Today is our final day in the parks! We have had so much fun this week, but I am exhausted. :) We started out our morning waiting in a line of people to enter The Islands of Adventure. As soon as the gates were open we took off on a mad dash with hundreds of others from the entrance to the very back of the park to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! We jumped into the castle ride line and only had to wait about 30 minutes!!! Yippee!!! :) We were all worn out and trying to catch our breath during those 30 minutes in line, but it was worth it! We really wanted to ride this one again but we were not going to wait through another two hour line. Afterwards we made our way back to the front of the park...taking a few pictures along the way.
Next, we left Islands of Adventure and entered Universal Studios.
Today was sort of our day to do again all the things we loved and get to the things we have missed. Jon and Kate went off one way and Gabe and I headed in another direction...and stopped to see Dora and Diego!
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Then, while Jon & Kate were off riding rides, Gabe and I headed to the Looney Tunes area to play! Eventually Kate joined back up with us to meet and ride Woody Woodpecker's rollercoaster and to see Barney LIVE!
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Fun on the ropes coarse!
After lots of Looney Tunes fun, we went to the animal show
where the kids were able to meet the dog from the movie "Men in Black!"
So professional.....
Terminator Time!
Gabe did NOT like this show, but we survived it without having to leave and afterwards he was all smiles again. :)
It wasn't all that hot, but who can resist a giant coke mister?!?
The sun was setting and our night was quickly coming to a close.
Jon & Kate ran off to ride more rides while Gabe and I spent our final 45 minutes riding Woody Woodpecker's rollercoaster over and over.
Universal Studios closed and we had one last hour to run over and enjoy Islands of Adventure!
We tried to pack in as much fun today as possible! It felt like we spent most of the day running, but we fit everything in! We planned to try and ride the castle one last time, but when we got to it, we discovered it was shut down for the night due to a mechanical error. So instead, we spent an hour riding The Flight of the Hippogriff over and over and over again! Kate and Gabe both loved this little rollercoaster so it was great! I think we were able to go 5 or 6 times in a row. Unfortunately, they made us get off and run around and through the line each time instead of just getting to stay on. Maybe that was better though or we would have been on it closer to 10 times before the park closed! :)
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Once the rides were officially shut down for the evening, we took our time enjoying Hogwarts at night...and wth so many less people roaming the streets!!!! We were actually able to see all the window displays and buildings! This place is truly incredible - can't wait to see how they maybe someday expand!
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It was finally time to say goodnight to the theme parks. The kids wanted pictures on every photo prop possible, but I'll only post a couple because there are so many! :)
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