Day 6: Islands of Adventure/Universal Studios

So its our 2nd to last day and we woke up at 8am for our 3rd and last visit to Universal to go on our favourite rides and do the ones we didnt get to do on our first visits there.

Well the camera was totally out of comission today as i left it back at the apartment to dry out and hopefully be be ok for the remaining day at Epcot and MGM.

We got our "free" shuttle from Quality Streets and arrived at Universal by 9am, we headed to IOA first to redo our fave rides, as we got in the park Jayne wanted to go to the loo so i decided to run on The Hulk for a quick spin, i got straight on and was out and back tom eet Jayne within 5 mins, it certainly woke me up i tell ya. We had breakfast at our pastry/muffin/bagel place sat on the patio again and watched people go by, the crowds were way down compared to our first visits here so we hoped we could zip rounds both parks today and do a lot of rides by walking straight on.

We headed by the Hulk again after breakfast where i went on it...again ! (Jayne rolls her eyes hahaha) the ride just seems to get better and gbetter the more you ride it. After Spiderman we headed to Toon land we didnt go any of the rodfes in here as we didnt want to get soaked, once was enough the first time here ! we headed to Duelling Dragons where i managed to drag Jayne on Ice just so she could say she had ridden both, i went on both again back to back.

It was almost lunch now so after making our way round back to the entrance it was time for my last time ride on the Hulk before we left IOA and went over to Universal, Jayne waited outsode the ride for me as i went on, there still was no queue so as i got off the ride i couldnt help myself and snook on it again staright to the front and rode it for the very last time...honest ! as i met Jayne she laughed and could tell i had gone round twice on it as she said she had seen me on the ride the first time and noticed i had taken a long time, busted ! ...but it was fun. On our way out we visited the IOA shop where we saw lots of nice things, i think i might come back later to get some things as i didnt want to be carrying round stuff.

After lunch we headed to Universal and went straight on Shrek 4-D, after we got out we noticed Shrek and Donkey and Fiona having photo opportunities, i couldnt resisit and had my pic taken with Donkey and Fiona the big kid that i am. We made our way the Mummy ride, it was our second time of riding it and it was even better than the first as we knew what to expect, the best ride in Universal Studios by a mile !

We walked further round and went on Jaws (a little lame) then round to the toon area where we went on the ET ride, i remember this being my mums favourite ride and it really is for kids but still its good and takes you back a bit. The weather was starting to get a little nasty as the cluds rolled in and then the heavens opened so as we rode The Mummy for last time and came out it tipped it down, we raced over to where we knew an indoor attraction would be and took shelter in the Horror make up show which filled up 45 mins of our time and wehen we came out the rain had let up a bit. With just little under and hour to kill before the bus came we hit a few stores in Unversal and bought some souvenirs (i also went back to IOA for a Hulk mug and a Spiderman cup for Jayne)

The bus was sort of on time as this would be the last time we would take it..sob sob. We went to Ponderosa (surpride surprise) for dinner where we had a n encounter with a waitress that was , shall we say...quite odd ! she proceeded to do magic tricks at our table and talk about her life story as we ate, we chuckled wit hthe table behind us as they were encountering the same as us, poor girl..bless !

Tonight was big shop night as we decided to buy all our gifts as tomorrow would probably be a late one, we spent a small fortune on tshirts, mugs, tat and jumpers, Jayne was running a bit low on money so i bought a Mickey Sweater for the both of us and very nice they are too.

After a whirlwind shopping trip we hit the sack and prepared for our last day in Florida as we checked the news that another hurricane was on its way just off the coast, it shouldnt hit land tho and not at least till weve gone home, weve been really lucky really.