It's the spinning that
gets me on MS.
Ahhhh, I can see that. Small spoiler alert for the upcoming TR, I got Fran to go on SDD this trip and it did her in, evidently what gets her is the banked turns and the G forces when you go around those sideways sort of spirals.
I'll get to your TRs...
but it's gonna be a while.
I'm not sure if you got to mine, but you've gotten in three updates since I've had a chance to get back here, so I think you're moving at a pretty good pace.
Our second day at Universal Orlando
started with the alarm waking us
at seven a.m.
Really... shouldn't vacations be more...
restful?
Yes, they should be!
You get checked when you
get to the dock
(complete with metal detector
and x-ray scanner)
and once through, you're
good to go in either park
or CityWalk.
That's how they do it at
Disneyland now. You're checked all the way through DTD and from the Grand and the Harbor side of the street.
Another view, with Sapphire Falls
resort in the background, as we
pulled away from the dock.
It's amazing how clearly you see things when you're looking from a computer screen and not a tiny little phone.
Never pass up a chance to mock
your children.
It builds character and a looming
sense of resentment.
Huh. My parents never did that to me. I don't think.
Doesn't the Sorting Hat look
particularly peeved?
Perhaps you would too if your
entire existence was to sit on
the smelly, sweaty, pimple-laden
heads of pre-pubescent children?
Ewwww. I never thought of it that way.
The ride does afford you with
a wonderful view of Hogwarts.
That alone makes the ride
worth trying at least once.
Especially if you have hallucinations while on the ride.
First up...
"You're a sick park"
(The J is pronounced "Y", you know.
It's German.)
Oh, is that how it goes. Funny I speak some German and never knew that.
It's definitely not for the
faint of heart!
And... word of warning.
We rode it once while
seated at or near the
very front.
We loved it!
So we rode it again
and were seated at the back.
It was much rougher and
we came off the ride feeling
not overly great.
I'll keep that in mind. I love RnRC but the back of the ride gave me whiplash.
As we made our way to the train,
a father with wife and two girls
in tow asked.
"Do you need a ticket?"
Dude... this may be the most
expensive ride ticket you ever buy.
seriously. It's a fun ride, but I don't think I need to spend that much to ride that ride again.
(For all of you lamenting
my lack of a shot of the
dragon breathing fire in
the previous update.
So there.)
Good for you, but then you knew you had that one waiting when you told us you didn't!
Our last dinner on property
was at Vivo, an Italian restaurant.
I'd classify it as mid-scale.
Huh. Never heard of that one. Then again, I'm not really up on restaurants at Uni.
And...
Did you see it in this chapter?
See them both?
Yes, I did! And now I'm going to go on to the next page and make one big huge large quote so that I don't risk seeing the posts out of order!
I got home and had to freaking
shovel my driveway to get up it!
Shovel!
In early October!
Not cool Mother Nature!!!!
All that came down over the course of one movie?????????
Who wants to go home
after a Disney vacation?
It depends on how long I've been there.....
Remember a couple updates back
and the oh-so-fun phone call
to National Car Rental?
Nope. Completely forgot about it until you brought it back up.
Unfortunately for her, I finally found
some free spots on the roof of
the parkade.
I spotted this from on high:
Yup. And I spotted it too!
I walked Elle through the process
of obtaining her luggage tag
and checking her bag.
And took her as far as I could
to the beginning of security.
Was this just to be nice or had she never been on a flight on her own? I think by this point in my life, I was already flying on my own, ordering drinks and other such adult stuff.
But... I already missed my travel buddy.
Elle was a lot of fun to be with
and we never once had any issues
about... anything.
That's nice, different than Kay I guess.....
I had always wanted to drive
the length of the Florida Keys.
I'd never even known about this until a couple years ago. Fran wants to visit Mel Fischer's museum.
Luckily, while I did see some ominous
looking clouds off to the East,
(I think it was East? Pretty sure by
then I was heading South...)
I never did see any tornados.
Yikes! I always tell these people that they can have their Hurricanes and Tornadoes, I'll take an Earthquake any day!
Not because of rain...
Because of Love Bugs.
I believe this May was
one of the worst ever
infestations of Love Bugs
in the last decade.
Yuk. Just gross. They were sort of bad when I was there, but nothing like what I heard May was like.
When I'd stop for gas,
I had to clean off the
front of the car.
The car's nose was
plastered with dead bugs.
If you didn't look at the
rest of the car, you'd swear
that the car was black.
Yeah, that's just disgusting!
I ordered, but pretty sure it was
Churrasco Skewers (A la plancha
(what the heck does that mean??)
Angus Churrasco steak, chimi aioli
with a side of Chipotle Mac n cheese.
A la plancha = on the griddle. You can thank me now. Unless one of your other readers beat me to it. I'm going one page at a time.
Inside... nothing but ice cream
as far as the eye can see!
Yum!
Robbie's is a mish-mash collection
of huts, trailers and cabins that
are described as:
"Waterfront restaurant, Tarpon Feeding,
Partyboat and Charter Fishing,
Snorkeling, Parasailing,
Sunset Cruises, Boat Rentals,
Jet-ski Adventures and Kayak tours."
Sounds interesting!
and the occasional jelly fish
floating placidly by.
OK. That might freak me out a little bit.
A picturesque white sand
beach framed by the remnants
of the original Keys highway.
That highway looks strangely.....unsafe....
Except it's
over-commercialized
and over-touristy.
And totally expected. I found Waikiki the same way.
The salad was delicious, but the pasta!
Wow! As much as I was "meh" about
the pasta Bolognese I had at Vivo,
this pasta was one of the best I've had.
Dee-lish!
Good to know! I could even see real tomatoes in that sauce.
I wandered around a bit more,
taking in the sights of some
pretty ships...
More expansion of the fleet, and yes I see the other.
It was May, 2019.
The last time I'd tasted
a potato chip was
in November of 2015.
That's just crazy talk. Why?
In case you didn't see them
in the last chapter:
Yes. I saw them both, but only counted them as one.
Oh... did you think
I was talking about this?
Well I thought that was the second one.
And...
Did you see it in this chapter?
See them both ?
Did you see all three?
I thought they were only two, but went back and saw the other component of the second one.
OK, I'm going to have to call it a day here. There is a certain Tiki Bar with a certain Hat Box mug which Fran is insisting that we visit to get more of them, so I'll get to the next update at a later date.