Day 6
21st August 2013
Today we picked up the car. Last time we had a very ugly Chevrolet HHR which drove just like a hire car (Badly). We got up early (yet again) and got a taxi to the dolphin hotel to get to the car hire place. I forgot that I had swapped wallets and had left my driving licence and credit cards in my other wallet, opps. The lady behind the desk was very helpful and let Dana be the main driver then add me on as a extra free of charge. So even with my forgetfulness we still left the hotel with a shiny Nissan Versa in blue, it was a nice car, especially as we had only paid for a economy car and were expecting a tiny car not a medium sized saloon. This car unfortunately still drove like a hire car. It felt like the 12000 mile it had done were all on a rally track but oh well, it had 4 wheels and went from A to B so it was good enough for us.
We went back to the resort so I could pick up my driving licence before heading to Typhoon Lagoon. We both love water parks but prefer this one to blizzard beach because of A) the theme is much softer on the eyes and B) Crush n Gusher. Once we had got there and got a locker we went and met Stich as he was hanging around with a photographer. Dana was now very happy.
After this we went to Crush N Gusher and rode Banana Blaster. This was good as always.
Then we headed off to the shark reef as I had never done it before. I was a bit disappointed in this and Dana found it far too cold.
After this we headed to the wave pool to warm up.
We love spending time treading water out towards the end of the pool and used our new underwater camera loads. After this we went and rode Crush n Gusher a few times, we rode Coconut Crusher twice and Pineapple Plunger once.
We chilled out afterwards going round the lazy river. Then we rode Coconut Crusher again before getting changed. We wanted to have a sand pail as we wanted one last visit but never got one. We walked up to Typhoon Tilly’s Snack Shack to get a Sand Pail (Also known as a garbage pail). We rushed back to the car and eat it in the car. Luckily we hadn’t had lunch yet because it was huge, but between us we managed it, wahoo.
We headed back to the room around 12.45 so we could drop off our swim stuff. We chilled out a bit then left for universal at around 1.20. There was loads of traffic on the i4 and there was a burnt out car at the side of the road. We finally got parked at 2.30pm. We were now getting hungry for proper food and not just sugar so we stopped in on the Hard Rock Café as planned for lunch. We both shared the Pulled Pork Sandwich and the Mac Chicken and Cheese. Dana also had a Mango Berry Cooler in a souvenir glass.
We both declined having a dessert believe it or not and headed in to the studios. On the last trip in June 2011 we loved Universal because it was so quiet, but this time because of Despicable Me and Transformers the studios were packed. We chose not to ride Despicable me with a wait of 70 minutes and Transformers with a wait of 50 Minutes, we quickly met Kevin (we think)
before we headed over to the other side of the park and waited around 20 minutes to ride The Simpsons. We love this ride and it works well as a simulator because it is animated anyway. After surviving sideshow Bob we watched Animal Actors on Location, we got in just at the right time because during the show it rained a lot and then was dry right after. After this show we went on E.T. it’s a bit old fashioned but cool none the less. After ET we Dana met the girls from Despicable Me and had a picture with them.
We were now getting fed up of the huge crowds so left early in search of a Wal-Mart. We found one and got some water for the parks with a few other bits. Dana also had a emergency stop to the nail place as one of her nails got cracked during the day.
Back home
We headed back to the resort after this and since the weather wasn’t very good we decided to do some laundry and go to the Gym
and then had a early night.
Thank you for reading
Day 7 tomorrow
Dana and Jon X
