pepperandchips
[melinda]
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2014
Hi friends! I'm editing this post as my pre-trip report morphs into a full fledged trip report. First up are some introductions:
(Me, my sister, and the Mouse himself - I'm on the right)
I'm Melinda and I'm trying my hand at a report for a longer Orlando trip. I reported a short jaunt to Universal over Martin Luther King day weekend, and you can check that out here if you're interested.
This time I went down to Orlando for 9 nights for "adult spring break". My partner, R, works in the academic realm and is thus beholden to the school calendar for travel availability. I try to get down to Orlando as much as possible, so his availability for a whole week was too much for me to pass up. We enjoyed the amenities and space of Wyndham Bonnet Creek Vacation Resort on for seven nights of Disney and Orlando goodness (starting April 1) before moving to Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando on April 8.
R and I love roller coasters and thrill rides just as much as we enjoy down time spent in Harambe watching Burudika band with a Safari Amber in hand. We're pretty laid back tourers, but I love to plan these trips (escapism at its best, amirite?) I discovered my love for Universal in January and R reconnected with his already established fondness for the Studios and Islands of Adventure on the same trip. We were most looking forward to express pass, the culinary delights of City Walk, the schtick of quotable lines in the Mummy, and the adrenaline of all Universal has to offer.
I'd be remiss not to wax poetic about my love for Disney, but you can probably tell from my signature line that I'm pretty well attached to the Mouse and my absolute favorite time to visit Walt Disney World is during Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot. Fortunately, I was able to visit Flower & Garden twice last year, once in March and once in May -- so I had really been looking forward to revisiting some old favorites and checking out all that's new and on offer this year.
R is less of a Disneyphile than I am, so his request for this trip was that we spend a little more time enjoying the resorts - WBC has a LOT of great pool areas - and take a day trip to one of Florida's gorgeous beaches. I know, I know, he made a lot of selfish, unreasonable demands... But we nevertheless took one day to drive a couple of hours to enjoy the sun and sand.
My mom and my sister came along with us as well - I'll call them D and L here.
I am going to edit some of the below posts, but just know this started out as a pre-trip report if you start noticing that some of the verb tenses get wonky. If you are following along, please say hi! It's so much more fun knowing who I'm talking to
(Me, my sister, and the Mouse himself - I'm on the right)
I'm Melinda and I'm trying my hand at a report for a longer Orlando trip. I reported a short jaunt to Universal over Martin Luther King day weekend, and you can check that out here if you're interested.
This time I went down to Orlando for 9 nights for "adult spring break". My partner, R, works in the academic realm and is thus beholden to the school calendar for travel availability. I try to get down to Orlando as much as possible, so his availability for a whole week was too much for me to pass up. We enjoyed the amenities and space of Wyndham Bonnet Creek Vacation Resort on for seven nights of Disney and Orlando goodness (starting April 1) before moving to Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando on April 8.
R and I love roller coasters and thrill rides just as much as we enjoy down time spent in Harambe watching Burudika band with a Safari Amber in hand. We're pretty laid back tourers, but I love to plan these trips (escapism at its best, amirite?) I discovered my love for Universal in January and R reconnected with his already established fondness for the Studios and Islands of Adventure on the same trip. We were most looking forward to express pass, the culinary delights of City Walk, the schtick of quotable lines in the Mummy, and the adrenaline of all Universal has to offer.
I'd be remiss not to wax poetic about my love for Disney, but you can probably tell from my signature line that I'm pretty well attached to the Mouse and my absolute favorite time to visit Walt Disney World is during Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot. Fortunately, I was able to visit Flower & Garden twice last year, once in March and once in May -- so I had really been looking forward to revisiting some old favorites and checking out all that's new and on offer this year.
R is less of a Disneyphile than I am, so his request for this trip was that we spend a little more time enjoying the resorts - WBC has a LOT of great pool areas - and take a day trip to one of Florida's gorgeous beaches. I know, I know, he made a lot of selfish, unreasonable demands... But we nevertheless took one day to drive a couple of hours to enjoy the sun and sand.
My mom and my sister came along with us as well - I'll call them D and L here.
I am going to edit some of the below posts, but just know this started out as a pre-trip report if you start noticing that some of the verb tenses get wonky. If you are following along, please say hi! It's so much more fun knowing who I'm talking to
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