I'm at Braden's house right now on their computer, but I thought I'd put a little entry in about my first trip to Universal Studios.

Should have done it a lot sooner. For a few reasons:

1) It's a lot of fun and a nice change from Disney parks (at which my uncle Roger has worked for 30+ years resulting in double digit visits to each park for me...it gets old).
2) I would have appreciated everything more as a child or teenager.

It was a blast though...especially the Men in Black ride where you get to shoot laser guns at a bunch of aliens that try to attack you while you spin around in a shuttle-thing. Braden shot the most, but I came in a close second. We also did the regulars like Kongfrontation, Twister, and Jaws. I got soaked at Jaws! I was in the one seat that all the water enters the boat from - at one point, I looked down to see my waist covered with rushing water, no shoes, no legs, just my waist. I never dried out.

We left early since we have these nifty AAA Season passes. Only one problem - you don't try to drive back into Orlando at 5pm. What were we thinking? We got off, but then started going the wrong way down back roads. Well, we ended up driving almost all the way back to Universal! Finally I saw Orange Ave. and told Braden to take it. 2 hours after we left, we were at my house getting dry clothes.

I have no idea what we're doing now...I'll tell all later...