Happyfingers Trip Report

[HappyFingers]

im just going to post some pictures with some small comments
i dont think i would be much good at the long winded and detailed trip reports

At the Airport, Kids were a little wound up but what could you expect after all the waiting

After me being awake for 2 full days and after driving for 3 hrs in a semi coma to get to chula vista, instead of being able to go to bed and enter a deep sleep, just minutes after checking in at chula vista i had to do pool duty for the kids, after this swim i had one of the best sleeps of my life

a little shopping

playing around on the deck of the uss midway, i loved this ship and wish i had more time to explore it

we did the backstage pass at san diego zoo, was expensive but we enjoyed it

long drive to the grand canyon left at 3am and got there at around lunchtime, i drove almost all the way

speaks for itself really

on the way to vegas we stopped at the dam dam just because the dam dam was there

vegas was incredible but the experience was ruined a little by all the mexicans trying to hand me flyers for sex workers in front of my wife and kids, 3 days in vegas but really to explore it better you need a fistful of dollars and at least a few weeks

Luke and I needed a break

Loved this place, they played we will rock you and the visuals were simply stunning

Mickey was in vegas having a flutter

Hmm

circus circus was run down and will most likely close or be refurbished at some point

The las vegas gunstore hehehehehehehe yeeeeeeeehawwwwww

they took a while to get comfortable but once they did they were happy to kill the clown

Kids watching me fire the machine guns LOL

 

[battymum]

Love the one of you with your tattooed pirate wench!!!

Looks like you all had a great time!!

 

[australiankaren]

yep..I'm here reading along.....

gota love vegas

 

[jessiegirl84]

great photos! looks like you had a great holiday!
Where abouts is the gun shop in Las Vegas ??

 

[HappyFingers]

some more pics of the gunstore

Our Instructor was really very good

Inside the pyramid

The Belagio

This is the hotel we stayed in (Trump) was well priced and very comfortable

This is where the suitcase stack began to grow

Landed in Ft Lauderdale and had a great room for the night before the cruise, lots of very expensive private yachts, wish one of them was mine

The Allure of the seas

the view from our balcony

the room was small but lets face it, on a cruise ship money talks, you want the big room, you need the big budget, we survived

Tin Lids having a flow rider lesson

Most of the character pics are of me as the kids were always off playing in the kids club so missed most of them

Ice rink on the ship

We did the Fiesta at Ritas on the ship

Character Breakfast

Went swimming with the dolphins in mexico

 

[HappyFingers]

went snorkling by myself just next to the ship because everyone was off doing their own thing, boy did they miss out on a show, the fish were incredible and seemed to be drawn to my bright blue underwater camera, me i love fish but dont like it when they are close to me as i worry they are going to bite or attempt to eat me, so i was breathing very heavily as a huge school of these killer fish approched me

The kids took a lesson in making cupcakes

This is the prelude to one of the shows we saw, the shows were good but im not that into that sort of stuff, the globe was interesting

 

[HappyFingers]

Just do a google search for
"The GunStore" in Las Vegas and youll find it no worries

 

[aussietravellers]

Following along.

OMG, I am still cracking up at that photo with you and .... whatever she was..... that pirate wench, woman in vegas

The ship looks awesome! Love the character photos and that cupcake decoration is fantastic!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Another crack-up here.

And I have to ask (only because I'm that kind of twisted whiskers)....was the Vegas experience ruined a little because of the Mexican workers handing you sex flyers or....

was the Vegas experience ruined a little because the Mexican workers handed you sex flyers in front of wife and kids?


OMG!! You weren't kidding about the gun shop. I LOVE the picture of you and the wench. Did the wife take the picture? Ain't Fremont street grand?

I can see the allure of the Allure. Fabulous amenities!

 

[admel00]

This is fabulous!!! hahahaha... keep it coming!

 

[Mum from oz]

Lolling at the photo with the wench/woman....

Also those guns are quite impressive!

Keep it coming.

 

[HappyFingers]

This is the prelude to the dreamworks parade on the ship

after the ship we drove straight to

one of the best burgers ive ever eaten, cant remember the name of the place but its on the boardwalk, its like a pub

we did the cinderellas breakfast which was ok i suppose

whilst waiting for the kids to finish in the space mountain arcade, my wife and i found this machine which was broken, but im here to tell you that as far as my wife and i were concerned it was in perfect working order

the pool at boardwalk inn

this was over at beach club i think

this is luke seriously not trusting me that the space launch experience would not be scary or involve spinning, he hated it and was nearly sick

this place was good but i didnt like the food

the finding nemo ride (meant for younger kids i think)

my wife and i shared one then we had another one each, i was a little drunk after mexican

off to blizzard beach, there was a lot of people so we didnt really get to do as much as we would of liked

this is planet holywood, which was the worst meal and service by far that we had at disneyworld

then off to tusker house and spent the day at animal kingdom

 

[HappyFingers]

this is at animal kingdom and i love it when a plan comes together

best meal at disney world

chefs mickeys i think

my wife made us line up for 30mins to go on these, she insisted

then off to universal

we hit harry potter first, i bought a wand for all the cousins so they can have magic wars, i got dumbledoors wand so i can woop any of their backsides if i need to

believe it or not Brianna bumped into one of her classmates at the hotel all the way on the other side of the world

then off to seaworld, loved manta, really loved manta, although i only just fit, i didnt have breakfast and i think that if i had of eaten so much as a rice cracker i wouldnt of fit

we sat in the wetzone not understanding that this was actually the tottaly drenched zone

Brianna really, really, really not impressed with halloween horror nights

wet and wild we almost completely had the place to ourselves for the first few hours

despite me trying to stop them they insisted on trying the turkey leg. they didnt like it

this is the place where they have the totally awesome magic show which we really enjoyed

what its like to be a circuit

yeh he was really quite good

then off to nickleodeon

we went to the multilevel go kart place and had the place to ourselves we went from track to track with no waiting until we could not take any more, brianna drove all the tracks even though she was years to young acording to the track rules

yeh baby off to kennedy ( i need more time and no kids, no wife even)

assembly building

the mighty saturn 5

the kids have had enough for the day

 

[Travel Mum]

Love seeing your photos HappyFingers and funny that some are similar to mine! Agree about Biergarten - the atmosphere was good but food disapointing. Our Saana lunch was good too but didn't get a table for 5 by the window so not quite the same. DH could have had much more time at Kennedy Space Center too

 

[PrincessInOz]

Nice pics Happyfingers. Looks like you had a great time at KSC.

 

[Toy Story]

You fitted so much in! We booked Saana based on your recommendation, the view looks great.

Great timing on the 'rapids photo'.

 

[jacs1234]

I'm loving your pics and descriptions. I hope you have many more to share.

 

[HappyFingers]

ON the boat in search of Manatees

we found a mum and her calf, the mother was 1000 kilos and the baby was about 250 kilos which is more than i weigh, finally something that weighs more than me

This turtle was there as well along with about 4 others, he liked my shiny blue camera and came in real close

then we went on the worlds biggest sky swing in kissimee which is a short drive from disneyworld, i did this 3 times and the kids did it twice each, the wife just bluntly refused, this swing is awesome, 300 feet of arrrrrrrrh, when you get to the top you have to pull the rip cord, when all 3 of us went together Brianna had the rip cord because she was on the outside, we got to the top and she was spinning out and point blank refused to pull the rip cord, she wouldnt even hand it to me, she wouldnt even move, just hung there kind of stiff and making aweful screeching noises, so from the middle i had to contort my body and somehow just managed to reach the rip cord and down we went, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, this was awesome, it was $40 for the first swing and $20 thereafter, well worth it.

getting loaded up to swing

we right up the top of that pole

then we went on the air boat with wild willy at kissemee

i didnt really care about the wildlife i just wanted to have a go on the airboat

got to hold a alligator after the ride

the pool at nickleodeon

went to venice beach and had a look at muscle beach, we must have been there at the wrong time of day because there was only some old guy working out, i was hoping for more, lots of druggies at venice beach, some great shops as well, i wanted to buy the t shirt "id tell you to go to hell, but i work there and i dont want to see you all the time" but they didnt have it in my size, i thought that was funny as anything

went to hollywood and although we enjoyed ourselves we felt the area was dirty with lots of vagabonds all over the place

spong bob was funny

not far from the truth im afraid (guininess book of world records museum)

and thats where the photos stop my friends, because at this point i think we sensed that the holiday was over and the depression started to sink in, it was time to go home, we got to the airport early and then loaded up on the plane for that long 15hr flight back to Australia, of course i didnt sleep a wink, Luke slept almost the entire way back, $60 taxi ride to get home as all our family that would normally pick us up were not available, we got home and found the front yard full of weeds (massive weeds) and the house was in good order with no break ins or anything like that.

we produced 300 kilowatts of solar electricty whilst we were away so thats 300 x 65 cents feed in tarrif that we have probably now used up with all the washing and drying that we have been doing

i have a heap of photos but i think i have just about covered most things that we did in this trip report

thanks everyone for all your help along the way

I hope your holidays are are as enjoyable and run as smoothly as ours did

our next mission is to pay off our house so we can enjoy more holidays, more often

cheers

 

[PrincessInOz]

HappyFingers, thanks for sharing.

Hope you'll visit the boards from time to time and let us know how you're going.

 

[Mum from oz]

That was great! I am in awe of how much you did while you were away! Thanks for sharing.