We had a cruise planned for November 2020 with some friends and family, but the coronavirus upset those plans. We decided instead to take a family trip to Universal Studios, something on our bucket list. Despite the masks and the social distancing, we had a great time together! We went with some friends from our ward, which made it that much more fun to constantly have people to talk to and switch kids off with. Missing school is much easier this year, so it wasn't too tricky for Caleb to make up missed work for 2 days. We left Wednesday early evening and flew home Sunday, so we spent 3 days in the park. I went in with lower expectations as I heard that it doesn't measure up to Disney and the rides aren't that great but that Harry Potter World is amazing. We were pleasantly surprised! I thought the parks were clean and decorated well, and the rides were innovative and creative.
We stayed a mile from the park at Homewood Suites. Our friends stayed a few rooms down from us so we could travel together and meet up for games etc. We purchased express passes for Saturday when we booked our trip since numbers pick up on the weekend. That was a decision we did not regret! It was so nice to be able to get on the rides quickly instead of waiting in lines that were an hour + long. Because Universal social distanced on the rides, less people got on each time, which added to the wait time. The wait times weren't too long on Thursday and Friday, and we generally waited 30 minutes per ride. We also took full advantage of the child swap, and the kids loved that they got to ride all the rides double!
The Jurassic Park ride was the one ride where we were allowed to take off our masks.
Riding it again on day 3
Woody Woodpecker: one of the kid rollercoasters that Austin loved
Waiting in line for the Minions ride on day 2
Huge Christmas tree on display. It was fun to see all the Christmas decorations.
Entertaining Austin while everyone else rode the Mummy's Curse rollercoaster. Such a fun ride!
Dr. Seuss land was made up of kid rides. We hung out there for a bit on days 1 and 3 to help entertain Austin and Eliana (3-year-old).
Cat in the Hat (Austin and Bryson are sitting next to Matt)
One Fish, Two Fish
Seuss Trolley Train
On our last night, we bought some donuts to take with us to the hotel from VooDoo Donuts. We heard rave reviews, and while they had creative donuts, we were underwhelmed.
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