Universal Studios .... check!

We had to go back to do Universal Studios, and once again it was clear of crowds. There were very few people around. When we were at Islands of Adventure, we weren't sure if it was a fluke, the fact that there was hardly anyone there. No fluke.

Where is everybody?

So, seeing as how there were few people there, the most we waited at any one line was under 10 minutes. We pretty much had the park done by 4:00, we got there at 10:00. Some of the highlights were Shrek 4-D, Return of the Mummy, and Men in Black, those were fun. There were more rides, but they weren't as fun.

The kids section was a pleasant surprise once again. The little guy had a "Picnic in the Park with Barney". That pretty much made the day for him.


Once you've been to the Universal Studio Parks, you pretty much feel like you've "done it", there's no need to return in the near future. But, they do have big plans for 2008/09, so let's see if its enough to make us want to come back.

Honestly, we wanted to treat Universal as a taster for Disney, which starts tomorrow for us. Tomorrow morning we're going to check out of our condo here and move over to our next condo at Disney Beach Club.

The day before yesterday, we checked out "Downtown Disney". The highlight for us had to have been Legoland.
Legoland had quite a few massive statues, all constructed with Lego. We thought this was kind of cool. We ended up buying a big slurpee cup full of Lego to take home. Lego by the scoopfull, what a concept!

The little feller also got to meet his favourite Disney character at Downtown Disney:

The weather cooled off for us on this day, somewhere in the low 20's. But, its going to get right back up there into the high 20's for the rest of the week, so there'll have to be lots of pool time.

We also tried an outlet mall today, pretty massive. But no real screaming deals. I remember a day when a U.S. outlet mall caused me to drool and froth at the mouth. But the prices just don't rattle my chain anymore. Maybe the on-par dollar.

In the meantime, our attention shifts full time to Disney.....