Monday 27 June 2011

When it rains, it floods in the tropics..

 On our 3rd day in Florida, we decided to take a break from the wonderful world of Disney and cool off at the Wet and Wild water theme park in Orlando. We met up with Rob and Jenna and got straight into the slide riding! I managed to face my fears and ride a few slides... but chickened out on a couple! Lucky I had Jenna there to convince me to just face my fears and just do it! 
After lunch the skies parted and it just began to POUR with rain, the park flooded ankle deep within about 10 mins so we had to find cover for awhile. After the flood waters ceased, we managed to get another 30 minutes or so of ride time before the lightening, thunder and flooding rains forced us out of the park.
The next day, Tim and I decided to go to Universal Studio's as the weather man predicted that the rain would not start until later in the day. We arrived at Universal at 8:30am and we rushed through to ride as many rides as possible before the rain and crowds spoiled our fun!
We spent a large part of the day in the brand new Harry Potter world which was so realistic and an absolute blast! We got to walk through Hogwarts which was incredible and so life like, enjoyed a refreshing butter beer and walked through the various shops which were replicas of the Harry Potter film series!
The weather held up very well, in fact it started to get really hot so we decided to go on a white water raft ride... and got completely SOAKED! Both Tim and I got off the ride drenched to the undies, even to the point where we had to wring out our clothes! About 30 minutes later it started to pour with rain again so we walked around the park soggy all day! But... it didn't stop us! We managed to catch a few shops and a few simulator rides before heading back to the hotel for the day!
 

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