Bonnie's Trip Report RPR - Part II

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Cast of characters: Bonnie (me!) 42 and resident vacation planner!
DH Shane 45 – driver and happy doing anything!
DD Shayna 17 – Disney nut and wishes she was American instead of Canadian!
DS Ben 14 – wise guy who rolls with just about everything!
DS Jarrett 12 – used to be the easy one to travel with but now has very little patience with crowds and anything that doesn’t include swimming!

Day 8: March 16

Decided to go to I of A for the first day. Just as we entered the park, it started to rain! We did our best to do the park, but I have to admit, I wasn’t really enjoying myself. Left before noon, got dry clothes on and thought we would go to Florida Mall or something to kill a few hours. Had some lunch and before long it started to clear up. Didn’t go to the mall and returned to do the park. Much better when it’s not raining! Had dinner at Margueritaville and had a wonderful time – better than last year actually. The gal on stilts made us all balloon hats and the food was tasty. We all noticed how congested Citywalk was that evening. When we left the restaurant to get a coffee at Starbucks, they had closed off the upper section for some kind of convention. I’ve never seen so many middle-aged guys whopping it up in one place. It was crazy and it wasn’t as much fun with so many people milling around so we headed back to RPR to go swimming. We weren’t in for more than 20 minutes when a whistle blows and the lifeguard states that the pool is closing! What! I couldn’t believe that they were closing at 9 p.m.! I’m not usually one to complain, but I did go to the concierge desk and inquire about the pool hours at the other resorts. Supposedly they are still on winter hours and I expressed my frustration at the fact that so many people were kicked out so early. I don’t understand the reasoning – the parks close much too early IMHO, and unless you want to party the night away, the pools are the only other activity available. We ended up sitting up in our room watching TV which I found frustrating and not how I wanted to spend my time while at Universal.
 
Sorry to hear about your frustration. Hope it didn't really put a damper on the rest of your stay.

Thanks for sharing!
 














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