Mardi Gras at Universal Orlando

We started the day at our favorite Mexican restaurant in the area, Agave Azule.  We weren't in much of a hurry, so our day pretty much started with lunch... Sometimes it's nice not to be in a rush.  The restaurant is literally down the street from Universal, so we headed there as soon as we were finished.  When we started this adventure, we didn't know it was the start of "bike week" in Daytona, and March is notorious for spring break college students.  That being said, it was very crowded.  70 minute waits, 90 minute waits..... Yuck!  We went on Shrek, and that was it.  For Mardi Gras, Universal had a street set up as a tribute to New Orleans.  It had stands of Cajun foods ans even bennettes (bad spelling), yummy sugar coated donoughts.  At the end of the street they had a band stand set up.  The band that day was from Memphis and was called Big Mack Daddy.... Awesome!  Their first set was just 3 songs, but when they came back again they played for about an hour.  My only complaint was the lack of seating.  Maybe they wanted people to dance? Not sure, but fun to watch and sway to the music.  We watched the parade, they had some really good floats dragged by tractors and trucks, and of course tons of beads!  Would I go back for it again? Yes!  It was a fun day and I got to warm up my toes!  We also saw a couple of songs by Prince Royce.... That's the one thing I would change, next year we'll plan around a band we know and like.