Happy Fat Tuesday everyone!
I actually have some Mardi Gras fun to share today since Orlando's Universal Studios has had their
annual Mardi Gras festival going on since the beginning of February. I've been able to visit twice so far and I have plans to go a few more times with friends to catch some of the concerts post-parade.
In the Spring, Universal Studios brings the food and festivities of Bourbon Street to their theme park. The French Quarter Courtyard is where you go to grab some "N'awlin's style food and spirits".
There are several booths selling beads, masks & other Mardi Gras party favors but I would skip that and catch all the beads they sling at the crowd during the parade.
When the sun starts to set, the parade begins with street performers, stilt walkers, colorful dancers and
festive floats with people tossing out countless amount of beads into
the crowd.
I apologize in advance for the blurry pictures. You can blame that on fast movement of the performers + trying to catch beads and enjoy the parade all at the same time.
You can view a short clip of the floats going by throwing out beads:
What a FUN night!
Between K and I, we probably caught about 20 beads and both
agreed as we were walking to the car that the parade was WAY more fun
than we expected.
After the parade, (mainly on the weekends) you can head over to the Music Stage to catch some big-name musicians live in concert. This one we haven't done yet but that will be changing in the upcoming weeks.