am as this is our last full day.
We get to the gates for 7.00 and head straight to Hogwarts. Since we invariably are split into a 3 and a 2 to ride this I think that if Diane and the troops ride this together we are more likely to buy the ride photo.
We manage to ride this twice before the wait time rises to 30 mins.
The first ride en up being the better of the photos so we take this one and ask for it to be delivered to package collection for later pickup.
Next up Jack and I ride Dragons Challenge before the troops have a last butter beer.
Robyn is in demand and rides Pteranodon Flyers first with Jack and then with Morgan.
The water rides are not yet started so we decide to leave them for today and head to Spiderman.
Then I complete my last turn on the Hulk.
Baggage pickup has not received one item so we leave IOA and will come back later.
Next stop is Hard Rock Cafe as Diane has a Christmas present to buy for our niece.
We take the side entrance to Universal which is behind Hard Rock Cafe. This lets us in the park very quickly.
Even though it is only 11am we are hungry for an early lunch to we head to the International Food place beside The Simpsons.
After lunch we ride The Simpsons ride and then head to Men in Black.
Got to love Express Pass as we would have never managed to do two parks like this by midday
The troops have been promised pool time so we head straight to there once back at the hotel.
We participate in a few poolside activities and then head upstairs around 4pm to finish off the packing.
Supper tonight is at Bula Bar & Grille. The Nacos to share is a great dish. Our timing is near perfect as we are just finishing when a storm closes the pool and poolside area.
The plan was to go to Universal Studios tonight but the weather has out a damper on that.
I could only get a late checkout extended from 11 to 12 noon tomorrow. So it looks like we will start the day off in the pool.
Night night.