Had to attend a timeshare presentation first thing in the morning to get the discount on our park tickets. It was meant to be 90 minutes, but ended up taking TWO hours. The sales guy basically finds out what kind of holidays you like, where you plan to go in the future and then tries to convince you to pay $30,000 for a week of paid vacations every year, for the rest of your life.
Afterwards we went immediately to Universal Studios, the other side, and were surprised that there were little to no lines for the rides. Walked straight onto a rollercoaster which had a really steep ascent then drop and went for a while. It was hilarious when we got off though because they record a video of you on the ride and Ryan and I had the funniest faces, especially during the drops. Ended up going on that rollercoaster twice. Also went on a Twister themed studio presentation, Disaster movie making "ride" where we sat in a subway train and experienced a disaster. It had fires sparking, water gushing down stairs and a truck almost hitting us.
There was also a MIB ride, Shrek 4D movie, and Mummy ride, which was fun as it was kind of a mini rollercoaster in the dark.
The park was pretty small and it was sooooo hot so we left at 2.30pm. Went straight back to the resort for a dip in the pool before going a factory outlet, and then supermarket. Made dinner at home and packed our suitcases.
This morning Ryan accidentally set the alarm at 1am. But he thought it was 7am so he frantically woke me up. I responded by going back to sleep while he discovered the alarm was wrong.
7am did come though and we immediately ate brekky, packed and checked out. We returned our rental car and hopped onto our flight to Washington. A pretty short flight, but it was a really amazing sight as the plane descended into Washington. On the outskirts there were beautiful lush paddocks, then clusters of buildings but still plenty of greenery. Plus we saw the Pentagon!
We took the metro to where we're staying and its a nice little studio with everything we need, including WiFi.
Then set off on foot to the Potomac River for a 45min cruise, saw the Lincoln memorial from afar amongst other things. Grabbed dinner and now back at the studio getting ready for bed.
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