Alan's doing the blog again tonight because Sarah's being a big lazy bed monster. If she decides to get up at all to make some comments they'll be in green. I've been out for seven hours today, standing around and I'm tired.
At breakfast this morning I had a slice of French toast. I may as well have not bothered. It didn't taste French and it didn't taste like toast, it tasted like I was eating nothing. I could feel the food going down my gob, but I swear I was eating air. Is it always like that?
Anyway today was a trip to Universal Studios. We had been to Universal in Los Angeles on our trip here 8 years ago, so we were trying out the Orlando one this time around. The first thing we did once arriving was checking out the Twister experience. It's a sample of being in the vortex of a tornado while it destroys everything around you. You get wet by rain and also roasted by exploding petrol tanks and it's really cool.
Next up we walked a couple of streets over to where a Blues Brothers street show was beginning shortly. I enjoyed it but we had to leave half way through to get inside as it was so hot and the humidity today was just unbelieveable. It must have been the most humid day in history anywhere ever.
We went over to the Revenge of the Mummy roller coaster but before we went on it we had to put our stuff in one of the lockers provided. To access the lockers you have to scan your fingerprint. Everyone else seemed to be doing this without a problem whatsoever but when we tried the scanner just refused to read our fingerprint. We tried for ages without luck - maybe it doesn't like Australians or something. Eventually, after countless attempts, Sarah's print was accepted so we stuffed our junk in the locker and joined the queue for the ride. After a few minutes of standing in the line, a voice came on telling us that there was technical difficulties and a lenghty delay would be happening so it was back to the locker in the hope that it would read Sarah's fingerprint and we could retrieve our stuff. Oh and by the time we got out it was starting to rain a bit but that didn't last too long. Don't ever come on a ride with us. This wasn't the first time something hasn't worked while we've been in the queue. At Epcot one of the rides broke down while we were waiting, at DisneyWorld Splash Mountain stopped while we were on the ride and now Revenge of the Mummy.
The locker opened after a while and we next went on Earthquake. You get on a train and experience an earthquake while in the San Francisco subway. It's kind of lame but at least it was inside and we didn't have to wait long to get on it.
Our next stop was a nice boat ride with Amity Tours around shark infested waterways. Jaws kept trying to attack our boat whilst being hit by gas pipes, electrical lines etc. Eventually he bit the dust and we made it back to dock safely. Lucky us. It was very hot with things exploding. Too hot I think.
What was next.... oh yes it was the Beetlejuice Graveyard rock and roll revue. This was a stage act with Beetlejuice, Frankensteins monster, Dracula, The Wolfman and the Bride of Frankenstein dancing and singing rock songs. I really enjoyed it but Sarah was bored and I think she may have fallen asleep. She just doesn't feel music the way I do. OMG, Alan has no idea about how to feel music. He never enjoys anything unless it's Guns 'n Roses. He just wanted to stay and perve on the girls in the show, of which, I think, two were actually male.
We thought we'd give the Revenge of the Mummy roller coaster another chance and this time it was working. After waiting in line for ages we got on it and it was great. It's an entirely indoor coaster that goes forward and backwards through darkness with unexpected drops and humps. If only it wasn't such a short ride. Even Sarah enjoyed it, despite trying to wuss out of riding it the whole time we were in the queue. Yes, we all know that I don't like rides.
After that the sky was looking pretty menacing and there was lightning in the distance, so we made our way around to the Men in Black ride. Another locker situation occurred but this time it accepted my print fairly quickly. Obviously the scanner likes me better. We got in the queue which was luckily undercover as seconds later the heavens opened big time. The Men in Black ride is really cool. You ride along in a six seat carriage through alien infested streets and alleys. Each person has a zapper gun with which you have to try to shoot the aliens to score points. That was lots of fun. There was nobody else sitting on our row of 3 seats so I got to have 2 zapper guns. With my right hand I blew away a huge amount of aliens and even with my left I still managed to beat Sarah's pitiful effort. Fair dinkum I'm good. Fair dinkum he's full of it!!!!!
By this stage we were both getting really hungry as it was well and truly past lunch time so we decided to see one more attraction and then off for a bite to eat. The last thing we wanted to see was the Terminator 3D show. It's similar to the one at Universal in LA, but it's been updated with better effects and stuff. It's a fantastic mix of live action, special effects and a 3D film, starring Arnie, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong - the actual Terminator actors. I didn't expect to get wet again inside a ride.
So after that we left the park and went next door to the world's largest Hard Rock Cafe for a very late lunch. 3.45pm is a very late lunch. The food was great as it always is at Hard Rock and we were served by a screaming fudgepacker who is absolutely obsessed with the movie Muriel's Wedding, and wants to live in Australia. Weird! At least he recognised the accent. Normally we get "where are you from?" or "you're not from around here are you?"
The photos are being naughty and don't want to upload at the moment. We're working on it.
Trivia for the day: Americans don't seem to know how to park their cars rear to kerb. If they can't drive in frontways, they find somewhere else to park and we get strange looks whenever we do it.
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