Orlando day 6

7:30 AM - alarm wakes me up from a deep sleep, pleased to report no Lou Ferrigno sightings last night.

8:01 AM - The Process comes to a screeching halt as Tracey's hair dryer stops working. Panic ensues when she goes to the other bathroom only to find that the one provided by the resort doesn't work either!

Thankfully a full five-alarm emergency is prevented temporarily when she is able to get the resort dryer working. A trip to Target to replace her personal dryer has just been added to the itinerary.

9:05 AM - we arrive at Universal's parking structure and notice it doesn't seem too crazy busy so far. An illusion or good omen?

Not too big a crowd at the bag check either. Certainly it looks less nuts than our last trip where everything had at least a one hour lineup and they were closing off access to the entire Wizarding World of Harry Potter area because it hit capacity.

As we head into Islands of Adventure, we are greeted by a worker who asks if I don't mind answering a couple of questions. Sure no problem. By the time I answer about the 73rd question on their computer, I thought Tracey was going to lose it. We are both picturing getting shut out of WWOHP and standing in line 4 hours for Spider-Man. I'm expecting to see fists flying. Thankfully we avoid an international incident as the survey finally ends.

We double time it to the Spider Man ride, one of the best rides in Florida, which I have heard has been redone and improved! We get a shock when we get to the line and see it only says 50 minutes! Hang on, that's not 50, it's only FIVE!?!?! We walk right on, no waiting at all. STUNNING. The ride has much improved, and it was great to start with.

Over to WWOHP and I grab a couple of Butterbeers while Tracey hops into line for the main attraction. The lineup for this only says 30 minutes, which in Universal-Speak means 45, which is still pretty good. After that, and more Butterbeer, we wander down Diagon Alley and take in the sights before we decide we should head over to the other park and hit the good rides there too. Save us from coming back here later next week.

The first one is a brand new simulation ride based on the very funny movie Despicable Me. It's very much like the Simpsons Ride. Fun!!!

After hitting the other key attractions here, we are done and stop at the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch before heading back to the resort. Tracey announces she has become "five-theme-parks-in-four-days" tired. I agree. Sounds like a nap is in order.

It will be a couple years, maybe 3, before we are back here, which should give them enough time to finish the rather large expansion of the WWOHP area that has begun. Exciting!

5:15 PM - good nap. Tracey is up and we have dinner before hitting the lazy river for the evening. "Lazy" pretty much sums up how I'm feeling.

7:42 PM - I feel silly complaining about the temperature of a hot tub, but it was so hot it was impossible to sit in it for more than a couple minutes at a time. Beautiful scenery though.

A guy gets into the hot tub with the biggest man boobs I have ever seen. At one point the tub had about 15 people in it and his boobs were maybe 3rd or 4th biggest. He was the definitive candidate for a Manzere.