Up and out early again today, to the new water park at Universal – then we realised the Park doesn’t open until 10 am. We were there not long after opening but I think they must let all the resort guests in early as it was already packed. Next was the tikitaka bracelet we all had to wear and touch it onto the totem pole by a ride we wanted to do, to then be told it would be a 40 minute wait – go and play in the rapids, lazy river or beach area until we were called (by the watch buzzing). Almost an hour later the buzzer went off and we went back to the ride to wait another 15 minutes on the stairs up to the ride before getting on it. A 5 person ride down a shute in a turtle boat, however, there was a weight limit and not ANY 5 people could ride together, so as a family we had to split into 3 and a 2. Only now after doing that ride could we tap in with the watch to book another ride but now wait time was 170 minutes for some rides. At lunchtime we wandered over to one of the restaurant cafes and stood in a very long queue to order pizza and salads. The salads were in a fridge to “pick up and go” but this meant get it yourself and join the food ordering queue to pay for it! Requesting a hot drink we were told to go to another cafe as they only did cold drinks here. Must say we won’t be coming back to this park and we will be leaving some serious complaints with the park. However, the boys just enjoyed playing in the water and digging in the sand as children do.
Adi wanted to go to International Drive to see some old cars that were being shown off so we drove to the area and drove up and down looking for it. Having no success we stopped at a hotel and asked the consierge who informed us it was at Old Town Kissimmee! Back onto the I-4 motorway and 20 minutes later we pulled up into the Old Town. The first thing the boys saw was a go kart track but they had to wait til we had perused the cars and checked out the Town. Not much to see, a band playing country music , bars, cafes, touristy stuff and a brawl by some drunk people, so we headed back to the go-karts. Personally I thought they looked far too fast for the boys but Daddy and Grandad Frank wanted to go on them too so they jumped into their seats and were off. Dan raced in front, Charlie and Grandad Frank clashed and Daddy just couldn’t quite pass Dan so after some 10 mins they came to the end of the race.
Us Grandparents weren’t wanting to eat a big meal now as it was almost 9pm so we decided to head off home for a light snack
while the “youngsters” went off for Mcdonalds burgers and a bit of outlet shopping. Tomorrow was grandads golf day and Nannies day off ???
Frank having a snooze