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Hello! Thank you for your patience, this week has been a busy one!The kids had a great Halloween. Their trick or treat haul was very impressive. We go round my mum's village where everybody knows the kids. They don't get very many kids round so my kids get very spoilt. And some of the neighbours took their left over sweets round to my mum's for the kids too so we now have enough sweets to last us until next Halloween at least! Jack was ridiculously cute. I've been waiting for so long to dress him as his namesake, bought the outfit months ago and I loved it!

Thank you Snap Chat!

I've also been working on my Lego Cinderella Castle that Ross got me for my 30th in September. I'm getting on ok with it. I don't want to rush it though cause once I've finished it's done cause I'm never taking it apart and doing it again!



Anyway, back to the day!

14th October - Day 2

This morning I woke up at 5:30 so a slight improvement on yesterday! We were having a chilled morning today then heading back to Universal in the afternoon so I definitely didn’t need to be awake at this time! I tried to get back to sleep but it wasn’t happening so as usual I played on my phone until I heard the kids playing at 7:15 and got up then.

We headed out the door at 8:20, took the morning photo then went to the Towne Hall for some breakfast. It was very quiet in there this morning. I figured that everyone must be out and about at the parks.
The volunteers were very helpful this morning, they grabbed trays for us and carried them to the different food stations for us.
Oliver got sausages and some pancakes and Ariana got the same plus a banana and some grapes. I got scrambles eggs, hash brown, sausages and potatoes. Ross had the same and went back up for some waffles for him and Ariana.






I called my Mum on Whatsapp and told her all about the resort and what we’d been up to, then Oliver wanted to speak to her which he loved, he was telling her all about his star and meeting Captain America. Ariana was just about to have her turn speaking to her but she didn’t get round to it as suddenly some Storm Troopers marched into the dinner hall! Obviously we went up to say hello and got some photos. They also gave us their cards which told us a little but about them. By the looks of things they work for (or volunteer maybe) a company who visits hospitals and GKTW to cheer up kids which is amazing. They were slightly less in character than the official Disney ones as they were speaking to the kids but they were really lovely guys.

Then we saw two more characters who we met and had photos with. They told the kids to use the force for this photo. I’ll be honest I had no idea who they were and I’ve shown the photos to a friend who is a Star Wars expert and he didn’t know who they were either so maybe they are made up characters from the Star Wars world but either way their costumes were very impressive. We got their cards too.





After all that excitement we headed towards the exit but came face to face with Kylo Ren and some more Storm Troopers! We didn’t get to chat with the Storm Troopers as another family pinched them from us but we spoke to Kylo and got a quick photo. He told Oliver he saw something in him and invited him to join the dark side. I always thought Oliver would agree to that as he loves the baddies but he declined so Kylo Ren said ‘I’m giving you the opportunity to walk away, I suggest you take it’. So we left quickly before he got mad.
The kids were hyped up now after that, they said it was the best breakfast ever!



We decided to nip into the GKTW shop to have a look at what they had. They had a great selection of tshirts and hoodies, pens, postcards, cuddly toys of Mayor Clayton and Ms Merry and lots more. Ross bought a tshirt and a woolly hat and I bought a lanyard for our park passes. This came to $46.06. The Thomas Cook currency card wouldn’t work in here for some reason so we had to use the credit card. Gave us a fright though, we couldn’t possibly have spent up already?! Nope, just being dodgy!



We had planned to go in the pool this morning so that meant a trip to Walmart since Ross needed some swim trunks and I wanted to get Ariana some arm bands as I felt a bit on edge yesterday when she didn’t have any. So we went back to the villa and ordered a runner who arrived within minutes.
He was a really lovely guy. He was telling us how he loved the English accent. I asked him if he could understand Ross since he has a very thick Cumbrian accent which I call ‘farmer talk’. Ross’ family are all farmers and he grew up around farms so he’s picked up the accent and a lot of slang which even I don’t understand half the time! So the conversation then moved onto farms which shut me up cause I know zilch about farms!

When we arrived at Walmart he gave us his card and told is to give the number a call when we were done to organise collection.
We found Ross some nice bright green shorts then he had a wander with Oliver looking for some basketball style shorts and Ariana and I had a look for armbands. She chose some pink ones (obviously) and some goggles which never made it out of the packet. She didn’t need them anyways!
We then had a wander round the shoe department. Ariana wanted every pair of sparkly, pink or princess shoes she saw but she has more shoes than I do it was a firm no to all of them. I did get some new winter boots though. I’d been desperate for some boots with tassels on and there they were! I love them.

Meanwhile Ross had been trying to take advantage of Walmart’s legendary customer service by trying to find someone to ask if they had a particular pair of shorts in another size but that customer service lived up to it’s reputation and he had to abandon that pair and get another pair that they did have in his size. Once we were reunited Ross told me he’d seen a pair of trousers he thought I might like. He wasn’t wrong! They were really soft, black jogging bottom style trousers with a white waist band with feathers on and a big dream catcher on the top of one leg. They are my new ‘comfy pants’ and I’m wearing them right now. I took Oliver over to the goggles and he chose a red pair. He also got a nose clip cause he relies on one at home and I was a terrible mother and didn’t bring them! I also grabbed some factor 30 sun block spray for me and Ross since I only brought the kids factor 50 and I don’t like using it cause I’m convinced I can’t tan with it on haha. I don’t think anything else was purchased but the total this time was $86.41.

I called the runner telephone number to request a pick up and we waited outside. It was seriously hot now so the kids guzzled one of the bottles of water I had in my bag. We only waited about five minutes for the runner then he and Ross carried on with their farmer talk so I zoned out.
Once back to the villa we changed straight into our swim gear. I had a job getting my cossie on mind. God I am not the same shape I was before Jack! Wider hips, bigger bum. Cheers little bud for ruining my body for me!

We had an absolute blast in the pool. The kids splashed around. Ross attempted to teach Ariana to swim but she had a problem with letting go! Even though she had armbands on she would not let go of Ross, she was terrified! She hated being in a deep part and would constantly (and really casually) ask to go back to the shallow part. Non of the pool was actually that deep, I think the deepest part was 3ft 6!






We chatted to a family from Canada. Their son loved Ariana’s peppa pig swimming costume so they came over to say hello. We chatted about our mutual hatred for Peppa flippin Pig and how amazing GKTW was.

At 12 the food hatch opened. We would be getting proper lunch at the Towne Hall so we didn’t want any food but we did need a cold drink!

They did hot dogs, ice cream, water, cans of pop and slushies. We all got a slushy each. I got a blue raspberry one, Ross and Ariana had a cherry one each and Oliver had a cola one. They were so good! They weren’t like the slush puppies over here, it was really fine ice so you could drink it all through the straw without having to wait for some of the ice to melt!

We all had a look in the fishing pond. There were some big ones in there! And some turtles as well. We promised the kids we’d do some fishing at some point during the week.





After another quick splash around we went back to the villa at 1 to get dried and dressed then out to lunch.

Today we all had pizza, except Ross who had chicken pot pie with mash and corn bread. Although Ross didn’t know it was corn bread at the time and left it. He loved the pie though!





I wolfed my pizza down and went back to the villa before everyone else to start getting ready for the afternoon. It takes me longer to get ready (it’s the makeup that does it!) so I wanted a head start!
Ross and the kids arrived when I was ready so I told the kids to get changed into the clothes I’d set out for them. Ross was confused since they were already in perfectly good clothes but they weren’t ‘destination appropriate’! I wanted them in Universal Studios themed outfits, obviously! Ariana had her platform 9 ¾ tshirt on and Oliver had a Marvel one on, much better!

Ross had reminded me to pack the refillable mug in the bag but I wasn’t sure how long it was valid for so I told him to find out. Then I heard him on the phone to some automated service saying ‘question about refillable mugs’ over and over. He’s a funny one. I got my phone out and typed ‘how long are universal orlando refillable mugs valid for?’ into google and got the answer immediately so told him to hang up and remember that the internet is a wonderful thing! In case you are wondering, they are only valid on the day they are activated but you can re-activate it for $8 so I packed it in the bag, along with the kid’s interactive wands which we were hoping to try out today.

We headed to the front and ordered an Uber. This Uber driver was very chatty so Ross was in his element. I sat in the back with the kids and updated my trip notes. He was telling us all about Uber and their requirements to work for them, the differences between working for Uber and Lyft and how important a clean car is to him. Then we were talking about Disney and Universal residents passes. I cant remember exact amounts but he told us that Disney need a small down payment but it’s more expensive each month but Universal’s monthly payments are really cheap but they want a $250 down payment which he couldn’t afford so he didn’t have Universal passes.

We arrived at Universal at 2:30. It says in my notes that we tipped the guy $10. I mean, he was nice, but that seems a little excessive! Oh well, we must have been feeling generous!
We headed straight into Universal Studios, had a quick photo and went to the minions ride. Apparently for the next hour I didn’t realise the tie on my top was undone so I look like a bit of a muppet in the photos but never mind!


They took us the top of the express pass queue and straight in the door where we waited about two minutes before going into the room to be briefed by Gru and the girls. The kids enjoyed looking around Gru’s living room and spotting the things they remember from the films. We just managed to avoid being ‘those guys’ who hadn’t showered! They people stood next to us were on the screen but we were just out of sight thank god, Oliver found it hilarious though.
The ride was a huge hit with the kids and it’s always been a firm favourite with me and Ross. I loved it when it was the Jimmy Neutron ride! But I doubt there’s very many kids now who know who Jimmy Neutron is. Ariana was confused because she looked down during the ride and she wasn’t yellow so she didn’t think the minion ray gun had worked on her, bless her!

We came out into the minion dance party. There were no minions about at the moment but I still had a good boogy, much to Ross’ dismay. My rule is dance like no ones watching, he hates it! I asked a CM if the minions would be meeting and she confirmed they would be out shortly. So we went to have a look in the shop. Oliver didn’t want anything but Ariana picked up a pack of socks and we got Jack a little minion playsuit with a hat. I was about to go to the till when I saw some minions appear in the dance party section so I put the items back and rushed the kids over before the next ride lot came out and it got busy. The CMs gave the kids a load of minion themed temporary tattoos.

As soon as the kids started talking to the minions the next ride came out and a large queue formed very quickly so I’m glad we hung about! Back in the shop I retrieved my items and took them to the till. Unfortunately I hadn’t looked at any of the price tags so I was a bit shocked when the total came to $44.63. I checked and Ariana’s socks were $17! She had better love those socks for a long time. And I need to remember to look at prices before I agree to buy!




Since the kids couldn’t ride the Mummy we walked round to Transformers. We spotted Bumblebee doing a meet and greet but Oliver didn’t fancy it. I think he was a bit too big and slightly intimidating to a tiny 7 year old! We were escorted to the ride exit by Josh who had the most incredible bum length dreads, they were amazing! We parked the wheelchair in the child swap room and got straight on the ride. Oliver loved it. Ariana didn’t know who any of the characters were but she enjoyed it all the same.

I suddenly realised we’d skipped the Jimmy Fallon ride! So we walked back round there. I noticed there was a virtual ride entrance. I’d not seen this before but I presume it’s the thing they have in Volcano Bay, like FP+? Anyways, we waited at the virtual line entrance for somebody to escort us up. They took us through a side door and up a lift into a mock up studio where Hashtag the Panda was lying on the stage. It took me a second to work out if it was the real deal or a giant stuffed panda that somebody had left lying around! A CM told the kids to shout really loud to wake him up, which they were more than happy to do! After they woke him up there were lots of cuddles, high 5s and fist bumps (with added balalalala, which is pretty standard in our house now!). We took pictures of the kids and had a big family photo. The kids didn’t have a clue who Hashtag was as they’ve never watched The Tonight Show but Ross and I are very familiar. The kids didn’t care though, to them he was just a giant cuddly panda and they love character meets!
We said bye to Hashtag and he flopped back on the stage again and went back to sleep until the next guests arrived!





The CM took us into the next room and told us to go in section 1. She took the wheelchair and said it would be waiting for us at the other end. We watched the funny video which includes the ride safety information in the form of a rap by The Roots. It was then that Ross realised he didn’t have the rucksack on. He went into panic mode as he thought he’d left it in the other room with Hashtag and went to find the nearest CM. They checked and told him that it was sitting on the wheelchair, so panic over!

We were then let into the auditorium. It was different to all the other ride set ups! The seats were like in a cinema and there was a huge curved screen in front of you, like a planetarium screen but in front rather than above you. The ride was insane! We all loved it! It included all the favourites like tight pants, Sara and thank you cards. Went straight over the kids heads but they loved it anyways. Very clever and very funny.
There was lots of good stuff in the gift shop. You could even buy a full adult size Hashtag costume, Ross declined my offer to buy it for him. The thing that did make me laugh though was in the ‘tight pants’ section of the shop. You could buy your very own tight pants, which were just plain white leggings, for $33! No Universal Studios or The Tonight Show logo on them, just normal white leggings that you could get in Walmart for $5. Crazy! I didn’t buy any, shockingly, but I did buy a Hashtag magnet for $11.67.






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I fancied a look in the HHN shop so Ross waited outside with the kids and I had a look around. There wasn’t anything I wanted to buy but the themeing was really cool. It was all Stranger Things themed so it had all the vines all over the walls and a guy in a yellow hazmat suit in the middle of the room and there was the flakes (?) falling from the ceiling which was great.




It was 4pm now and we only had an hour before we were kicked out of the park for HHN to start so we walked all the way round to MIB. Ross put the stuff in a locker and we went in the express pass lane then to a lift down to the ride loading area where we left the wheelchair and got straight on. There was lockers in this area too which we could have used but never mind.

Usually I win on this ride because I remember the red button secret and Ross always forgets but this time he was on the ball and had his hand over it ready. He was sat behind me so I didn’t know he’d got it until he started bragging about it. Drat! I was beating him as well! Final scores were 66050 to me, 10,025 for Ariana, 13050 for Oliver and Ross got 146,700. First and last time he beats me on that ride I swear!






We walked to the nearest beverage stand so Ross could pay to reactivate the mug again. Unfortunately he took aaaaages. The line wasn’t even that long so I don’t know what was going on but the kids and I sat forever waiting for him. And it started to rain. It started off with just a few drops that were really big which was actually quite refreshing but then it got heavier. When Ross finally came back with his drink we quickly nashed into Diagon Alley and, with everybody else, took shelter under the train track as it had turned into classic Florida torrential rain. It was good timing though as the kids then finally got to see the dragon breathe fire which made Ariana jump out of her skin!

The downpour soon eased off so we decided to give the interactive wands a go. To be honest I found them really rubbish. I don’t know if there was something that we weren’t doing right but we only seemed to be able to make a couple of them work! We did the first one we tried no bother at all, I can’t remember what spell it was but it was the one in WWW window. We couldn’t get the Aquamenti one to work at all, we struggled with the ones by the blacksmiths type bit and we just managed wingardium leviosa once. I wasn’t very impressed and the kids were a bit gutted but never mind!



I wanted to have one last go on Gringotts before the park shut so I put the stuff in the locker and we asked for an escort this time as we didn’t need to see the bank again so we were taken through a separate door, up a lift and straight onto the loading platform. It was then that Oliver started to cry!
He didn’t want to go on, he was scared and hated it last time. He didn’t, he loved it yesterday! I’m not a parent who will drag their kids on a ride kicking and screaming but since he loved it so much yesterday I wasn’t going to let him wimp out now, I just couldn’t understand it! I told him he was going on as nobody else wanted to miss out so he could sit there and shut his eyes if he didn’t want to see it. He was absolutely fine on the ride though so I really don’t know what had gotten into him! Ariana enjoyed it more second time around now that she knew the dragon wasn’t going to eat her!

I was hoping to get the Hogwarts Express over to the other park now but unfortunately it was past 5pm and everything was shut so we’d have to go the muggle’s way round!

When walking through the area where Scooby Doo and the Simpsons usually do their meet and greets we saw all the Chucky stuff set out, a lot of it was already uncovered and showed some pretty gruesome waxworks which I don’t think should have been out until all the kids were out of the park! I’d have loved to have seen that scare zone though, and I know Ross would have too as he’s a huge fan of the Child’s Play films.

A CM stopped us and was asking us how our stay at GKTW was going. He also mentioned that a lot of wish families have said they get better treatment here than at ‘the competition’ (his words!). I couldn’t agree with him as we were yet to visit Disney so couldn’t compare but I didn’t really fell like we had any extra special treatment, except queue jumping which the GA pass did for us. To be honest I wasn’t really expecting anything , except maybe him getting chosen in Olivanders but never mind. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t upset about this as, like I said, I wasn’t expecting anything special and I was just so grateful to be there anyway every second was super special to me!

We had a quick bathroom stop and then headed out of the gates. The volume of people waiting to get in was crazy. Made me sick just looking at it! I found out the next day that this night reached capacity.



A quick walk past the Hard Rock and the Toothsome Chocolate Emporium and into IOA. It was then that I realised we A. Hadn’t bought a sharpie in Walmart and B. Were too late to meet Captain America again anyway as he only meets till 5pm. Never mind! It wasn’t the end of the world since we’d had such an amazing meet with him yesterday.
Ross refilled the mug again and while he was doing that I took the kids down the steps in the Port of Entry and onto the patio bit to look over the water.



We walked through Marvel land and had another go on the Spider Man ride. This time I remembered to take a photo of the filing cabinet with Stan Lee’s name on. We also had a bit of Snapchat fun in the queue. I love how it knew exactly which ride we were on. Stalky! We waited about 10 minutes to get on, Oliver was fine sat in his chair and Ariana was still loving life so it was all good!

We tried to all do the spider man web pose for the photo but you can’t see it. I don’t think you can do anything like that unless you’re on the front row, mental note for next trip!




When we exited the ride I spotted a random payphone type thing on the pavement. I picked up the receiver and the automated voice said something like ‘if you would like to report a crime involving weapons of mass destruction, please press 1’ how funny. Love little touches like that. Unless it was genuine, then it’s pretty scary!

We had a look in all the shops in this area as Ross had spotted someone with a Deadpool basketball jersey and he was hoping they’d bought it here. Unfortunately they hadn’t and we didn’t find any alternatives he wanted to buy but we did see a lot of other really cool stuff. Like the Marvel Loungefly bags which were so unbelievably adorable! I really wish I’d bought the Groot one! All the Deadpool stuff was cool too, I kind of wish I’d bought a chimichanga surprise bag, just to see what was in it!












On to Toon Lagoon and I finally managed to persuade Oliver to do his Marmaduke photo. He also spent some time playing with the big bomb next to it until some other kid came over and very gently pushed him away but I cheered him up by telling him to choose a ride. He chose King Kong, which was perfect since we were just about to walk past!
We were escorted through the exit again. There was a group of people walking in front of us who were stopped by a CM and they then started trying to blag their way onto the ride via the exit. I couldn’t hear what was being said but the CM wasn’t having any of it. In the end the CM escorting us told them to move as they were blocking the way for entitled guests.
This time we were clever and made sure the kids weren’t sitting right at the edge! And I told Ariana she had to watch the whole thing. We had a different ‘driver’ this time. I didn’t realise there were different ones so we had a change in dialogue. I thought that was pretty cool. The kids enjoyed it a lot more this time since they felt safer not being at the edge!


Oliver asked to go on Jurassic Park again but I didn’t have a change of clothes with me and since the sun was going down I thought we wouldn’t dry off very well which wouldn’t be ideal but I said there was another ride we could go on in the Jurassic Park area so we set off in search of Pteranodon Flyers. Since this was our first visit with children we’d never done this ride before, or even knew where to go for it so we had to go on the hunt. Once we did find it we were escorted through the amber mines to the wheelchair entrance. The CM escorting us did get lost a few times so it took a while!

Ariana and I rode first then Ross and Oliver went after we got back. It’s such a good little ride! The kids loved it too which was the main thing.



Then we had to get out of the amber mines by ourselves without getting lost. Walking past one of the waterfalls, a drop of water splashed and went right down my back, gave me heart failure!

We exited Jurassic World and went into Hogsmeade for our last ride of Universal, Flight of the Hippogriff. When we walked through we saw a lot of people sitting on the floor by the stage. I thought they might be waiting for a show on the stage but they seemed to be facing towards the castle. I would investigate once we’d been on the ride!

This time, instead of being sent in the express pass lane we were told to go to the ride exit and we’d get straight on which was great! Love this ride, really wish it was longer! We were able to get a quick peek at the building work going on behind the boards but still no idea what it’s going to be like!


When we hopped off the ride I did a quick google and saw that it was the Hogwarts Light Show everyone was waiting for. I remember reading about this ages ago but I didn’t know they were still doing it!
We went and found a spot to stand in by the wand stand behind the stage. While we were there I bought a wand stand for my Elder wand I bought in 2012. This was $37.28 which is ridiculous but I can’t complain cause I still bought it did I!


When I got back to Ross he was chatting to the family stood next to us. They’d brought their Harry Potter obsessed daughter here to celebrate her birthday. They have lots of kids, a few of them through adoption, so they usually bring them one at a time for special treats. Their daughter was in full Slytherin uniform including tights! My legs were sweating just looking at her. Ariana announced to me that she was a Slytherin now, I presumed I had the birthday girl to thank for that!
The show started at 7:30. Ross asked me if I was going to film it, I told him that is what You Tube is for but I’d take a few photos. It was an incredible show but waaaaaay too short! I thought it was going to be longer then it just finished! Was still great though.





On the way out we were bottle necked and all had to cram down the side of the three broomsticks because there was a mass of people waiting to get in. I’m not sure if there was a one off special evening event of if WWHP now do like extra evening hours? If anyone knows please tell me cause I was very curious.

We headed out of the park and towards the Hard Rock where we would be having tea this evening. For the first time Ariana complained of being tired. She’d done so well. We had a pass that gave us free buggy or wheelchair hire and we had been expecting to use it for hire a buggy for Ariana but not once did we use one throughout the whole trip! She’s a trooper! Ross carried her to the Hard Rock and I pushed Oliver in his chair.

When we arrived at the Hard Rock, there were quite a lot of people waiting but we were seated straight away. They got rid of one of the chairs at the table so we could just park Oliver’s chair there instead. We had a photo taken on the green screen on the way in but I only realised once we had left that we never received it.
Our server was Dusty. He was born in Essex and lived there for a few years before his family moved out to America, so when we accidentally asked for chips instead of fries, he knew what we were saying!

He took the drinks order and our starter and the kids meals first. The kids had orange juice, I had diet pepsi and Ross had a Bud Lite. To start we ordered chicken wings, Oliver ordered a hot dog and Ariana had a margarita pizza. He didn’t take our mains order until we had finished our starter which I found really strange and it meant we were there for longer than we needed to be and the kids had finished their food before ours came so again, Oliver got very bored.
Also, the pepsi tasted really weird, like foisty?! He changed it but it still didn’t taste right so I just didn’t drink it.


For mains Ross ordered the rib eye steak and I ordered the mac and cheese with chicken since we absolutely loved the mac and cheese in Manchester.
By the time our food came Ariana was done. She fell asleep eating her pizza and while it was hilarious I felt so guilty for keeping them up so late again! Although this is the first time they’ve flagged which is pretty good going! I settled her against me and ate my mac and cheese one handed. Unfortunately the mac and cheese was nowhere near as good as in Manchester, it was missing the paprika or whatever it is that they put on it to give it the twist. It was still good, just not what I was expecting. Both Oliver and Ross thoroughly enjoyed their meals though. Ariana only ate two slices before she fell asleep but she enjoyed what she ate!




The bill was either $113.66 plus tip or $113.66 including tip, I didn’t make a note of the tip separately like I normally do so I’m not sure!
Ross carried Ariana again and I pushed Oliver out. We headed towards to escalator to the car park but wanted a pit stop at Voodoo Doughnuts, however, the queue was out the door and round the corner and I really wanted to get the kids home to bed so we left it for another trip.


We left City Walk at 9:10 and ordered an Uber which arrived within seconds since he was dropping somebody off here when he got the request. He was a nice guy, chatted about sports and how they are trying to make ‘soccer’ a bigger sport now since Orlando have their own team now. His kids have just started playing and he was enjoying watching them play.
Once we arrived home we saw that the kid’s magic bands had arrived. Also the kid’s daily gift in the form of selection of lunch boxes, ice cream tubs and drinks bottles, all Shrek and Ice Age themed which they love!


But for now it was straight to bed for the kids while I stayed up for a little bit longer to link the new magic bands and tickets to my MDE account but straight after that I was out like a light! Disney tomorrow!

Loving the report and pics. You certainly anage to pack alot into your days! Love the picture of the big strawberry. Everytime we have returned DD gets her picture done there!

What an amazing sounding day. Your Halloween costumes look great too, very cute!

It sounds like another brilliant day. Lots of fun in the pool and then back to universal. The kids look like they are having a ball in the photos.

That was a brilliant day

Joan

GKWT just fantastic, what a great start to the day the Star Wars characters were.

When you've only got a week theres so much you have to cram in but the guest passes were invaluable! We got so much more done when queue time was minimal.
Love the giant strawberry!

Every day was an amazing day, it was the perfect holiday. Thank you for reading

I love that they are all genuine smiles in the photos. Usually when I get them to post they flash me their best fake smile but these smiles are all real

It certainly was! Thanks for reading along

The characters were fantastic, Oliver thought it was amazing when they just showed up over breakfast.