Justin and Laura spent Thursday at Sea World. They said the new Manta ride was really fun. We haven't ventured to Sea World yet so you'll just have to trust them. Laura LOVES sharks so she especially had a great time with Shamu. Thursday evening we hung out at our house and then went to our favorite little sushi restaurant that is never crowded like In the Raw. On Friday they spent the day at the outlets and then they and Kyle met me downtown after work for some Happy Hours! We ate at Season's 52 that night and had a wonderful dinner. Then we headed to Vines Wine bar for some excellent martini's!
Saturday morning we got up and headed to Universal! This was our 5th trip to Universal and I must admit it is just as fun every single time. You forget how crazy some of the rides are. Since we had some passes to get Justin and Laura in pretty cheap we all splurged on an Express Pass. Now what I didn't know about the Express Pass is you can either buy one for $40 but you can only use it to ride each ride once or you can spend $70 and use it unlimited number of times. We decided to just do the one use pass and figured we could get in the single rider line (THE way to go by the way) or just wait in a "normal" line if we wanted to go again that badly. It ended up working out really well. We got to ride every ride we wanted to and even tried some we hadn't before. Dr. Doom's fear fall was a pretty good ride. It is really short so I wouldn't ride it if there is any sort of a line, but it was fun. We got to ride the Hulk twice because the first time we got in line I asked the guy if he would pretend to scan our cards so we could ride it again...and he did! Universal is just a really fun way to spend a Saturday and even more fun with great friends.
This is the barge ride that gets you absolutely soaked. It's like you jumped in the water with all your clothes on, but it's fun! I wore kyle's hat to try and keep some part of me dry.
Oh and we also used the $5 dollar machine that blows hot air on you to dry you. I don't know if it's worth it really. The sun wasn't really out at this point so we needed something to help dry us off. And yes I made fun of people who wore swim suits to Universal the first couple of times we went, but we wore them this time and it's a great idea especially if you plan on riding this ride.
Sunday we got up and headed to New Smyrna Beach! It was a great day to be at the beach. There was a little storm that rolled it and we went to eat lunch and waited out the storm. By time it was done the sun was out again without a cloud in the sky. We had such a fun time just laying out, drinking some beer, and hanging out. New Smyrna was a lot like Cocoa but you can drive and park right on the beach so it's convenient. We didnt take too many pics on the beach but here's a good one of Justin contemplating life in front of the ocean.
Justin and Laura left on Monday and we miss them already. Thank you guys so much for coming out to visit us! We are excited to see yall in November for Bedlam/ Thanksgiving!
Looks like everyone had fun!!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Angela you're slacking on your blogging...its been like 2 weeks and no new ones. Step it up:) You still have reader(s) out here!! lol