After yesterday’s late night, we were both surprised to find we slept in until around nine am! We woke up leisurely and dropped down to Ihop for breakfast. It was rammed in there but we weren’t waiting long for some strawberry and banana pancakes and a garden omelette. Debora couldn’t finish her iced coffee so we asked for it to go and the server gave her a whole new one at no extra charge.
We then walked down I-Drive looking for the Florida Mall but must have taken the wrong turn somewhere so backtracked our way to the nearest I-Ride stop. When we finally got to the shops, they were a little too pretentious for our liking. We’re not brand name or label people, so instead of shopping at Tommy Hilfiger or Lacoste, we spent most of our time in the Disney store. All these are “outlet” shops, which means they’re trying to get rid of damaged, defaced and old stock. There were ranges from 2012 in there and this really defective Animal from The Muppets.
Bored of shopping, we headed back to the hotel for a quick refresh before heading down to Universal Studios again. We booked our usual cab but it didn’t turn up, so I went into the hotel to ask them to call the company. They said “we have our own car company and you can hop in one just outside”, so we did. This was a ‘Town and Country’ cab, it didn’t have a meter inside so whilst we’ve been paying around $6 in every usual cab, this guy decided to charge us $10 when we got to the destination. Although, he asked us how much we were going to give him, when I said six, he then told us it was ten. Why the hell ask then?
First of all we booked our Sunday. Tickets to Godzilla in 3D IMAX and a meal at a posh restaurant. Then we went into Universal and ate at Krusty Burger, both opting for the Garden Burger which we were told (or warned) was vegetarian…yeah, we know. Inside the Simpsons food hall there are Simpsons clips playing on a loop, not long enough of a loop. We heard the same clips about five times!
We watched the Horror Make Up Show which could have featured more horror make up than just jokes and video clips before heading back out and going on the haunted mini golf course. Both Debora and I got hole in ones in this ghostly themed course which featured ghouls spitting water at you on one course.
Finally, we went back into Universal to watch their Mardi Gras parade, lots of floats and people on stilts throwing beads into the crowd. People went mental for those beads. We were able to get a couple but I nearly lost my sunglasses in the process! When we got back to the hotel we popped out for a twisty treat – soft ice cream – and then waited at the crossing for about five minutes before finally getting to bed.