Tuesday 5 December 2017 Universal Studios

Today we did Universal Studios, and then Islands of Adventure. We did the Spiderman ride (very good 3D and vehicle movement), the Jimmy Fallon ride (ride okay, but pretense and preamble kind of weak). I rode a teacup type ride several times, some with the twins, some with the boys. Another big hit, literally, was the Ball Factory, in which you shoot others, especially Grandpas, with nerf type balls. There were many other vacuum-cleaner type blowers doing many other things, plus a climbing structure and a slide. Charlotte played in here with us for a while, but it was too noisy for Annabelle. Eventually Charlotte also left and the twins played outside in a small water park under Grandma’s supervision. Meanwhile the adults were riding the thrill rides. One of these was the Hulk roller coaster, which looked pretty formidable.

Today we all gathered for lunch at the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter section of Universal Studios. We all had supper at Bubba Gump Shrimp, just outside the park, and then returned for more rides. The last event before they started herding us toward the exits was the light show on Hogwarts castle. 

Our shuttle was scheduled for 8:30, but we called him in half an hour early as they were herding us toward the exit and we were all pretty pooped. Annabelle and Louisa both fell asleep in their strollers and remained asleep on the shuttle and right into their beds in our suite.  Charlotte was close, but hung in there. The boys, as usual, had plenty of gas in their tanks.