Wednesday 28th October
Thankfully today DW had got up feeling a lot better - although still not 100% - and was determined to make the most of the last few days. First thing on her list was to go back to Seaworld so she could ride Manta again. She has said that this is by far the best ride she has done while here and today was the last day we could use our return tickets.
So me, Elaine and DD headed off while DS stayed at the villa with Grandma.
Seaworld was dead. We went straight for Manta and it was a walk on. First time we rode front row - and there was only 3 other people on the ride with us. We went round and did it again - this time on the back row, then Elaine and Taylor rode a 3rd time while I videoed them from underneath.
After this we went to Prime Outlet so Elaine could have a look in the Fossil shop. We also grabbed some lunch from the food outlet.
The plan for tonight was Universal HHN so we headed back for the villa so we could get Sis and BIL.
We left at just before 5 so we could use valet parking before it got full. Unfortunately they weren't letting people in the park until 6.30pm so we went and grabbed a drink and watched the world go by on the patio of NASCAR, chatting about our favourite bits of the holiday so far. It was also one of the most humid nights we had seen so far so drinks we definately needed throughout.
As 6.30 approached we made our way over and the night started in earnest.
Basically the park was split into different zones, with CMs dressed to suit the particular area wandering around and trying to scare you - quite successfully in most cases.
There were also different 'houses' based on individual characters to walk around such as Chucky, Wolfman and Dracula.
The queues for these were sometimes an hour long, but we had invested in the Fast Pass so all were 'walk ins' and we got everything done that the park had to offer - which we really didnt expect to do.
They say a picture paints a thousand words so rather than try to explain it all in too much detail I will just post a few pictures that we took. If anyone has any specific questions please feel free to ask
At the front of the park before going in
The view looking from Men in Black towards Mels Diner
And some of the new friends me met that night
Leave me alone, leave me alone, leave me alone
Just hurry up and take the damn picture
We were also amazed by how many people took small children - many of them still in pushchairs. Especially with things like this wandering around
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