Day 72: Universal Day 1
So as a little disclaimer, obviously everyone knew I was going to drop the ball on this project a little bit. I'm getting caught up here, but it'll be a little blurry in areas, and by "a little blurry" I mean that I'll be posting pictures that have date tags from the appropriate day, but otherwise I probably forgot what happened. Good luck to us all.
The evening of the 6th, as I mentioned previously, my lovely family, this time consisting of my parents, my sisters Hannah and Leah, and my now-brother-in-law Jordan, picked me up at my apartment and we made our way to a hotel/condo thing near Universal Studios. We got all caught up, had a little dinner in our suite, and passed out. The next day we woke up as early as we could fathom, got some less than spectacular but also included with our stay continental breakfast from the lobby, and headed to Universal. I wish I had more photos from this day, but I just don't. I'm hoping however that my sisters do, as it was their first time seeing the new Diagon Alley expansion, so hopefully I'll be adding those soon. Here's what I remember from this day:
1. There's nothing better than watching someone's face when they see Diagon Alley for the first time, especially when it's someone you know cherishes those stories as much as you do.
2. It was really hot and we waited a really long time for the Gringott's ride, but it ended up being totally worth it because we got to be in the best row (the very, very back). Also, seeing their reactions to that ride was secondary only to seeing their faces when we walked in.
3. I got a pressed penny that just said Universal, which I had seriously been searching for for weeks. Of course it was in the gift shop of one of my all time favorite rides, the Men in Black ride.
As luck would have it, I also broke my record on that ride this day.
I later went on to break my own record again a few weeks later. I don't remember what the score was exactly, but I probably got a picture of it. I'm pretty competitive when it comes to this ride.
4. Hulk ride. This is one of my other favorites.
5. Other than all the memories the photos resurfaced for me, I remember going on Rockit, but it didn't have music (just FYI, it's a totally different ride without music. It's pretty much boring)
Hopefully I can have a chat with some sisters and they can refresh my memory on this day, because at this point it has been over 3 months and I'm telling it lame. I think we went to the Irish restaurant across from the Mummy ride, and I'm sure we went on the Mummy ride a good five times. That's another Gordon-Magrath favorite. It's partly blurry because it's been so long, but it's also partly blurry because we went to Universal for 2.5 days, so it kind of blended together. But either way, it was a really, really great day.
Day 73: Universal Day 2
Universal Day 2 probably went something a lot like Day 1. I really hope my sisters took better pictures than I did, because here's what I got:
1. Someone on CityWalk had terrible spelling.
2. We left around dinner time so that I could go purchase Disney tickets from Disney University before they closed, and then they went to Publix, where my mother's feet ached so much that Leah pushed her in an electric cart. Is there a story here? Yes, I'm sure there is. Do I remember it? Not really.
This is the lamest post ever, but hopefully once it's out there my sisters will see it and feel such shame that they will send me their own photos and memories.
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