If you follow me on Instagram or if you read my blog regularly you know I went to Universal Studios this weekend for Mardi Gras while everyone else was celebrating Derby Day. It was an absolutely horrible day; cloudy, rainy, and pretty chilly considering it's Florida in May but we made the best of it any way. I was kinda hoping that since it was such crappy weather that maybe there wouldn't be as many people in the park but the weather definitely didn't seem to scare people away! A little tip: usually if it looks like it's going to rain at any second the parks aren't as busy and the ride waits are much shorter. None of us had ridden Despicable Me yet but unfortunately that had a 60 minute wait so we skipped it and went straight to Rip, Ride & Rock It which claimed to have a 50 minute wait. Still WAY longer than I would usually wait for any ride (what can I say, living in Florida I'm pretty spoiled when it comes to riding these rides) but we decided to give it a shot any way. If you've ever been to a theme park you know you can get some of the best people watching ever so waiting in line for a ride may be boring but you can find ways to keep you entertained.
{I'm sorry but I think Bumblebee is the cutest! / The longest wait ever - Rip, Ride & Rock It}
So after about 30 minutes we realized the 50 minute wait time estimate was WAY off but at that point you've already waited for so long it seems like a waste to leave so we waited it out...for another HOUR (Dear Universal, please look at a clock every once in awhile and update your wait times. Thank you!) but at least we got to ride front row! I'm not going to lie, those cute little videos they play while you're waiting start to turn REALLY annoying after you've heard them 300 times.
{Waiting to get on Transformers / Me and the boys on The Simpsons ride / Hanging out with some fun cars}
For getting there as late as we did (and wasting an hour and a half in line) we actually managed to get to do a lot of things which I'm happy about! And we definitely made the best of it being cold and rainy (cold is a relative term for me, it was in the 60's which in my opinion is freezing!) but I'm pretty sure the shots of Fireball (shout out to my adorable best friend for getting us some free shots because the bartender was in love with her, and her last name!) and wine definitely helped make the cold more bearable.
{Wine? Yes please! (Don't judge me for my lack of makeup and my hair being a hot mess) / Fireball...round 2 maybe? / Last round of Fireball for the night!}
{If you watch The Simpsons you'll appreciate this / Our "romantic" photo / Catching beads during the parade / Group shot completely soaked}
Ok now on to the REAL reason we went to Universal for the day - Nelly! I was obsessed with Nelly in high school so I was more than excited to see him in concert and he didn't didn't disappoint. He played a lot of his old hits "Country Grammar", "Air Force Ones", "Just A Dream", etc as well as some new stuff including "Cruise" which surprised me since he's only in part of the song and Florida Georgia Line wasn't there to perform with him. Of course it started POURING during the concert so we got soaked but we had amazing "seats" and it totally brought me back to my high school days so it was definitely worth it!
{Yeah, that's Nelly behind us! / Various shots of Nelly}
Hope everyone had an amazing weekend as well! I'm going to continue my Nelly-fest by jamming to him all day, especially since he didn't play Dilemma! :)
