Orlando, Florida- Week 2

Our second week in the Orlando area was spent at Universal Studios & Islands of Adventure.  The rides and shows were spectacular and we're thankful that we were able to have these experiences, but we're not convinced that we are a "theme park family"...the lines, the crowds, the ridiculous prices, oh my....

That being said, we made lots of great memories....

Here's a list of our top ten favorite things to do at Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure...

Number 10: Eat at restaurants with the fancy butter pats...Mythos & The Krusty Burger were both a delicious distraction from the lines and crowds.

Number 9: Spend quality time in line together...They are gracious enough to tell you the estimated time of your wait... Our wait times ranged anywhere from 5 minutes to 60 minutes...

Number 8: Play boardwalk style games (they accept credit cards now, woohoo!). Luckily, we did not win... Although we would have loved a 3 door fluffy "Duff" beer bottle ;-)

Number 7: Pose for pictures (always an adventure with a teen and preteen)

Number 6: Watch live performances...Animal Actors, The Cinematic Spectacular and Disaster! were a few of our favorite shows. 

(Aaron's acting debut in Disaster!)

Number 5: Lots of spectacular stuff to see!

Number 4: The Simpsons & Springfield ...enough said!

Number 3: Cool 3D and 4D thrill rides!

Number 2: Being silly together

The number 1 thing we like to do at Universal Studios is eat Lard Lad Donuts and explore all that Springfield (aka Simpsonland) has to offer ;-) Hahahaha 

We also discovered a SkyZone in Clermont, just up from our campground!  The boys loved jumping for hours!  One day we were at Universal all day, and the boys still wanted to go to SkyJam at SkyZone that night for 3 hours!!!

Off to Rainbow Springs next...looking forward to getting back to nature and

slowing down a bit...

Thanks for the memories Universal!