Triple Treat Tour July 2016 Day 17 Studios, NBC Grill , Hard Rock and Panda Express

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The day before is HERE

Tuesday 19 July

Today we are off to Universal

We got up around 8 and spend an hour doing the final round of the villa, stripping the beds, putting laundry on etc and organising all the cases , including squashing all the bits of hand luggage into one case to make it less hassle when we get to Universal

We were out and saying Goodbye to Indian Creek at 0845







There was of course , traffic




Volcano Bay coming along nicely !








We arrived here just after 0930







Just “ a few” luggage items



We got checked in , no rooms ready, but we soon sorted our express passes and I nipped to the ladies

Do people really sit around chatting in here?



They have changed the artwork around reception





It was all really quick and within 20 minutes we are headed out to the water taxi











I think this may be my all time favourite sign – it just makes me smile



Just as we are passing the NBC Grill I realise I have left the tickets in one of the other bags at the hotel

Uh oh

Andy takes one for the team and heads back while we wait for him , watching small armies of tour groups streaming into the Studios …. Just where we are heading . I remember making some remark about not getting stuck behind them in the park

Andy is back by 1045 and we are off

Poor Bitcoin Billy has a nightmare, it will not recognise his AP and we don’t have a passport to prove his ID – after a bazillion attempts they just re set it so he scan his finger print – why not do that earlier we wonder …….

And so we are in amidst the hordes – definitely much busier than we visit in August

The wait for the Minion ride was 100 minutes and the express pass line didn’t look that much shorter !



The teens went off to RRR, I took up my role of chief gadget and wallet minder







Yes, this lot had beaten us to it



Well, some of them …



Andy and I shared one of these



I wonder what this will be like



Across to the Mummy at 1130 and off in 20 minutes



I had forgotten how jerky it was but still good fun – I enjoyed it

Never too early for Christmas