From Hong Kong we spent 30 hours making our way to Orlando, Florida. The flight was long, but mostly uneventful. I managed a sneaky headstand when no one was watching, but then spent an hour or so dancing at the back of the plane and amusing the cabin crew that way. Orlando was in such stark contrast to Hong Kong. From skyscrapers packed closely together, to a city that spread as far as you could see in every direction, but most buildings were only single story.
On our first day we were out of it, still not recovered from the 13 hour time change, and the previous days 34 hours without sleep. We found out there was a chocolate museum in town, and made our way there to entertain ourselves. There were some amazing carvings, made from solid blocks of chocolate.
The real reason for coming to Orlando was to go to theme parks, which began the next day getting up early to collect our tickets and hopefully avoid the queues in the entrance lines. The lines surprisingly weren't too bad 10minutes before the park officially opened. Getting straight in, paying for an exorbitant lanyard to protect our precious express pass. we had our first ride. Minion Madness, which was our first introduction to the 4D rides. It is quite incredible how much movement your mind tells you is going on when wearing 3d goggles and you seat moves shakes shudders tilts and drops. You start thinking you were on a real roller coster. Thanks to the Express pass we managed to fly through the queues both on this and the last day, and it was only when we were doing the Jurassic Park ride for the 3rd (or was it 4th) time that we realised that the normal line was 45minutes long and we were just about getting straight on.
The main highlights for us oddly include the queues in the Harry Potter rides, where the entire way feels like walking through a set of the movies, with moving pictures on the newspapers, goblins counting money and many other detailed props. The mummy returns, and the Gringott rides were top of the list for the universal studios side, while the Jurassic Park River ride, Harry Potter Journey, and the front row of the Dragon Challenge roller coster were our picks from the Islands of Adventure, We were amazed how much more fun the dragon roller coster was from the front seat, as all of a sudden, you realised how close and fast you were coming up to obstacles, adding a lot more adrenaline to the mix.
In between the two days at the universal theme parks we spent the day at Wet and Wild, making Jason grin like a small child as he made the biggest splashes possible. While the park was a little smaller than expected some of the slides were still scream worthy. One of our favourites involved an enclosed tunnel with disco music blaring. The first time down it Jason was facing backwards and he let go of the tube as he was getting into the dancing theme. Meanwhile I was facing forward and watching the slide disappear. I frantically screamed at him to hold on before we dropped steeply down leaving our stomachs at the top of the ride.
It was a busy few days in Orlando but a great deal of fun.,
The main highlights for us oddly include the queues in the Harry Potter rides, where the entire way feels like walking through a set of the movies, with moving pictures on the newspapers, goblins counting money and many other detailed props. The mummy returns, and the Gringott rides were top of the list for the universal studios side, while the Jurassic Park River ride, Harry Potter Journey, and the front row of the Dragon Challenge roller coster were our picks from the Islands of Adventure, We were amazed how much more fun the dragon roller coster was from the front seat, as all of a sudden, you realised how close and fast you were coming up to obstacles, adding a lot more adrenaline to the mix.
In between the two days at the universal theme parks we spent the day at Wet and Wild, making Jason grin like a small child as he made the biggest splashes possible. While the park was a little smaller than expected some of the slides were still scream worthy. One of our favourites involved an enclosed tunnel with disco music blaring. The first time down it Jason was facing backwards and he let go of the tube as he was getting into the dancing theme. Meanwhile I was facing forward and watching the slide disappear. I frantically screamed at him to hold on before we dropped steeply down leaving our stomachs at the top of the ride.
It was a busy few days in Orlando but a great deal of fun.,
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