Day 2: Islands of Adventure
Monday: We decided to go to Islands of Adventure.
Ryan isn't so fond of rides, well he would like to be, but a weird Loveless genetic curse of motion sickness prevents him from being. So we decided to do that one first, get it out of the way so he could recover before we had to get back on a plane in 4 days. It actually turned out to be our favorite theme park and Ryan even managed to do a few rides without completely losing it!
Islands of Adventure is made up of 6 "Islands" so to speak, each with a different theme.
The Concierge at our hotel told us that the first thing we needed to do was go get in line for the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter ride. Well, incidentally the ride was down in the morning so we just explored the World of Harry Potter and caught another roller coaster ride.
Ryan isn't so fond of rides, well he would like to be, but a weird Loveless genetic curse of motion sickness prevents him from being. So we decided to do that one first, get it out of the way so he could recover before we had to get back on a plane in 4 days. It actually turned out to be our favorite theme park and Ryan even managed to do a few rides without completely losing it!
Islands of Adventure is made up of 6 "Islands" so to speak, each with a different theme.The Concierge at our hotel told us that the first thing we needed to do was go get in line for the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter ride. Well, incidentally the ride was down in the morning so we just explored the World of Harry Potter and caught another roller coaster ride.
Let me just say this about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Amazing. Absolutely Incredible. And this is coming from two people who have not read the books and only caught bits and pieces of the first movie. We felt like we were there, in the movie. 
The school was just incredible. Every Harry Potter freak there knew what every detail was.Ryan and I were in awe and we actually tried to get the movie on demand back at the Hotel that night but they didn't have it. We are definitely going to watch them now and it made me want to read the books. 
Ryan did some research on the attraction and found out that the author was very heavily involved in the building of it because she wanted people to experience it just as it was written. Some of the actual movie props are used in the school and attraction. 
After we had visited a few of the other islands, we came back and did 'the ride' inside Hogwarts which simulates you flying with Harry Potter, dragons, all the stuff from the movies and books. It was the coolest ride I have ever been on in my life. It left Ryan unable to ride anything else for the rest of the day, but we made him feel better after by going and getting some ButterBeer (which is like a frozen cream soda, but better).
Jurassic Park Island-- after some very careful spectating, we decided that this ride wouldn't get us too wet, like some of the others in the park (which answered our question as to why people were wearing bathing suits around the place). However, just as we were seating in the second row of the boat, the two people seated directly in front of us bailed, leaving us unshielded as we came crashing down the waterfall. It was a hot day and we dried quickly, but we were wet!
Dr. Seuss Island. Rode the Cat in the Hat Ride made after the movie. Really cute. The boys would have loved this part of the park!
Toon Town Island. Didn't spend a lot of time here because we didn't bring a wetsuit! Had an awesome water ride in this part.
Marvel Superheroes Island.
This made us miss our boys who are so into superheros right now.
Ryan loved the SuperMan 3D ride!
My hulk!
The school was just incredible. Every Harry Potter freak there knew what every detail was.Ryan and I were in awe and we actually tried to get the movie on demand back at the Hotel that night but they didn't have it. We are definitely going to watch them now and it made me want to read the books. Ryan did some research on the attraction and found out that the author was very heavily involved in the building of it because she wanted people to experience it just as it was written. Some of the actual movie props are used in the school and attraction. After we had visited a few of the other islands, we came back and did 'the ride' inside Hogwarts which simulates you flying with Harry Potter, dragons, all the stuff from the movies and books. It was the coolest ride I have ever been on in my life. It left Ryan unable to ride anything else for the rest of the day, but we made him feel better after by going and getting some ButterBeer (which is like a frozen cream soda, but better). Jurassic Park Island-- after some very careful spectating, we decided that this ride wouldn't get us too wet, like some of the others in the park (which answered our question as to why people were wearing bathing suits around the place). However, just as we were seating in the second row of the boat, the two people seated directly in front of us bailed, leaving us unshielded as we came crashing down the waterfall. It was a hot day and we dried quickly, but we were wet!
Dr. Seuss Island. Rode the Cat in the Hat Ride made after the movie. Really cute. The boys would have loved this part of the park!
Toon Town Island. Didn't spend a lot of time here because we didn't bring a wetsuit! Had an awesome water ride in this part.
Marvel Superheroes Island.This made us miss our boys who are so into superheros right now.
Ryan loved the SuperMan 3D ride!
My hulk! 
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