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Day 3:
Weather is still unbelievably beautiful. Today we head off to the Disney Speedway for DH's Petty rookie experience. I won't go into detail, but he LOVED it! Said it was the best present ever...and plans to do it again next year.
We got back to the RPR, changed and headed back to IOA after a great lunch at Margaritaville. I had the cheeseburger in Paradise (YUMMY!), DH had a steak w/shrimp (liked it, but Nascar's was better), and DS had a cheeseburger (liked better than the bam burger, said it was easier to bite!).
IOA is crowded (I think everyone from up north must be here!) but we navigate easily with FOTL. We do Spiderman twice, then Ripshaw falls, then Jurassic river, then Ripshaw again. We head back for more Spidey, then back to RPR for poolside fun and relaxation. We then head up, change and take the boat back to Universal, it's 6:30pm and the park is closing at 7! We ride MIB and BTTF as these seem to be the family favs. We walk back to RPR (just missed the boat) and DS is pooped. We decide to hit Jake's for a quick bite. After a 20 min wait we are seated. DS gets a hot dog, I ordered the kid's chicken tenders (more tired than hungry), & DH gets the ribs. Everything is tasty, but DS falls asleep...leaning against the sonic "we" won at a water gun race ("we" spent $15 in games to "win" it) with a half-eaten dog in hand. Long day, off to the room to unwind with that bottle of wine. A new corkscrew had been sent up. DH inserts and twists again...this time the plastic handle snaps in half! Again, no wine...
Day 4:
Our last full day, I am sad already. We head to IOA and ride spidey a few times, then ripshaw, then jurassic, then ripshaw again (glad it is warm out...we are soaked!). We hit spidey again, then wander over to unicorn for a quick ride. We then spend about 1/2hr at the fountain. A big hit with DS who shares jokes and continues to get wet. I take a quick spin on Fire (DS not happy with me...sheesh, I wish he would grow) and then we have a great lunch at Mythos. Wow, what a neat place. I had the pizza of the day, DS had a kid's pizza, & DH had a burger. All great, and the service was excellent. DH was particularly impressed with the new frosted glass with each bottle of bud.
For the 2nd 1/2 of the day we head to US. We ride Jimmy, then Earthquake (yuck...boring...yuck), Mummy (yay!) and MIB & BTTF multiple times. We then do mummy and jimmy again. Then MIB & BTTF AGAIN! It is 7pm and time to go. We stop at Citywalk for dinner at Nascar again. We all order the same as the first time. DH still says they have the best steak. Back in the room we finally get that bottle of wine open after my DH plays McGyver (SP??) and uses the gap bathroom door & the wall to "grasp" the screw part that is still stuck in the cork. We enjoy some wine and go to sleep. I am ready to cry....almost over.
Day 5:
The good weather has finally left us. It is sprinkling as we check out and load everything into the truck
. At 9am we head to US one last time. We ride MIB & BTTF, mummy, jimmy and then finally get to see Shrek. We do mummy one last time and then say goodbye. 
Overall, GREAT vacation! We loved the convenience of being onsite. No real complaints. FOTL made it all worth it! Can't wait to do it again. Next time I think we will try Hard Rock. View, I have decided, makes no difference to us. We never spent any time looking out the windows! If you have any questions, just let me know!!
Weather is still unbelievably beautiful. Today we head off to the Disney Speedway for DH's Petty rookie experience. I won't go into detail, but he LOVED it! Said it was the best present ever...and plans to do it again next year.
We got back to the RPR, changed and headed back to IOA after a great lunch at Margaritaville. I had the cheeseburger in Paradise (YUMMY!), DH had a steak w/shrimp (liked it, but Nascar's was better), and DS had a cheeseburger (liked better than the bam burger, said it was easier to bite!).
IOA is crowded (I think everyone from up north must be here!) but we navigate easily with FOTL. We do Spiderman twice, then Ripshaw falls, then Jurassic river, then Ripshaw again. We head back for more Spidey, then back to RPR for poolside fun and relaxation. We then head up, change and take the boat back to Universal, it's 6:30pm and the park is closing at 7! We ride MIB and BTTF as these seem to be the family favs. We walk back to RPR (just missed the boat) and DS is pooped. We decide to hit Jake's for a quick bite. After a 20 min wait we are seated. DS gets a hot dog, I ordered the kid's chicken tenders (more tired than hungry), & DH gets the ribs. Everything is tasty, but DS falls asleep...leaning against the sonic "we" won at a water gun race ("we" spent $15 in games to "win" it) with a half-eaten dog in hand. Long day, off to the room to unwind with that bottle of wine. A new corkscrew had been sent up. DH inserts and twists again...this time the plastic handle snaps in half! Again, no wine...
Day 4:
Our last full day, I am sad already. We head to IOA and ride spidey a few times, then ripshaw, then jurassic, then ripshaw again (glad it is warm out...we are soaked!). We hit spidey again, then wander over to unicorn for a quick ride. We then spend about 1/2hr at the fountain. A big hit with DS who shares jokes and continues to get wet. I take a quick spin on Fire (DS not happy with me...sheesh, I wish he would grow) and then we have a great lunch at Mythos. Wow, what a neat place. I had the pizza of the day, DS had a kid's pizza, & DH had a burger. All great, and the service was excellent. DH was particularly impressed with the new frosted glass with each bottle of bud.
For the 2nd 1/2 of the day we head to US. We ride Jimmy, then Earthquake (yuck...boring...yuck), Mummy (yay!) and MIB & BTTF multiple times. We then do mummy and jimmy again. Then MIB & BTTF AGAIN! It is 7pm and time to go. We stop at Citywalk for dinner at Nascar again. We all order the same as the first time. DH still says they have the best steak. Back in the room we finally get that bottle of wine open after my DH plays McGyver (SP??) and uses the gap bathroom door & the wall to "grasp" the screw part that is still stuck in the cork. We enjoy some wine and go to sleep. I am ready to cry....almost over.
Day 5:
The good weather has finally left us. It is sprinkling as we check out and load everything into the truck
. At 9am we head to US one last time. We ride MIB & BTTF, mummy, jimmy and then finally get to see Shrek. We do mummy one last time and then say goodbye. Overall, GREAT vacation! We loved the convenience of being onsite. No real complaints. FOTL made it all worth it! Can't wait to do it again. Next time I think we will try Hard Rock. View, I have decided, makes no difference to us. We never spent any time looking out the windows! If you have any questions, just let me know!!
Can't wait to go back, we had a blast. There is SO much to do. In 4 1/4 days, we still didn't see and do everything we wanted to. A perfect excuse to return, not that I need one!
