On Friday morning, we had a quick breakfast at the hotel and then headed to Orlando for a day at Universal's Islands of Adventure. It was fantastic! As we entered, we headed straight over to Seuss Landing. The girls were amazed. This is such a fun place! They were dressed in regular clothes at first, but after a few minutes here, we bought them "Thing 1" and "Thing 2" outfits; they were too cute to pass up!
The Cat in the Hat ride was absolutely Lily's favorite ride. She rode it four times! Even now, after the trip, she says this was her favorite part of the vacation.
Mia loved the Carraseusal! She wanted to ride it again and again and again.
Lily enjoyed this too, though not as much as Mia.
We all rode One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and had fun on it.
Mia and I rode together. She laughed pretty hard when the water sprayed from one of the fish and got me pretty wet!
We all enjoyed the train ride that went high in the air all around Seussland.
Stylin' in these blue wigs.
Fun statue posing after lunch at Mr. Mcgerkus' Circus' lunch.
We took a little playground break at If I Ran the Playground. It had lots of cool features like a water park (though we didn't play in it), a playground with lots of hidden fun, tic tac toe on the belly of a suess character, a rocking chair-like worm...it was a fun break.
Mia loves The Grinch. She was excited to stand by this statue and hold the Max doll in one of the gift shops.
There is a neat little area with the once-ler's (from the lorax) house. The girls really loved getting to hear him talk through the rope line.
Every hour they performed "Oh The Stories You Will Hear!" which was pretty cool. We listened to the story of The Lorax. There was a neat storyteller who did a great job, and then lots of characters came out...The Lorax, Thing 1 and Thing 2, The Grinch, Sam I Am and The Cat in the Hat.
We got to meet the characters after the show too. Here's the girls with The Grinch. I think this could have been Mia's dream come true!
We actually saw him as we first walked into Suessland; I wish you could have seen her reaction. Her hands came up to her mouth, and her eyes got wide. For the first time I can remember, Mia was speechless! When she talks about meeting him, she says "His heart had growed. He was nice."
Liz also enjoyed meeting The Grinch. He was a playful thing!
Who doesn't love The Cat in the Hat?
Thing 1 and Thing 2 with the real Thing 1 and Thing 2.
Green Eggs and Ham friends.
The girls love the Lorax.
My favorite roller coaster in the entire world is here. The Hulk is awesome! We really appreciated Liz hanging out with the girls so we could ride it; they snap a picture as you're riding, so we got that to remember the ride.
Ryan and I were very excited to walk through Harry Potter World. We love the movies (and I promise I will read the books someday), and we had heard great things about it. The castle was impressive to see.
The Hogwarts Express welcomed us.
We enjoyed seeing all the cool sites, and Liz let us ride the other awesome coaster here, Dragon Challenge.
After Harry Potter World, we headed over to the Lost Continent area. The girls thought the dinosaur exhibit was really interesting. They loved this wall where they could use a scanner to search for fossils.
One of the curators took the time to tell us about four different dinosaurs, and the girls loved pressing the buttons to hear their screetchs. They also enjoyed seeing a "dinosaur egg" hatch and seeing lots of bones. It was an interesting place, that's for sure.
We tried walking through the Marvel Superhero area too because Mia loves superheros. However, she was very tired since we skipped her nap and didn't really seem too interested. We decided by this point it was time to head on out. We couldn't help but stop at one of my favorite spots: Bubba Gumps! Look at this shrimp...absolutely delicious!
We then found our way to the Orlando Residence Inn and settled in for the evening. Lily couldn't wait to complete her homework assignment, so she completed that while Mia settled down. Once everyone was calm, we turned in for the night.
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