Well.

What a disappointment it turned out to be. The dolphin plunge we waited an hour on and it was over in a matter of seconds,no dolphins to be seen.Plus it burnt my elbows it was that fast.The lazy river was a mess and the 'grotto' was one wall with fish that looked stoned,if there can be such a thing.

There was another river though that was reeli fast which was good.And the wave pools were good.

Didn't go on any of the other slides as the queues were too long.

Oh,and I also got burnt.

Done the Simpsons ride first.

Then watched the horror make up show again

Then went back on the MIB's ride, after which we bumped into some characters in the Hollywood Area.

After a few encounters we went and rode Shrek 4D again and done the Jimmy Neutron ride then wandered over to Islands of Adventure.

Here we got caricatures done,which I'm not posting pictures of as they are really embarrassing. Then we went to the Lost Continent area of the park and went through the Poseidons Fury thing where you go through these caves and it's like your getting lost and Poseidon's gonna kill you.

Then it was back on the Jurrasic Park water ride.

Then we went back on Spiderman and The Hulk.Spiderman broke down whilst we were on it so thankfully we'd been on it before.

Then I went on a ride I'd refused to go on every other time we've been therer Doom's Fearfall.It shoots you straight up I don't know how high then just lets you drop again.I figured though,since I'd already done Sheikra,which I never thought I'd do,I might aswell do this.

Close Up

From A Distance

I was so scared at the start and screamed all the way through,but it was really good.Then we went on that another two times.After that we took our wobbly legs back to where we got our caricatures done and picked them up and my mum and I went on the cute Cat in the Hat ride to finish things off

Then we headed out to Universal's City Walk and visited the Hard Rock Cafe for our dinner.Nice food,great atmosphere.One of my fave resteraunts we visited.

First we went on the wooden rollercoaster Gwazi.We waited an hour for it and it was the roughest rollercoaster I've ever been on.If any of you have ever been on the big rollercoaster at the back of M+D's in Strathclyde,it's about 3 times worse than that for hurting your head and neck.

Then we went on a rollercoaster called Kumba,which was really good.

It was an excellent ride,very smooth.We went on it twice as there was no queue.

Then we went on the Safari ride which was really good,although the driver was irritating.

Then we went for food and watched some show about music and then walked to the other side of the park to take the skyride back over to Kumba.

Done Kumba another couple of times and then I done what I never,ever thought I'd do:I went on the ninety-degree,200 foot drop Sheikra!

Utterly terrifying the first time on it,but it was amazing.I was so scared when they hung you over the edge for 5 to make you look at the drop.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RqN2zD6bRcw

One of my favourite rides ever.[The vid is worth watching by the way even though it doesn't make the drop seem that big,though you can see by the pic above that it is.And also,it's floorless now so your feet are hanging.If you don't want to watch all the intro stuff,go to 1.32]

After going on another two times,including once at the front,we wandered to the other side of the park to go on the last coaster on the day,Montu which was also pretty good though my head was totally spinning afterwards as it had sooo many twists and turns.

First we went on the new Simpsons ride,which they knocked down Back To The Future for.

Was good though nothing special.And not worth the hype made about it.

Then we watched the Fear Factor Live show.Was ok but the presenters were too cheesy and the challenges weren't anywhere near as good as those you'd find on any episode of the show.

Next we toddled onto the Men In Black ride.Was fun although the machines counting how many aliens you'd shot were broken so we didn't get our actual scores.

That's the flying saucers outside the MIB ride btw.

After that we went on Jaws.It was excellent and I still got frights when the shark came out of the water,even though I know when it comes up.The queue was short and I love how the staff,even though they're just operating a ride all day,are so enthusiastic and cheery.You wouldn't find that anywhere in this country.In this country it would be some spot-faced teenager sour-puss operating it and not even talking to you.

Next we watched the show Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue.It showcased all of the classic Universal Monsters in a spectacle of rock music and pyrotechnics. Was pretty good,if slightly cheesy.

Next we went on the ride that replaced earthquake,Disaster.Was the same ride but a different pre-show that got the audience involved with making a movie called 'Disaster'.Which they showed you the trailer for at the end of the ride,including your reactions on the actual ride.Was pretty good.

By this time we were in the New York section of the park so we stopped for a refreshing frappacino at Starbucks and then my dad and brother went on The Mummy ride whilst my mum and I took a look at the New York scenery.

When my dad and martin came out of The Mummy we all went on Twister.Not overly impressive,though better than I remembered so I must have found it really rubbish last time.

After that we went into Shrek 4D,which was better than I remembered it being,before walking back round to the Hollywood section of the park.

Here we went on the Terminator 3D thing,which I still didn't like. [3D is NOT my thing]. We also watched a Hollywood Horror Make-Up show which was both hilarious and interesting.It was a definate highlight of the day.

Last,but not least as I love this ride,we done ET.No queueing for an hour this time to get on,we just walked straight onto our bicycles and flew ET back home

Then it was time to leave to go for dinner and go home.