Universal Fourth

On Monday evening (4th of July) C.J. convinced me that we could go to Islands of Adventure and it would not be busy.  I was, of course, skeptical but he was absolutely right!  It was soooooo not busy and, in fact, may be the most fun I have had ever had there.  

We started in Seuss Landing and had absolutely no wait for The Cat in the Hat ride.

As we made our way through the Lost Continent, we decided to see Poseidon's Fury because it has been ages since I saw that show and didn't really remember much. We waited maybe 5 minutes for the show to start. 

I see this cardinal often while walking to work

We made our way to Hogsmeade and remembered the days when this area was so popular that you needed a ticket with a return time to even enter.  It is still a popular area (but less than when it first opened) so we were shocked that we were able to walk right on The Forbidden Journey without any wait at all!

After that, we decided to see if Kong was open as they have been doing nightly soft openings but it was not so C.J. and Zack went on Jurassic Park.  

Since it wasn't dark yet and we wanted to explore Camp Jarassic in the dark, we decided to walk over to Toon Lagoon and...surprise...Kong had opened so we jumped in line.  Even the wait for this was only about 15 minutes!  And this time, everything went smoothly and everything was working. 

A great ride

Finally, after Kong, it was dark out and we headed over to Camp Jurassic.  It was fun - even though they had the part of the climbing area we loved closed off :(

On our way out, we stopped at Spiderman and walked on with no wait at all! And, of course, we passed this place on the way.

On the way out we were treated to nature's fireworks (heat lightning)

SO! MUCH! FUN!