Mrs-PRG7000
04-11-2004, 03:02
This is extremely long and i am going to try and interspace it with pics if I can figure that out!!!. Sorry if its long winded.
Part 2
Next day we got up a bit brighter and looked forward to the day. We headed to Universal Islands of Adventure. We had a fab time, the kids met so many characters, inc Shrek, Tommy, Angelica, Crash Bandicoot, Popeye and Olive Oyl, Spongebob, then into another part of the park they had their pics taken with Spiderman and Dr Seuss, The Grinch, Cat in the Hat etc and all the other Seuss characters, they were in awe, so many on the first full day. We had been to Disneyland Paris a few years back and they didn’t see a single character apart from in the parades, so they were very disappointed then, but this time I could see the sheer excitement not only in their faces but my own eyes were welling up each time a charachter spent some time with them, oooh a couple of others on this day also were Shaggy and Scooby, Woody and Winnie. I am not one for the rides but I enjoyed the simulater, inc Spiderman, but just shut my eyes when it falls !!!! Yeah I know I am a coward….I got bribed into going on the Popeye ride lol, to which we got drenched, but it was great fun and as it was late and there were no queues we stayed on for a second ride.
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Part of our mob on the Doom ride
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All in all I couldn’t fault the day. Took loads of cam film as well as pics, we were thoroughly exhausted again by the time we got home but it was well worth it.
Incidentally we got lost on several occasions either going to the parks or coming home, the signposts either had blown down during the hurricanes or they don’t signpost very well, but by the end of the two weeks and it took us that long to get our heads around the routes we finally had it under control lol.
The rest is a condensed version of events, as I didn’t diarise daily and it all whizzed past far too quickly to remember what happened on what days…also Belz grabbed me and everything else is a blur!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok so we tried out a shopping day at Buena Vista. Found the TCD place and picked up a few leaflets and stuff, bought some t shirts and found the shoe shops, little did we realise that this was just a taste of what was to come hehehehe , I think it was that night we had a meal at Pacinos and Italian restaurant, it was a standard started, main course and dessert meal instead of Buffet which made a change. We had a very nice evening there, my brother in law had the Sizzling Steak I think it was and nursed it most of the meal, it was so fiery even for him and he is used to spicy food so beware lol
MGM Studios we also had lined up, we enjoyed this but not as much as Universal in fact we had been back to Universal 4 or 5 times during our stay. We did the Terminater simulater which everyone thought was fantastic. Rockin Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror were invaded by my kids and brother and sis in law. There was a water park within this park and the kids got drenched which they thoroughly enjoyed as it was so hot.
The Barney Show a grab from the camcorder
http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/Data/Mrs-PRG7000/200411323133_2.jpg
We had a character breakfast at Animal Kingdom where the kids met Donald, Mickey, Goofy and Pluto, and managed to fit in the Safari ride and the Bugs Life thing before the tail end of Tropical Storm Matthew opened up for the day, so we had to call it a day there. So off we headed for International Drive for the rest of the day!!!!
Well what can I say……Wow……. I had the best time so far. Shopping is like a hobby but this was serious now lol. We found Belz and just started from there really lol. We found the best little pizza place called sbarro, great pizza and Ziti. More shopping then we got lost on the way home…story of our lives, after a 30 min drive headed way in the wrong direction we finally heade
Part 2
Next day we got up a bit brighter and looked forward to the day. We headed to Universal Islands of Adventure. We had a fab time, the kids met so many characters, inc Shrek, Tommy, Angelica, Crash Bandicoot, Popeye and Olive Oyl, Spongebob, then into another part of the park they had their pics taken with Spiderman and Dr Seuss, The Grinch, Cat in the Hat etc and all the other Seuss characters, they were in awe, so many on the first full day. We had been to Disneyland Paris a few years back and they didn’t see a single character apart from in the parades, so they were very disappointed then, but this time I could see the sheer excitement not only in their faces but my own eyes were welling up each time a charachter spent some time with them, oooh a couple of others on this day also were Shaggy and Scooby, Woody and Winnie. I am not one for the rides but I enjoyed the simulater, inc Spiderman, but just shut my eyes when it falls !!!! Yeah I know I am a coward….I got bribed into going on the Popeye ride lol, to which we got drenched, but it was great fun and as it was late and there were no queues we stayed on for a second ride.
http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/Data/Mrs-PRG7000/2004113225529_DSCN0010.jpg
Part of our mob on the Doom ride
http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/Data/Mrs-PRG7000/2004113225939_1.jpg
All in all I couldn’t fault the day. Took loads of cam film as well as pics, we were thoroughly exhausted again by the time we got home but it was well worth it.
Incidentally we got lost on several occasions either going to the parks or coming home, the signposts either had blown down during the hurricanes or they don’t signpost very well, but by the end of the two weeks and it took us that long to get our heads around the routes we finally had it under control lol.
The rest is a condensed version of events, as I didn’t diarise daily and it all whizzed past far too quickly to remember what happened on what days…also Belz grabbed me and everything else is a blur!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok so we tried out a shopping day at Buena Vista. Found the TCD place and picked up a few leaflets and stuff, bought some t shirts and found the shoe shops, little did we realise that this was just a taste of what was to come hehehehe , I think it was that night we had a meal at Pacinos and Italian restaurant, it was a standard started, main course and dessert meal instead of Buffet which made a change. We had a very nice evening there, my brother in law had the Sizzling Steak I think it was and nursed it most of the meal, it was so fiery even for him and he is used to spicy food so beware lol
MGM Studios we also had lined up, we enjoyed this but not as much as Universal in fact we had been back to Universal 4 or 5 times during our stay. We did the Terminater simulater which everyone thought was fantastic. Rockin Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror were invaded by my kids and brother and sis in law. There was a water park within this park and the kids got drenched which they thoroughly enjoyed as it was so hot.
The Barney Show a grab from the camcorder
http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/Data/Mrs-PRG7000/200411323133_2.jpg
We had a character breakfast at Animal Kingdom where the kids met Donald, Mickey, Goofy and Pluto, and managed to fit in the Safari ride and the Bugs Life thing before the tail end of Tropical Storm Matthew opened up for the day, so we had to call it a day there. So off we headed for International Drive for the rest of the day!!!!
Well what can I say……Wow……. I had the best time so far. Shopping is like a hobby but this was serious now lol. We found Belz and just started from there really lol. We found the best little pizza place called sbarro, great pizza and Ziti. More shopping then we got lost on the way home…story of our lives, after a 30 min drive headed way in the wrong direction we finally heade