CaseFace5
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Day 5- St. Patrick's Day at Universal/Islands of Adventure!
Part Two
We kept trekking around the circle and soon stumbled upon these beauties! This was almost a month before the movie came out so it was neat to look at!
Such a great but sad movie!!
We moved on and tried a ride that I had never done before.. ET! It was really cool, reminded me of Peter Pan. When we walked out, I had a voicemail on my phone. We were in the process of refinancing our mortgage and it was from the loan officer. I called him back and he said the loan company needed to speak to me. I explained that I was on vacation and he assured me it was a quick 5 minute call and things would move along. So I called. 20+ minutes later I was off the phone. Talk about annoying!!! But it did all work out once we got home and the savings was worth it.
We continued on towards the front of the park. We came upon a dance party in the streets!
They do have a minion show/ride here, however we passed on it because the wait was 90 minutes the whole time we were there.
A little further down the road these two were out taking pictures!
We finally made it to our next "ride." We went on Terminator. They call it a ride, however you sit in a seat that I think bounces once so I don't know how much of a ride that it. However Sken enjoyed it and we both enjoyed the dump shop!
From there we decided to circle back around to the front and hit up the Rip it Rock it Coaster. I hadn't done this before and I was looking forward to it!
So when you get on, you pick a genre of music, and then a song. That song blasts the whole ride, similar to RnRC but you can choose your own. When getting onto this ride, the attendant saw Sken's shirt. His shirt is a shirt from the Chive which is a website for men. On this particular site, they have an obsession with Bill Murray. They call him (PG version) "Bill F'in Murray." When the attendant saw Sken's shirt he said, "Hey fellow Chiver, I love your shirt!! Tell me who's on it!!" He was looking for Sken to say the above phrase. Sken looked around and saw children so he's like "Can't man" motioning to the kids. The attendant goes, "that's cool man. Hey if you want another ride after this one go up those stairs and back down and you can get right on. Chive on man!" The ride was awesome!!! So of course, we got off, went up the secret stairs and back down and right on again!
After those two rides we were on a ride high! We were both having a great time. We kept going along but decided it was time for a refreshment. We went into an Irish pub and walked out with these beauties!
Had to have some green beer on St. Paddy's Day!
We had done everything we wanted to do in this area so we headed back to Diagon Alley! This area (along with Hogsmeade in IoA) are so awesome to see! I'm not the biggest Harry Potter fan, but I love this whole area!
As you can see.. so does everyone else! We decided to try the ride "Escape from Gringotts." This ride also required a locker, but Sken was able to bring his phone again to get pictures for me. We were also able to enjoy our beers in line which was pretty sweet! (The line was about 40 minutes.) Soon we were heading into the bank!
This ride is AMAZING!!!!! It was so awesome. It's such a tough one to explain because there is really no other ride like it. We both thoroughly enjoyed it. We decided to head over to the Hogwarts Express and ride over to IoA! On the way we caught this guy breathing fire!!
Soon we were heading to the Hogwarts Express!
Part Two
We kept trekking around the circle and soon stumbled upon these beauties! This was almost a month before the movie came out so it was neat to look at!
Such a great but sad movie!!
We moved on and tried a ride that I had never done before.. ET! It was really cool, reminded me of Peter Pan. When we walked out, I had a voicemail on my phone. We were in the process of refinancing our mortgage and it was from the loan officer. I called him back and he said the loan company needed to speak to me. I explained that I was on vacation and he assured me it was a quick 5 minute call and things would move along. So I called. 20+ minutes later I was off the phone. Talk about annoying!!! But it did all work out once we got home and the savings was worth it.
We continued on towards the front of the park. We came upon a dance party in the streets!
They do have a minion show/ride here, however we passed on it because the wait was 90 minutes the whole time we were there.
A little further down the road these two were out taking pictures!
We finally made it to our next "ride." We went on Terminator. They call it a ride, however you sit in a seat that I think bounces once so I don't know how much of a ride that it. However Sken enjoyed it and we both enjoyed the dump shop!
From there we decided to circle back around to the front and hit up the Rip it Rock it Coaster. I hadn't done this before and I was looking forward to it!
So when you get on, you pick a genre of music, and then a song. That song blasts the whole ride, similar to RnRC but you can choose your own. When getting onto this ride, the attendant saw Sken's shirt. His shirt is a shirt from the Chive which is a website for men. On this particular site, they have an obsession with Bill Murray. They call him (PG version) "Bill F'in Murray." When the attendant saw Sken's shirt he said, "Hey fellow Chiver, I love your shirt!! Tell me who's on it!!" He was looking for Sken to say the above phrase. Sken looked around and saw children so he's like "Can't man" motioning to the kids. The attendant goes, "that's cool man. Hey if you want another ride after this one go up those stairs and back down and you can get right on. Chive on man!" The ride was awesome!!! So of course, we got off, went up the secret stairs and back down and right on again!
After those two rides we were on a ride high! We were both having a great time. We kept going along but decided it was time for a refreshment. We went into an Irish pub and walked out with these beauties!
Had to have some green beer on St. Paddy's Day!
We had done everything we wanted to do in this area so we headed back to Diagon Alley! This area (along with Hogsmeade in IoA) are so awesome to see! I'm not the biggest Harry Potter fan, but I love this whole area!
As you can see.. so does everyone else! We decided to try the ride "Escape from Gringotts." This ride also required a locker, but Sken was able to bring his phone again to get pictures for me. We were also able to enjoy our beers in line which was pretty sweet! (The line was about 40 minutes.) Soon we were heading into the bank!
This ride is AMAZING!!!!! It was so awesome. It's such a tough one to explain because there is really no other ride like it. We both thoroughly enjoyed it. We decided to head over to the Hogwarts Express and ride over to IoA! On the way we caught this guy breathing fire!!
Soon we were heading to the Hogwarts Express!