Universal Studios, Orlando 9th January 2008

Our last day at Universal studios was 9th January 2008, 2 days before our holiday came to an end.

We spent the day going on rides and taking loads of photos, hence the reason this day got a post of its own 😜

The Pteranodon flyers in Islands of Adventure.

Dueling Dragons was one of Darren's favourite rides.

Poseidon's Fury in the Lost Continent Temple of Zeus

We went back and forth between the two parks, Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios.

Cerys got to meet her favourite, Dora the Explorer.

We were delighted to meet The Simpsons a second time.

And just like that, our very last day in the Theme Park was over. We would definitely love to go back some day, maybe when Cerys is an young adult, who knows, the girls might go off one way and Scott and I in another, each of us enjoying our favourite rides.

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