Sam's Make A Wish Trip ~ Day 5

Day 5- Sam's Make A Wish Trip

Universal Studios and Island of Adventures

We were able to see Goofy and Pluto at GKTW right after breakfast. On our way to the car we found Mary Poppins hanging out in the courtyard. 

Even though Universal and Island of Adventures is really a park for older kids, we still found several things that were great for Sam. We loved that you could easily walk or ride the Hogwarts Express between the two parks. Since the new part of the Harry Potter world was not suppose to open until the day we left, we were thrilled that they had it open early. We decided to start at Universal Studios and ride the train over to Island of Adventures. I am sure for quite a while the lines for this will be rather long. We did get to skip part of the line by using the elevators but they didn't really have an express line for this so we did some waiting. I couldn't believe the people dressed in capes in a 90 degree day! Harry Potter world in Island of Adventures was as bad as the Magic Kingdom on the 4th of July. We made it into the wand shop and Gwen was chosen for the wand demonstration. 

Then we went and ate at the Three Broomsticks for lunch. I had the fish and chips which was really good. 

We then decided it was a little too crazy for us so we headed over to Seuss Landing. The sad thing was even though it was meant for younger kids there were still many height restrictions. They had a great playground but it is hard for a child who only crawls. Since Sam fell asleep in the Three Broomsticks we let her eat while Gwen and I rode some rides. 

We decided to head back over to Universal Studios to catch some characters and the Barney show for Sam. We stopped in the I Love Lucy tribute for our buddy Kristi Calton then headed out to get pictures with Scooby Doo and Shaggy. They were about to leave so they had us meet them for a private meet and greet. On the way we met Marge and Homer.

We then made it to the toddler play area for Barney where Sam was able to get out and play some before the show. Since Travis is NOT a Barney fan, he took Gwen to ride some rides while we went to the show. They had us stay seated after the show and gave all the wish kids a special photo time with Barney.

We then stopped to see SpongeBob and caught them in the park again so she could see Squidward.

One more stop to see Sam's favorite Minions and then we called it a day.

We played in the pool at GKTW for a while that afternoon and met some other great families. Interestingly enough, several families we met were there because of a child with seizures. It was great for Gwen because she met a girl her age who had a brother who had the type of seizures Sam has. It helped her to see she was not alone. :)