Merry Go Round

Sorry to not have posted in awhile.  We have been tourists for the past couple of weeks.  My nieces are here from Wisconsin for the summer.  And of course, they want to hit up Orlando's best ie... theme parks.  The down side to that is that is 850 degrees here and everyone and their mother is in Florida on summer vacation.  Today we went to Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure.  We went to the Studios first since most people go to IOA.  It was nice to only have to wait 10-15 mins to get on rides.  We rode the Simpson Ride for the first time.  It was fun and WAY less jerky then Back to the Future.  I kinda thought thought that it was a little violent for a theme park.  Krusty the Klown's assistant wanted to kill all of the Simpson's including the baby and had his gun out.  Is that really necessary?????? 

We also went to Cypress Gardens.  We have never been before.  Why would we with all that Orlando has to offer in big name attractions.  CG is an old park that originally was just gardens and southern bells walking around.  They needed to boost attendance, so they added a few easy rollercoasters and a small water park.  The best part is that it is half the price of Disney or Universal.  We actually enjoyed it more than we thought.  The park was pretty dead except in the water area.  We got on everything right away and they let you ride twice if you wanted. CG has many kiddie rides so Little Lion got a taste of adventure.  Little Lion became obsessed with one ride.....the Merry Go Round.  He would ride all day if he could.  He is such a big guy.  He sits on it by himself and holds on.  He also pets the horse or Suess character for IOA.  He also enjoyed the flying rides.  I think we're going to have a little daredevil on our hands.  

Notice niece #2 is looking a little bit more scared then Little Lion.....haha