supifam: Our Family Vacation to Universal Studios

We had a wonderful family vacation to Universal Studios as a whole family!!

We left on Saturday April 22nd we were all driving separately. Nana, Papa and Gaga were in one car leaving Sonora. Our family of four left Merced and Titi was coming from a baby shower in San Jose. On the drive down we decided to meet half way in Hanford at a famous ice creamery place. I had heard about it and always wanted to try it. It was not the cleanest place but it was still a fun experience minus the trying to get a large table and the crazy guy yelling the F word. The sandwiches and salad were good but what they are really known for was the ice cream, sundaes and milk shakes which we all tried all three.

This was a single scoop of rainbow sorbet!

and this was the size of the sundaes it was pretty crazy!

After lunch we only had about 2 hours of driving left and then we were at our hotel. We stayed at the Residents Inn and it was perfect! We got 2 two room suites and we all had our own room and bathrooms. It was the perfect hotel for a big group. We had fun playing in the pool that afternoon.

We then got ready for dinner and went to this really cool English style restaurant we found on Yelp. The ambience was really fun and the food was very tasty!

After dinner we went back to hotel and got a good night sleep for the next day!

Sunday 4/23 was our first day in the park. We were so excited! I can't believe how tall Aubrey looks next to Titi in the picture.

Once in the park Nana rented a scooter and then we were off for some fun.

First stop Harry Potter World.

The kids were so excited to go on all the rides with Papa, Nana, Gaga and Titi! They loved talking all about all the rides and showing them all around. It was a little crowded but thanks to moms pass we were able to jump right on rides. We were surprised though how non handicap assessable some things were we had a crazy adventure getting on the big Harry Potter ride but we made it and we were so excited Carter was tall enough on this trip.

After our rides we got a yummy butter beer

Then it was off to all of our favorite ride, The studio tour! I just love that ride!! We had a great tour guide and we all had a blast!

We then had a nice lunch in the courtyard and then got to see the animal show. We didn't get to see this one last time so we were so excited it was a great show!!

Then we did the Minion area which is so cute and fun.

We then made it to the down below area to do the Mummy ride which is Aubrey's all time favorite ride. Man I think it's kind of scary and I was worried about Carter the whole time. He did okay but decided to sit it out the second time we went on it that day. He did go on it the next day again though.

It was time for a treat after that ride!

Then we went on our other fav Jurassic Park.

After that ride we made it back up to the top level. I did all the stairs which is a good work out. By then we were all pretty tired and decided it was time to head back to hotel. First we walked through City walk.

On our way home we stopped and picked up pizza's from Pieology for dinner.

We had a good nights rest and then woke up on Monday for another fun day in the park!

Monday 4/24 (Yes we kept the kids home from school for 2 extra days of spring break, yay!) I was excited to see Mario Lopez from Extra. He looks a lot smaller in person!

First up today was the Special Effects show. We got great seats and could feel the heat of the fire when the guy was on fire. It was super cool!

Then we went to the Water World show another show that we didn't get to see last time. It was really cool and we all enjoyed it.

We went into Harry Potter World for some lunch. I love this restaurant.

Then we had some fun wand time. I love this land so much!!!

We made it down to the lower level again and got to ride Transformers.

We also did the Mummy and Jurassic Park a couple more times. Then Carter and I walked up all the steps together!

After we made it up Nana and Papa took the kids shopping to pick out some fun shirts and stuffed animals. Titi also got them some fun Minion key chains with their names on it and some other fun prices, these kids are so spoiled!!