The last two miles to the park was absolute gridlock and so we didn't make it to the car park until 9.50am and then it took a further 20 minutes waiting to enter the car park.
Not quite sure what the problem was, as all that is required is to roll down your window, handover $17 and take the receipt.
Obviously this was a real challenge for the drivers in the cars ahead of us in our row.
So the big decision - which park first? We decided it needed to be Universal Studios, with our first ride being either The Minions or Grungott's Bank.
Given that the queue for the Minions was 90 minutes, we headed for Diagon Alley to find Gringotts.
The queue time was showing as 30 minutes so we headed in. It's fair to say we were undecided last year on this ride. It might have had something to do with the 3 hour wait to experience the ride. Ok it was raining really heavily and the ride broke down multiple times. As we came off we were all a bit meh...
It was a much better ride this time but personally it's not one of my favourites, I think it tries too hard and is neither one thing or another.
So onto the next ride which was Men In Black, which had a single rider queue. We were onboard within 10 minutes. I was top scorer by a country mile and managed for the first time to spin the other car, which was fab.
No guesses for where we headed next... Yes, it was off to the Simpsons.
As you can see from the photo, the weather has been lousy... Not.
We never tire of the Simpsons ride and we all come off the ride smiling.
There was just time for one more ride before lunch and it was a special request from Mrs J. Not one of the girls favourite s - ET.
So you have probably guessed where we went to lunch by the title of this post. Yes, you are correct, we went to The Hard Rock Cafe.
We've never had a bad meal at The Hard Rock Cafe - hope that's not tempting fate.
I went for the limited edition Tropical Burger which was sensational. I will try and look up the description and paste it below if I find it.
After lunch we took in Twister. I have to confess that I am a fan of this movie so this attraction is right up my street. Managed to stand in the wrong spot again, like last year, and got drenched. Oh well...
Miss B and Miss H wanted to ride the Rip Ride Rocket and Mrs J wanted to do some gift shopping so I went and grabbed a Starbucks and sat outside and watched the world go by.
Once we regrouped we planned to catch the Hogwarts Express to the Island of Adventure, but with a queue time of 90 minutes we decided to walk.
It was a really hot day today - one of the hottest we have experienced in Orlando. Would have loved to see the RealFeel temperature.
First up in IoA was The Hulk which Miss B and Miss H rode twice whilst Mrs J was getting some iced water.
A quick ride on Dr Fear's Free Fall before finishing off the day on the Spiderman ride.
On the way back to the villa for a swim we stopped off at Public to get some food for tea. Public is compared with Waitrose for the quality of the food. Will let you know what we think but it certainly looks good.
Stop by tomorrow to see what we got up to...
It was a much better ride this time but personally it's not one of my favourites, I think it tries too hard and is neither one thing or another.
So onto the next ride which was Men In Black, which had a single rider queue. We were onboard within 10 minutes. I was top scorer by a country mile and managed for the first time to spin the other car, which was fab.
No guesses for where we headed next... Yes, it was off to the Simpsons.
As you can see from the photo, the weather has been lousy... Not.
We never tire of the Simpsons ride and we all come off the ride smiling.
There was just time for one more ride before lunch and it was a special request from Mrs J. Not one of the girls favourite s - ET.
So you have probably guessed where we went to lunch by the title of this post. Yes, you are correct, we went to The Hard Rock Cafe.
We've never had a bad meal at The Hard Rock Cafe - hope that's not tempting fate.
I went for the limited edition Tropical Burger which was sensational. I will try and look up the description and paste it below if I find it.
After lunch we took in Twister. I have to confess that I am a fan of this movie so this attraction is right up my street. Managed to stand in the wrong spot again, like last year, and got drenched. Oh well...
Miss B and Miss H wanted to ride the Rip Ride Rocket and Mrs J wanted to do some gift shopping so I went and grabbed a Starbucks and sat outside and watched the world go by.
Once we regrouped we planned to catch the Hogwarts Express to the Island of Adventure, but with a queue time of 90 minutes we decided to walk.
It was a really hot day today - one of the hottest we have experienced in Orlando. Would have loved to see the RealFeel temperature.
First up in IoA was The Hulk which Miss B and Miss H rode twice whilst Mrs J was getting some iced water.
A quick ride on Dr Fear's Free Fall before finishing off the day on the Spiderman ride.
On the way back to the villa for a swim we stopped off at Public to get some food for tea. Public is compared with Waitrose for the quality of the food. Will let you know what we think but it certainly looks good.
Stop by tomorrow to see what we got up to...
