Rides and Stomach Olympics

I am in sunny, cold Florida! Hey, at least there's no snow on the ground.

Yesterday, Craig and I went with our friends to Islands of Adventure. We had a lot of fun. Got the $20 all you can eat wristband. And we went on a majority of the rides. My favorite was the Spider-Man 3-D ride. Craig really liked The Hulk rollercoaster. And we all liked the food. Well, it was actually just so-so, but we ate all we could and brought back with us a ton of chocolate chip cookies.

So here's the deal, if you going to the Orlando area, and you're not bringing a small child, go to Universal. Yeah, Disney is cool. You've got Mickey and the princesses, but there aren't a whole lot of rides at Disney World or Epcot for us big kids.

So you go to Universal Studios, and you have a few options:

A) Get a day pass at one of the parks and buy the $20 meal wristband (aka Stomach Olympics).

B) Get the 2-park, 1-day pass. No meal pass. You're gonna want to spend your time going from ride to ride. Get a pretzel or hotdog to eat while you're in transit. Also look into the line express upgrade. At 9:30am, we weren't dealing with long lines, but by 3pm it was a 45 minute wait for most rides.

C) Get 2-park, 2-day pass with the meal wristband.

I am sure there are other possibilities. They also have a drink cup you can purchase (drinks must be purchased separately). You've gotta carry that thing all over the park though. And unless you don't mind renting a locker at each ride, I would advise against doing this.

Oh, one more thing, purchase your tickets online! They are cheaper online than at the gate. And print off your ticket at home. This will alleviate waiting in another line.