Me,My Life & I

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.

We got straight onto the two rollercoasters in the Duelling Dragons attractions with no wait.We went on fire first which was a very twisty, turny coaster and then walked,well as best as we could with spinning heads,straight onto the ice coaster.These rollercoasters are great because it's meant to be like the dragons are fighting [hence the name] and you come within inches of the other coaster when you're riding one.Very thrilling.

Then we went on the very small coaster next to the dragons called The Flying Unicorn.It's for kiddies but my mum liked it because she doesn't come on the ones that go upside down

After that we headed into the Jurrasic Park area of the theme park.

There's lots to see and do there including a great water ride that takes you through some lakes where dinosaurs live and then almost into the mouth of a giant T-Rex.I'd not gone on this ride the last couple of times we'd visited the park,I found it great fun.

After visiting the dinosaur discovery center where we watched a baby dinosaur hatch,we headed to the Toon Lagoon section of the park.

I met Betty Boop:

And we took lots of pictures of the funny things in this area of the park:

Then we stopped for something to eat

After a munch we went on a water ride and got utterly soaked!Was really fun though.

Then we went to the Marvel Superheroes bit of the park and went on the Spiderman 3D coaster and the Hulk coaster.Got on the Hulk twice as there was basically no wait,unlike last time when we waited 90 minutes to go on it and only got on once.

Spiderman Entrance

The Hulk Coaster.It shoots you right out of it instead of clicking slowly up.Fun Stuff!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=del_c1CNE0A

Then,after seeing around 8 different incarnations of the above advert,I headed out to sunbathe.

Just lazed around all day and read most of the new Darren Shan book.Was pretty good.

When we arrived we watched the Sea Lion show 'Clyde and Seamore Take Pirate Island' which was hilariously funny and took place on a pirate-ship set.

After that we went on the fantastic rollercoaster Kraken.(You can see it a little in the last picture.Turquoise with a train going up it at the back)It was my first rollercoaster I ever went on when we were in Florida last time and then it was my first ride this year aswell.I loved it,as I did before.

We were pleased to discover that the waiting time was a short 10 minutes compared to the,on average,60 minute queues we encountered last time we were in Florida.I was so nervous going up it but then as soon as it dropped I felt great again as the memories of last time came flooding back.

After going on that we watched the Shamu show.Exceedingly cheesy and Shamu was only out for about three minutes,the rest was smaller less interesting killer whales.

After that we went on the simulator ride Wild Arctic.Me and Mum sat in the back row because they said that thats where the most motion was.I've never felt so dizzy coming off a simulator.

Next we wandered off to watch the Dolphin show.It was fantastic and had tropical birds, acrobats dressed up in stunning costumes and great videos along with the actual dolphins.Definately the best show there.

Then we watched this circus type thing.Was good but I remembered all of the acts from last time so wasn't too impressed this time round.

We then headed back to Kraken and rode that another couple of times before joining the slightly longer half-hour queue for the indoor water-coaster Journey to Atlantis.It has a big drop at the end where you get soaked and I remembered hating it last time but this time round I actually enjoyed it.

My hair was protected with the aid of an oh-so-attractive poncho lol.

After riding Kraken once more to dry off we got some food at one of the resteraunts before heading home.