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<font color= CC0066>I need books, and wine and Ian
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We venture off property today for the first time in years, so its up, coffee and pack, we contact bell services and they kindly allow us to leave most of our luggage in storage as we are coming back in three days, so we pack just one case between us to take along. I get some very strange looks as I venture down the hallway with my Christmas Tree until a kind member of mousekeeping enquires where I am going and gives me a very large laundry bag to put it in 
I check out and take the liberty of asking do they know what room we have been allocated when we get back, they can't tell me the exact room, but it is third floor, Congress Park with a view of Downtown Disney, I am so excited that I do a little dance 
We sit and wait for the Dollar man to pick us up, it is a short wait and we are soon on our way to the Grosvenor hotel to pick up the car, a silver PT Cruiser, which is nicknamed the Gangster mobile as it has black windows. A big thank you to Georgia and India Stringer at this point, they made us a compilation CD of their fave songs before we left to save us having to endure the radio stations, and a mighty fine compilation it was, thanks my little squidgeypigs xx
A quick stop at Publix for the essentials, or in other words, three tubes of pringles, a case of bud, and a box of wine, oh and Ian picks up a Chrissie card for me, as he had forgot to get one at home. It's on to the Doubletree at Universal and after a couple of wrong turns we find it and it looks impressive, I now have my first bad encounter, the check in person was so rude, and I mean so rude, she gives us both our free cookie with a look that says I hope you choke on it, she informs me that I sould go nowhere near the safe in the room as if I so much as touch it I will be charged 3 dollars a day, I have no idea what her problem was maybe she just doesn't like short Welsh women, thankfully the rest of the staff are wonderful and I get to wondering if the maintenance people and waiters we encounter should take her place at reception.
We are assigned a room on the 18th floor and I have to say it was amazing, we had a mega view across Universal and the room was faultless, I did touch my safe, indeed we used it
We unpack and crack open a beer, well I had to the receptionist had upset me before deciding to head up the road to wait for it, a delightful eatery that had been highly recommended by our mates from Galwster, yes you guessed it HOOTERS !!!!!, Ian decided that they are quite right, the beer is cold and the wings are hot, and I must admit we had a great time here, we laughed and laughed, our waitress Karen is great and we enjoy cold beer, hot wings and a burger. Now, for confession time, I was fascinated by the pertness of Karens bottom, more so proabably than Ian was, he reckons he didn't notice, yeah righto I know it is a strange thing for a woman to admit to, but I greatly admired her bottom and wish that I could puchase one for myself ! Ian gets himself a t-shirt and we head back for a beer and a change before getting the free shuttle to Universal. The shuttle buses were excellent throughout our stay, prompt and the drivers were so helpful.
The purpose of our trip tonight is Blue Man Group, but we decide it would be very rude not to get a margarita at Margaritaville before we head over to see them, now as you all know of my Margarita love, you can imagine how excited I was, we sit at the bar and peruse the menu, my excitement growing by the minute, and then it happens "Can I see your ID please", I nearly fell off the bar stool with delight at looking so young, before we realise that we both think we look so old, we have taken too leaving our ID in the safe, "I am sorry I can't serve you", Ian tells me my face was a picture, I was gutted, I had waited a year for this I have a little pout but soon recover and we head to the Hard Rock to try our luck, result, wine and a beer no problem, so we have several to make up for our disappointment.
We ordered our tickets for Blue Man Group online, so we head over to the Box Office, where we discover its one of thise days, of course we should have bought ID to pick the tickets up too, we have our confirmation slip but I stupidly didnt think of ID, we eventually get our tickets but it was touch and go ... I am not going to say too much about the show, as I know many of you will eventually see it, lets just say I was dubious beforehand. My doubts were soon put aside, this show is amazing, at times I didnt know what to make of it, but I think thats part of the point, it is funny, bonkers at times, but truly amazing, the time flew by, please if you get the chance see this show do so.
We are lucky to get the 10.30 shuttle back to the hotel and decide to head to the hotels pizza hut where we get a meat deluxe to take back to the room, we enjoy this with a beer or two, before settling down for the night in probably the most comfy bed I have ever slept in, it literally cuddled you in...
I check out and take the liberty of asking do they know what room we have been allocated when we get back, they can't tell me the exact room, but it is third floor, Congress Park with a view of Downtown Disney, I am so excited that I do a little dance We sit and wait for the Dollar man to pick us up, it is a short wait and we are soon on our way to the Grosvenor hotel to pick up the car, a silver PT Cruiser, which is nicknamed the Gangster mobile as it has black windows. A big thank you to Georgia and India Stringer at this point, they made us a compilation CD of their fave songs before we left to save us having to endure the radio stations, and a mighty fine compilation it was, thanks my little squidgeypigs xx
A quick stop at Publix for the essentials, or in other words, three tubes of pringles, a case of bud, and a box of wine, oh and Ian picks up a Chrissie card for me, as he had forgot to get one at home. It's on to the Doubletree at Universal and after a couple of wrong turns we find it and it looks impressive, I now have my first bad encounter, the check in person was so rude, and I mean so rude, she gives us both our free cookie with a look that says I hope you choke on it, she informs me that I sould go nowhere near the safe in the room as if I so much as touch it I will be charged 3 dollars a day, I have no idea what her problem was maybe she just doesn't like short Welsh women, thankfully the rest of the staff are wonderful and I get to wondering if the maintenance people and waiters we encounter should take her place at reception.
We are assigned a room on the 18th floor and I have to say it was amazing, we had a mega view across Universal and the room was faultless, I did touch my safe, indeed we used it
We unpack and crack open a beer, well I had to the receptionist had upset me
before deciding to head up the road to wait for it, a delightful eatery that had been highly recommended by our mates from Galwster, yes you guessed it HOOTERS !!!!!, Ian decided that they are quite right, the beer is cold and the wings are hot, and I must admit we had a great time here, we laughed and laughed, our waitress Karen is great and we enjoy cold beer, hot wings and a burger. Now, for confession time, I was fascinated by the pertness of Karens bottom, more so proabably than Ian was, he reckons he didn't notice, yeah righto I know it is a strange thing for a woman to admit to, but I greatly admired her bottom and wish that I could puchase one for myself ! Ian gets himself a t-shirt and we head back for a beer and a change before getting the free shuttle to Universal. The shuttle buses were excellent throughout our stay, prompt and the drivers were so helpful.
The purpose of our trip tonight is Blue Man Group, but we decide it would be very rude not to get a margarita at Margaritaville before we head over to see them, now as you all know of my Margarita love, you can imagine how excited I was, we sit at the bar and peruse the menu, my excitement growing by the minute, and then it happens "Can I see your ID please", I nearly fell off the bar stool with delight at looking so young, before we realise that we both think we look so old, we have taken too leaving our ID in the safe, "I am sorry I can't serve you", Ian tells me my face was a picture, I was gutted, I had waited a year for this
I have a little pout but soon recover and we head to the Hard Rock to try our luck, result, wine and a beer no problem, so we have several to make up for our disappointment.
We ordered our tickets for Blue Man Group online, so we head over to the Box Office, where we discover its one of thise days, of course we should have bought ID to pick the tickets up too, we have our confirmation slip but I stupidly didnt think of ID, we eventually get our tickets but it was touch and go ... I am not going to say too much about the show, as I know many of you will eventually see it, lets just say I was dubious beforehand. My doubts were soon put aside, this show is amazing, at times I didnt know what to make of it, but I think thats part of the point, it is funny, bonkers at times, but truly amazing, the time flew by, please if you get the chance see this show do so.
We are lucky to get the 10.30 shuttle back to the hotel and decide to head to the hotels pizza hut where we get a meat deluxe to take back to the room, we enjoy this with a beer or two, before settling down for the night in probably the most comfy bed I have ever slept in, it literally cuddled you in...
, I am so proud of you being the Des, you have stronger willpower than me ....
