Universal Christmas

I've been wanting to get into the parks to see the Christmas decorations since the start of November, but we've been too busy. This week we finally had some time. Yesterday Susan and I went to Universal for a few hours. On our way through CitiWalk, we stopped at Margaritaville for a late lunch/early dinner. 

We started in Islands of Adventure. The entry area had decorations up, but Marvel Superhero Island, Toon Lagoon, and Jurassic Park didn’t. I stopped for a ride on Spider-Man, my favorite ride in the park, and would have like to try Velociocoaster but the line was too long. The parks were pretty crowded for a weekday in early December. 

The Harry Potter area had lots of decorations and I’m sure Seuss Landing did as well, but we took the train from Hogsmeade over to the Studio park. 

We walked through the New York area to see the decorations there, then watched the Christmas parade in front of Mel’s Diner. The balloons were fairly impressive. 

On our way out we looked through several stores, including the new Wicked store. Besides merchandise it had some props and costumes from the new movie. I'm hoping Universal will add a family style Wicked ride some day.