Last Full Day

So it was a family decision to spend our last full day at Universal Studios. We headed to the Islands of Adventure first armed with our ponchos as we wanted to do the water rides that we hadn't go round to yet.

First up was the Barge Rats - which despite being a really hot day, unless you want to get totally drenched, a poncho is a sensible option.

We bought 6 from ebay for £3, including postage, which saver us a fair amount of money - will need to include that in our tips post....

The ride was really quiet and for our first run it was just the four of us in a 12 man barge.

We asked if we could stay on for another ride and were told we could as it was so quiet. We were joined by a party of 8 who were smirking about our ponchos, but we had the last laugh. Unlike the Kali Rapids where how wet you get is down to positioning, this ride everyone gets drenched.

They weren't smirking by the end of the ride.

Next up we did the log flume, still wearing our ponchos. This time they weren't as effective but kept the worst off.  Just as we were finishing the ride we got hit by 6 of the water cannons which soaked us.

We discarded the ponchos, which in hindsight turned out to be a huge mistake as our next ride was the Jurassic Park ride. We had ridden this before and escaped without a splash but this time we were in the front row.... Might have been quicker to jump in the river - enough said....

Even the people dryer made little impact as we squelched round the park.

The girls then decided to ride the Hulk people we headed back to the World of Harry Potter to ride the Forbidden Journey and to get Miss B a Butter Beer mug to bring home.

Last up was Spiderman before lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.

We spent the remainder of the day at Universal Studios riding amongst others, the Mummy, the Simpson's and a few others.

Caught the shuttle home to the apartment before starting on packing for our return journey home.

It's fair to say that our feet have had enough and we are all very tired. The girls still have a couple of weeks to recover before returning to school.  We on the other hand have to return to work on Monday which will be a bit of a shock.