Here we go, here we go, here we go again!

You know who I'm talking about. You can hear his conversation above everyone elses, even in a room full of people.

We had one in club last week. Loudest man I've ever heard. It was quite funny. I mean you could see everyone sneaking glances at him, wondering if he knew he was yelling. If maybe he was hard of hearing. If he thought maybe we were all interested in the sub-par school systems in that "other neighborhood" one of his friends just moved into.

The thing was, he was everywhere. We would hear someone in the parks, turn around...yep...there he was. As the shuttle boat pulled into the harbor one day, we could hear someone, and the boys busted out laughing....look ...its loud talker guy! It became a game for them...kind of like "wheres waldo?"

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Yesterday I talked about the villa pool. I forgot to tell about food I ordered there. I love the fried raviolis. So we tried those once. The boys ordered burgers. And K ordered chicken strips from the kids menu. FYI, these were all huge. You could easily split the reg. orders and the kids meal was plenty big enough for an adult. I do wish you could order a single order of fries or something tho. These are all sized for 4 or 5 people I guess. I ordered some once when I was by myself and it was ridiculous.

pool menus
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The boys got those hulk super split frozen drinks and loved them.

I tried really hard to get a good night shot of the view from my window to the harbor. I cant tell you how much I loved it. I kept the curtains open all the time. Actually the maids would close them, then I would open them, then the turn down service would close them, and I would open them. I slept with them open. (its ok, there wasnt anything "interesting " going on in there):lmao:

Anyway, heres some of my lame attempts to make my camera take a decent night shot.

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lame , I know, but I tried.


I wandered around the piazza one night and listened to the "music of the night" (sorry, dont remember the spelling). It was fun. And actually they had the guy sing a song esp. for one of the girls there. She was a teenager, and maybe it was her birthday? Not positive, but it was really nice. I know I have seen people mention trying to come up with special "celebration" type things, and I think this one was special. I dont know how you would go about requesting this, but I think it would be worth a try. I did see the family in club, so maybe they arranged it.

Stay tuned....theres lots more to see :goodvibes

:hippie:
 
i always love your reports linda....

and always know you have the best photos to show us!


i'm hooked..........waiting for more
 
OMG i looove your pics of the resort. Im going soon and I cant wait! So excited.:cool1:
 
I am loving this report! Wonderful pictures! We have had the Portofino Suite right below yours on the ground floor and love it! I kept my curtains open all the time too. People would come up and look in and we would visit:rotfl2: I made more friends on that trip! We are going back for Thanksgiving and I have requested the same suite again.

Love the pictures of the Villa pool- i ate the fried raviollis several times:love:

Can't wait to read more...
 

i always love your reports linda....

and always know you have the best photos to show us!


i'm hooked..........waiting for more

There is so much pretty stuff to take pictures of!

OMG i looove your pics of the resort. Im going soon and I cant wait! So excited.:cool1:

Are you staying at the Portofino? You will love it!

I am loving this report! Wonderful pictures! We have had the Portofino Suite right below yours on the ground floor and love it! I kept my curtains open all the time too. People would come up and look in and we would visit:rotfl2: I made more friends on that trip! We are going back for Thanksgiving and I have requested the same suite again.

Love the pictures of the Villa pool- i ate the fried raviollis several times:love:

Can't wait to read more...

The ground floor would be cool! You can walk straight out without going thru the maze of hallways!
 
Its hot, so its wet ride day!

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And what character pics look like when you're 16!:rotfl:

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we go back later to goof around

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they had to run around in fievels playland

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my drummer boy

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We ate at Finnegans. We had the scotch eggs, and the boys had fish and chips. I had bangers and mash. They liked the fish, I liked one of the bangers, but the other had no taste at all!:confused3 It was fun anyway.

We went back to the hotel had gelato.

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more later!

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I was just looking at that trip report and Kevin is as tall as Brandon in that one! Boy do times change!:goodvibes
 
Great pics as always, Linda. Looks like the boys had a lot of fun. I CAN'T WAIT!!! sorry, I'm prone to random outbursts.
 
Im staying at Royal Pacific, I cant wait, im soooo excited. Your pics are getting me soo excited for my trip...Counting down the days!!!!!!!!
 
We are going at Christmas with three teenage boys (16,15 & 13). I hope they have as much crazy fun as your boys did!!
Love the TR. Thanks so much for sharing! :thumbsup2
 
Great report so far, Linda!! You guys always look like you have such a great time!!

I remember Fievel's Playground! We went to Disney and Universal with the HS band when I was 15 and I distinctly remember us playing in that playground :thumbsup2 Oh, to be a crazy teenager again!

So, I have a question because I know Very little about Universal. You know we usually stay at the El Cheapo places, so are there budget hotels linked to the Studios like there are for Disney? The places you stay at look Really nice and I'm sure they would be a wonderful luxury for us :cloud9: but I find if I plan a budget trip I can usually convince DH AND I can usually squeeze more vacations per year out of him that way :thumbsup2

Sorry you had such a rough drive down this time! Georgia is a long state to drive through even when the traffic isn't horrid. I must appoligize about the road construction too... we apparently hire the worst morons we can find to design those :confused3 They are Always a NIGHTMARE!! :hug: Hopefully on the way home things went smoothly!

So, when is the next installment?
 
Stupid wireless is down. I am on dial -up and I cant post the pics.:sad1: I will get right on it as soon as K fixes the internet! (this is an xbox debacle!)
 
Stupid wireless is down. I am on dial -up and I cant post the pics.:sad1: I will get right on it as soon as K fixes the internet! (this is an xbox debacle!)
Shoot, and I was all excited about a new installment! Hope you can get it fixed soon....dial up stinks I know!!!!
 
Lindalinda:: Sorry about your internet, but I'm enjoying your latest trip report!! Keep it coming!!
 
lindalinda...........i'll wait forever for the next installment.


it is well worth waiting for!!
 














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