Let's call this the vacation that almost wasn't....
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bubba's mom
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startin' to turn into the trippie that almost wasn't.... 
bubba's mom
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tlinus
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cannot see ......
you can't see the homer?
He's doing D'oh!
just put it there cuz you got me with your original ^^^^ comment up there
I have the procrastinator bug or something
RVGal
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I have the procrastinator bug or something
The procrastinator bug? That seems to be going around.
Maybe there is a cure?
keishashadow
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The procrastinator bug? That seems to be going around.
Maybe there is a cure?
hee hee, great smiley
tlinus
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*Sunday 6/8/08*
Today was Universal Studios Day. we were getting into the end of vacation funk, took forever to get to the parks. We made our way on over to the studios at 1PM!! Yikes!!
Go through the turnstile and make a bee line for the Simpons Ride.
We waited no more than 10 minutes.....the posted stand by time was 65 minutes - whoa - love that FOTL.
The Simpsons ride and waiting queue were totally awesome. But then again - we are the simpsons.....see:
After gettin off the Simpsons we go over to MIB, there was a mob by the lockers, so I told the rest of the family to go without me - they were on and off that in no time. We wandered on over to Amity and skipped Jaws
as youngest didn't want to ride it and the others had no interest because they just don't like it......oh well, I have never been on it and looks like it will have to wait until next time for me.
In San Francisco, we come up to Disaster! and DH said did they change this ride too? Uh....yep. Told you about that months ago Well, let's get on then. Very well done changes and the ending was super 
. We really enjoyed the ride alot. No spoilers from me, but be prepared to laugh at the end .
We check out our most favorite spot in the Studios
thanks to adkar letting me know its open again (and I borrowed your shot of the closed hut), but they no longer serve food. Just the booze
Not that drinks are a bad thing....but we used to get peel and eat shrimp, a few drinks and sit out on the docks for a nice little rest.
We made our way on over to The Mummy. Dh and Kait went on that while me and the younger two went inside here to get a drink and cool off (barb - you will not believe this, I googled for a picture of Finnegan's, look what came up
) :
After DH and Kait finish with the Mummy, they meet up with us inside. We are a bit hungry and of course, this is Court's favorite place to eat because of the soda bread and apple butter. We were seated immediately
With our orders placed, we sat and waited for the food - some shots from inside.
Court getting her groove on with the apple butter....
Her telling me not to touch it or she would eat my hand!!!!
and Frank waiting for his food (told you barb that I had similar pics as Ry in Pastamore):
and with his triple decker grilled cheese
DH got the Corned Beef and Cabbage, I had the Fish and Chips Kait had the Shepperd's Pie and Court had the kids burger. Total with AAA Discount and tip= $62.00 I also asked for happy hour pricing on my beer, and they were more than happy to adjust that for us.
Bellies full, we wander through Production Central. Last ride of the day? Jimmy Neutron. Not too long of a wait, maybe 10-15 minutes.
Went back to the hotel, noticed they had a mexican theme in the lounge as far as food items, got a few beers and went to the room to change for the pool. Grabbed a few empanadas for the room, a few beers "to go" and sat by the pool from about 7:30 to 10:30. This night by the pool they had the Concert to benefit the victims of 9/11 showing on the big screen.
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Last full day of vacation and it rains?!?!?! Also, picked up the little brother to swim with the kids
Today was Universal Studios Day. we were getting into the end of vacation funk, took forever to get to the parks. We made our way on over to the studios at 1PM!! Yikes!!
Go through the turnstile and make a bee line for the Simpons Ride.
We waited no more than 10 minutes.....the posted stand by time was 65 minutes - whoa - love that FOTL.
The Simpsons ride and waiting queue were totally awesome. But then again - we are the simpsons.....see:
After gettin off the Simpsons we go over to MIB, there was a mob by the lockers, so I told the rest of the family to go without me - they were on and off that in no time. We wandered on over to Amity and skipped Jaws
as youngest didn't want to ride it and the others had no interest because they just don't like it......oh well, I have never been on it and looks like it will have to wait until next time for me.In San Francisco, we come up to Disaster! and DH said did they change this ride too? Uh....yep. Told you about that months ago
Well, let's get on then. Very well done changes and the ending was super . We really enjoyed the ride alot. No spoilers from me, but be prepared to laugh at the end .We check out our most favorite spot in the Studios
thanks to adkar letting me know its open again (and I borrowed your shot of the closed hut), but they no longer serve food. Just the booze
Not that drinks are a bad thing....but we used to get peel and eat shrimp, a few drinks and sit out on the docks for a nice little rest.We made our way on over to The Mummy. Dh and Kait went on that while me and the younger two went inside here to get a drink and cool off (barb - you will not believe this, I googled for a picture of Finnegan's, look what came up
) :
After DH and Kait finish with the Mummy, they meet up with us inside. We are a bit hungry and of course, this is Court's favorite place to eat because of the soda bread and apple butter. We were seated immediately
With our orders placed, we sat and waited for the food - some shots from inside.
Court getting her groove on with the apple butter....
Her telling me not to touch it or she would eat my hand!!!!
and Frank waiting for his food (told you barb that I had similar pics as Ry in Pastamore):
and with his triple decker grilled cheese
DH got the Corned Beef and Cabbage, I had the Fish and Chips Kait had the Shepperd's Pie and Court had the kids burger. Total with AAA Discount and tip= $62.00 I also asked for happy hour pricing on my beer, and they were more than happy to adjust that for us.
Bellies full, we wander through Production Central. Last ride of the day? Jimmy Neutron. Not too long of a wait, maybe 10-15 minutes.
Went back to the hotel, noticed they had a mexican theme in the lounge as far as food items, got a few beers and went to the room to change for the pool. Grabbed a few empanadas for the room, a few beers "to go" and sat by the pool from about 7:30 to 10:30. This night by the pool they had the Concert to benefit the victims of 9/11 showing on the big screen.
Up next:
Last full day of vacation and it rains?!?!?! Also, picked up the little brother to swim with the kids
tlinus
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Great idea asking for happy hour pricing. Was it close to happy hour time?
How was the shepherds pie?
Glad to see your moving again on this report--Bubbas mom shamed you into it didn't she!
I fold under peer pressure
Tizzy_Meliss
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I also asked for happy hour pricing on my beer, and they were more than happy to adjust that for us.
You learn the best info inside the TR's.
So about what time of day was this?
tlinus
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Great idea asking for happy hour pricing. Was it close to happy hour time?
How was the shepherds pie?
Glad to see your moving again on this report--Bubbas mom shamed you into it didn't she!
Kait said it was really good! She never had it before so how it stacks up to others will not be known until she tries it again somewhere.
You learn the best info inside the TR's.
So about what time of day was this?
We ate at 3:30, it was most definately happy hour in the parks (3-5) so I thought I would ask - it never hurts to ask - and sometimes you get rewarded
d4est
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And by a "few beers" to go...do you mean they let one person get more than one beer at a time? When we were there we were told you could only get one at a time. I had to get a bud lite for DH (I don't drink beer-blasphemy??) so that he could have two!
Loving the report...can't wait to read the ending!
bubba's mom
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Note to self: Do NOT mess with Court and her applebutter at Finnegans 
( I value my appendages.... )
Loved Franks pic....yep...same hat, same body language...maybe it's a 'boy' thing and you have to do it....
I didn't know you've NEVER ridden Jaws? What is UP with that? Since nobody wanted to ride it with you, I would have told them to sit and wait FOR you while you rode it! 
Forget that.... 
Didja know if you google universal, mickey's vacation shows up too?? Then again, we have SO many pix of Universal in photobucket, it doesn't surprise me! Randy said he feels very honored 
you used his pic 
Still....a little freaky....
Great trippie....waitin' for the last chapter....and wth?? RAIN?!?!
( I value my appendages.... )Loved Franks pic....yep...same hat, same body language...maybe it's a 'boy' thing and you have to do it....
I didn't know you've NEVER ridden Jaws? What is UP with that?
Since nobody wanted to ride it with you, I would have told them to sit and wait FOR you while you rode it! Forget that.... Didja know if you google universal, mickey's vacation shows up too?? Then again, we have SO many pix of Universal in photobucket, it doesn't surprise me!
Randy said he feels very honored you used his pic Still....a little freaky.... Great trippie....waitin' for the last chapter....and wth?? RAIN?!?!
tlinus
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We did it in shifts - they knew there were two of us there together...I am miller lite and dh was heineken.....we got one of each, then traded. They even left the caps on and gave us plastic cups. The staff was wonderful on this particular visit - we tipped them VERY well.....they noticed
tlinus
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Yup - I have heard that before. Thanks for reading and I will have to tell her you said that, she doesn't thinkso......I kinda see it......my mil swears she looks like her too.
tlinus
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*Monday - 6/9/08*
Last Day. Did some laundry, cleanup and packing early in the AM. I knew my brother was arriving in Orlando for the Microsoft Tech Ed conferences. We planned to meet up for dinner. So I wanted to get alot done before his arrival.
We headed out to the Studios, must have been around 1PM again.
We knew that we were just going to hit a few rides.....we were theme parked out for this trip.
We went on the Simpsons together.
Made our way over to The Woody Woodpecker coaster for the beans.
Took our first EVER ride on ET. That was pretty neat. I would definately do it again
Over to the Mummy.
While waiting for DH and Kait, we wandered around the Central Park Area
and found this stuff.......ahhhh, memories.
My brother called me at this point and he was ready to meet up. He was all checked in to his hotel, registered for the conference and unpacked. I told him we were finishing up the park and would call him when we were done.
Ending with Twister.
As we exited Twister the sky was not looking very friendly. Not at all. And Dh knows me. I don't DO thunder and lightning. Ever.
DH suggests we make our way back to the Hard Rock and get ready for Bryan. No sooner do we get back and up to the club lounge, the skies opened up. The rain was coming down SO HARD that you couldn;t see three feet in front of you . There were severe lightning strikes and LOUD thunder as well as high winds. Thank goodness we were inside. I would have freaked outside there.
The after pictures of the storm......it was VERY wet and a bit steamy
It was cool watching the "Class A Kill Storm" from the lounge. Side note - we now classify the thunderstorms we experience 
Class A Kill Storm
Class B Dismemberment Storm
Class C Mess You Up Storm
The storm passed and everything smelled so fresh
I went to pick up my brother from his hotel. He brought his suit and all was fine as having him as our guest. He was amazed with the Hard Rock and all of the themeing. He LOVED our room. Ok, so little brother suits up - as do the kids and we head to the lounge for the offerings. All DAY the sign for the lounge read it would be the wing bar, pigs in blankets, etc.......We get down there and it is the not so tasty Saturday offerings:
We skip it. We'll eat at the pool.
Get to the pool, settle in and Uncle Bry has fun with the kids in the water!
I took my brother back to his hotel around 9PM. I miss him alot. He lives on Long Island and we live in the Philadelphia Suburbs. It was great to see him - even if it was 1,000 miles away from home.
Last Day. Did some laundry, cleanup and packing early in the AM. I knew my brother was arriving in Orlando for the Microsoft Tech Ed conferences. We planned to meet up for dinner. So I wanted to get alot done before his arrival.
We headed out to the Studios, must have been around 1PM again.
We knew that we were just going to hit a few rides.....we were theme parked out for this trip.
We went on the Simpsons together.
Made our way over to The Woody Woodpecker coaster for the beans.
Took our first EVER ride on ET. That was pretty neat. I would definately do it again
Over to the Mummy.
While waiting for DH and Kait, we wandered around the Central Park Area
and found this stuff.......ahhhh, memories.
My brother called me at this point and he was ready to meet up. He was all checked in to his hotel, registered for the conference and unpacked. I told him we were finishing up the park and would call him when we were done.
Ending with Twister.
As we exited Twister the sky was not looking very friendly. Not at all. And Dh knows me. I don't DO thunder and lightning. Ever.
DH suggests we make our way back to the Hard Rock and get ready for Bryan. No sooner do we get back and up to the club lounge, the skies opened up. The rain was coming down SO HARD that you couldn;t see three feet in front of you
. There were severe lightning strikes and LOUD thunder as well as high winds. Thank goodness we were inside. I would have freaked outside there.The after pictures of the storm......it was VERY wet and a bit steamy
It was cool watching the "Class A Kill Storm"
from the lounge. Side note - we now classify the thunderstorms we experience Class A Kill Storm
Class B Dismemberment Storm
Class C Mess You Up Storm
The storm passed and everything smelled so fresh
I went to pick up my brother from his hotel. He brought his suit and all was fine as having him as our guest. He was amazed with the Hard Rock and all of the themeing. He LOVED our room. Ok, so little brother suits up - as do the kids and we head to the lounge for the offerings. All DAY the sign for the lounge read it would be the wing bar, pigs in blankets, etc.......We get down there and it is the not so tasty Saturday offerings:
We skip it. We'll eat at the pool.
Get to the pool, settle in and Uncle Bry has fun with the kids in the water!
I took my brother back to his hotel around 9PM. I miss him alot. He lives on Long Island and we live in the Philadelphia Suburbs. It was great to see him - even if it was 1,000 miles away from home.
tlinus
Forever a Proud Redhead
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Up the next morning for the final packing and off to the airport. But first....the cool clock in the HRH lobby.
And my family at the fountain.
Returned the rental car, went to the gate, boarded ontime and made it home about 15 minutes early.
I think this will be our last trip to Orlando for about 2 years. We will return when Potter opens, this way it gives us two new things to experience......WWOHP and the new coaster in Universal.
Who knows though.....we could always change our minds
And my family at the fountain.
Returned the rental car, went to the gate, boarded ontime and made it home about 15 minutes early.
I think this will be our last trip to Orlando for about 2 years. We will return when Potter opens, this way it gives us two new things to experience......WWOHP and the new coaster in Universal.
Who knows though.....we could always change our minds
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