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Disney break
Disney break
We decided to break the Disney parks up with a visit to Universal Studios.
People looked at Andi in the most peculiar way when he pointed at this red box and shouted "Hey look - a defibrillator!".
Waking Andi up
Waking Andi up
In order to fit everything into our one-day visit, Andi let Rachael dictate where and when we went.
The first ride she took him on was the Rip Rocket; a fast and absolutely savage roller coaster.
Andi loves roller coasters when he can lower the harness over his head and brace his chest against something solid. Rip Rocket had some stupid little bar that went over your lap leaving your torso and legs to flail about like they weren't attached to your body.
The melting point of human skin
The melting point of human skin
It was a blistering 35°c outside so what we really needed was somewhere with lots of shade, a good selection of cold ice creams and slushies, good signage so we didn't spend too much time being lost and resturants with air conditioning.
At Universal, we got none of these things.
One good thing
One good thing
The best (edit: only good) part of Universal was its Harry Potter area. Diagon Alley, Hogwarts and Hogsmeade were all incredibly well done.
Andi's thoughts on Universal Studios
Andi's thoughts on Universal Studios
Why is there no air conditioning anywhere? I thought Americans loved air conditioning!
Nothing was signposted - I felt like I just happened upon places rather than knowing where I was
The toilets were also not signposted which was made more awkward by the fact they were hidden in plain sight
None of the rides felt connected - Fast and the Furious, Transformers, Blues Brothers and Jimmy Fallon were all bunched together because...reasons?
The organisation of the food hall was dreadful - we had to queue to get to the pizza bar that no one was using!
Rae's memory
Rae's memory
"[coming soon]"
Andi's memory
Andi's memory
"[coming soon]"
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