DISASTER! A New Universal Trip-Report Starring ME! & My Friends

[nerdboyrockstar]

CAST

Me, Anthony: 23
Luis, 23
Nisha, 24

It's that time of year again when we take our annual early Summer trip to Universal (followed by the annual Horror Nights trip.. and any other trip I can squeeze in thereafter..).

Usually we have 4 or more people on these trips but due to work constraints, a 4th member was replaced with games appropriate for 3 people.. such as the Who Gets To Sleep In Their Own Bed nightly lottery and Who's Riding This Ride With A Total Stranger - Play It!.

After getting all our stuff in the car and picking up Luis, we drove thru McDonald's for breakfast before getting on the Turnpike. It was 10:35 now so we weren't actually sure if they were serving breakfast or lunch now.. But when we asked the friendly McDonald's girl, her response was... "Both." BOTH!! Visions of sausage biscuits and french fries were dancing in my head but I settled for the Fruit & Yogurt Parfait.. I can't help it. I don't have the stomach for breakfast during breakfast hours. And I LOVE breakfast food!

The drive was great. We were singing along to the music. The sun was shining. Red and blue police lights were flashing in my rear-view mirror. Wait..red and blue police lights? Am I being pulled over? I asked.. I moved to another lane. The police car followed. I started to stop on the side of the road.. My heart starting to beat fast while cars swooshed by causing the car to shake. The sergeant made his way to my window. For the first time, a trip to Universal is starting off.. a Disaster.

 

[angela3676]

WOW! I hope everything turned out okay with the po po. How do you play "Who gets to sleep in there own bed nightly lottery"? Sounds very strange.

Waiting for more!

 

[alexb0923]

I hope everything works out.

 

[LeslieR]

I know that feeling--heart drops--even if your not doing anything wrong!!!

Eagerly waiting for more!!

 

[Hedy]

Waiting for more.

 

[bubba's mom]

 

[donaldduck352]

 

[donaldduck352]

You didnn't get a souviner from the po-po like we did did'ya?

 

[Seaera]

Can't wait for more!

 

[nerdboyrockstar]

10 minutes, 1 smart-*** cop and 163 dollars later, I was given a speeding ticket for going 84mph on the Turnpike. It was the first ticket I've gotten EVER.. but I just tossed that puppy into the glove compartment and completely forgot about it until the vacation was over. Literally.. I opened the glove compartment to get some gum when we were at the gas station before heading home and I was like..Traffic Citation?? But not before I kept running over and over in my head a few times that I could've spent another night at the Royal Pacific for that amount.

You can't let something like that ruin ANY time of the vacation you've had planned for months. So about two hours later we were at the Royal Pacific Resort. I've probably stayed here 10 times and it really does feel like a home away from home for me. I'm a UVC member of this Resort if there's ever been one.

Do I LOOK like I just got a ticket?​

"Come on Nisha, let's start our adventure.."​

Check-in went extremely smoothly. I had a great rate of $139/+ tax for the first night and $169/+ tax for the following few nights and this also included 2 Free Simpsons T-Shirts (Love Extra Value Weeks..). We got Room 1704 and even though we got it with a FL Resident Discount, we still got our LoewsFirst Welcome Gift. Maybe the stay won't count towards the membership, I don't know.

The room wasn't exactly ready at 2pm so we left our stuff with Luggage Services and armed with our room keys, hit the parks.

Don't Cry For Me, Universal.. The Truth Is I Never Left You..​

Our first stop was Universal and our very first ride ever on The Simpsons Ride!

 

[rpbert1]

Enjoying your TR ,love the pics with it. I hate getting speeding tickets, don`t mind the tickets, its parting with the cash that depresses me.
Love the RPR, my fav resort, .

 

[nerdboyrockstar]

WOW! I hope everything turned out okay with the po po. How do you play "Who gets to sleep in there own bed nightly lottery"? Sounds very strange.

Waiting for more!

Well since there was 3 of us and 2 Queen Size beds, the prize was that 1 lucky person got to sleep in their own bed that night! Challenges included UNO games, Music Quizzes on the iPod (tests your speed and memory of songs on your iPod), and more..

 

[angela3676]

Sorry about the ticket. Glade you didn't let it get you down.

Please Continue!

 

[nerdboyrockstar]

Enjoying your TR ,love the pics with it. I hate getting speeding tickets, don`t mind the tickets, its parting with the cash that depresses me.
Love the RPR, my fav resort, .

Haha.. thanks! And you'll be there soon too and then writing an awesome trip report a few days after that.

 

[nerdboyrockstar]

We headed into Universal and walked down Hollywood to get to World Expo where The Simpsons Ride is. The atmosphere in the park was extremely lively. We saw all these characters in our first 3 minutes inside.

Great Scott! We're at Universal!​

This whole area of the park is a lot more animated now that The Simpsons moved in (no pun intended..) and the themeing just looked great. The wait was about an hour but with Express it was about 10 minutes. I almost wished the wait was longer. The screens in the queue play new animation as well as some favorite moments from The Simpsons TV show. You'll be entertained from the moment you walk up until you go out the exit doors. I loved every minute of it.

And the ride is fantastic! It's so much fun and the animation and everything was done extremely well. I rode it 3 different times and saw completely different things in the pre-show each time and you'll definitely need a few re-rides to catch all the jokes in the ride. I'll definitely be checking out The Simpsons Ride on every trip from now on.

Also, when the weather is in the upper 90's, one of the most popular attractions for us is the Mist Stations.

We didn't want to overdo it on the first day so I'm pretty sure all we did was The Simpsons, Men In Black, E.T. Adventure and Revenge of the Mummy before grabbing some lunch at International Food & Film Festival and heading out. Say what you will about International Food & Film Festival but the Fried Chicken meal with mashed potatoes and a biscuit is comfort food for me. Like the first meal your mama makes you when you haven't visited home in a while. I can't imagine going to Universal and not having it!


On our way out, we stopped by the new addition to the park more thrilling than The Simpsons Ride, DISASTER! and the new Hollywood Rockit Coaster COMBINED:

Universal continues to outdo itself.


Coming up.. we get to enjoy the room for about 10 minutes before we have to head out again for an 8pm Blue Man Group show.

 

[orlandonyc]

Great stuff anthony.... but no food?

I love that RPR tunnel pic. i have never been there but come this HHN i will be

 

[nerdboyrockstar]

Great stuff anthony.... but no food?

I love that RPR tunnel pic. i have never been there but come this HHN i will be

I think you found my food pics in the other thread but for those of you looking, I've been posting food pics here.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1031541&page=9

There's some awesome pictures posted by Cass and then mine.

 

[donaldduck352]

I've seen it

making me hungary!Loving the pixs nerdboy.Keep them coming

 

[Mrs. D]

Loving it!!!! Great TR, sorry about the ticket...you had the right attitude though...

 

[RAPstar]

Woo hoo! new trippie!!