Orlando Vacation, Part 3

On our last full day in Orlando, we went to Universal Studios. There wasn't much of a crowd that day, so we went on all the rides we wanted to go on and still had time to spare before our shuttle arrived. Like Islands of Adventure, we went around the park in a circle.

The first ride we went on was Despicable Me, a 3-D simulation ride. Since it was the newest ride, the wait time was the longest we had in that park, but it was so worth it! I loved the movie and I loved this ride. We then went to the Twister and Disaster attractions. Phil really wanted to go on the Mummy ride, but (thankfully) his legs were too long to fit in it. I didn't mind because it looked scary.

We then headed over the Men in Black shooter ride. This was my favorite ride of the day because it actually kept track of your individual scores. Phil beat me by 103,000 points though, it was ridiculous. I got my revenge though when we had a rematch and I beat him the next time around. :) We also went on The Simpsons ride, which was cute, but we weren't overly thrilled with it since we went on it at Universal Studios Hollywood.

After that, we decided to take a break and have lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe right next door. This place is amazing!!! We love the food and we love looking at the merchandise around the building. This is the fourth Hard Rock we have been to together (we've been to the New York, Las Vegas and San Diego ones together, as well). It's apparently the largest Hard Rock Cafe in the world, too. It was way nice because we tried to make reservations to eat there, not wanting to risk a long wait time, and while we were informed they didn't do that, we got a $5 certificate to take off our check to make up for it. So worth it!

After lunch, we went back in to the park. We went on the E.T. Adventure ride, which turned out to be for kids, but it was interesting, nonetheless. We also went to the Terminator 3-D show, which was really cool, though I've never seen any of the movies. 

We were a little disappointed in our visit because: 1. They closed the Jaws ride, which was so awesome when I went 9 years ago, and 2. The new Transformers ride wasn't going to open for another week. We were so close to the opening date!!! Overall, though, we had a lot of fun. We already miss Orlando because the weather was so nice there. It's been cloudy and rainy in Idaho ever since we got back.

Now that we got our vacation out of the way, we are just going to focus on working this summer. Phil didn't end up getting an internship, which was frustrating because we applied for like 90 internships and only a third were courteous to get back to us. I know that some places get thousands of applications, but come on, a quick email wouldn't take that long to send. But, Phil did pass all of his classes with flying colors, even though for some reason he stressed about failing a few. So he officially has one more semester to go!!! We could not be more excited!