I Found My Happily Ever After! A Jan '19 TR! + Bonus August TR *COMPLETED 12/2*

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

What a nice, relaxing way to start off your trip. I'm still not 100% sure what to do on my arrival day if the kids don't want to swim (weather is borderline) because then we can go explore elsewhere. I was thinking DS or monorail trip, but now I have to add AKL to the options I give the girls!

 

[missangelalexis]

Following along! We've always meant to try out one of the mini golf courses, but we've actually never been to either of them so far

Hi! Thanks for joining in! I recommend trying one of the courses if you have some down time on a future trip!

Dropping in the follow along. I'll be starting mine sometime soon I hope. I am interested to see what y'all did with Sunday... that day was a doozy...

Hello there! Oh Sunday was such a mess, curious to hear what you all did too!

What a nice, relaxing way to start off your trip. I'm still not 100% sure what to do on my arrival day if the kids don't want to swim (weather is borderline) because then we can go explore elsewhere. I was thinking DS or monorail trip, but now I have to add AKL to the options I give the girls!

It was a nice way to ease into it instead of rushing to a park! A monorail trip would be fun since you can explore 3 hotels! But AKL also is fun because there's the chance to see the animals out on the savannah!

 

[missangelalexis]

January 27th- Islands of Adventure

We woke up today knowing the weather was not going to be good at all. Local weather was saying to expect record rainfall. Oh boy! But the show must go on and we donned our ponches and ubered over to Islands of Adventure! We were walking through City Walk a little before 9 and you can already see how quiet the crowds were.







We walked into the park and I decided that I was going to do it..I was going to brave the Hulk! I figured now was the time to do it (while I still had my nerve and the rain wasn't completely pouring down yet).






We walked right on and got the front row. A minute and a half later and I survived! It really wasn't that bad! Relatively smooth and I kept my eyes closed a lot (partially because I was scared and partially because I didn't want to get water in my eyes). I would do it again if I was with someone that really wanted to do it. But want to know who one of those people won't be? The person who made me go on it!!

Kyle has been on this ride MANY times. He was SO excited! The second the ride ended I looked over at him and knew it was not good. He was pale and felt nauseous. We barely made it out of the queue before he needed to sit down. We spent a good 30 minutes at the queue exit waiting for him to feel better before we moved only a few feet away to the bathrom area near the Hulk lockers. He felt horrible for holding up our day. And I felt terrible that he got so sick. I also felt foolish because last trip we had a similar situation happen on the Rip Rock It ride at Universal. But knowing that he'd done the Hulk before, I thought he'd be fine. (Lesson learned: Dramimine will be taken during every theme park vacation going forward).

After about an hour Kyle said he was well enough to venture on so we headed to Spiderman, which was still a walk on.






I won't say much besides this was a really bad idea and we were left at square one. After about another hour of doing nothing, we decided to just walk around the park. I asked many times if he just wanted to call it a day but he insisted no.

We walked through a deserted Toon Lagoon. And though Dudley Do-Rights was open, every log we saw come down was empty! I guess no one wants to do water rides when it's 50 degrees and already raining!









We passed through Jurassic Park and took some terrible selfies!







And then we reached Hogsmeade!





Kyle was in no shape to ride but he insisted that I at least go on. It was a 10 minute wait but I did single rider and basically walked right on! It was awesome as always. I was sad Kyle couldn't join me as he really loves that ride but I just knew there was no way he'd be able to handle it with the way he was feeling. When I got off, I had to get some butter beer!



Up next...What will we do with the rest of our day?!
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[Lesley Wake]

That's too bad he felt so sick! Definitely Dramimine is the way to go!

 

[suse66]

After about an hour we decided to head out for some mini golf! We opted for the Fantasia Gardens course.

Mini golf at Fantasia is a family must do for us!

From there we ubered over to Animal Kingdom Lodge! I wanted Kyle to see it as I thought he would like it and sure enough I was right He fell in love and vowed we would stay there one day! YES please!

It is just beautiful there. I fell head over heels in love with AKL when I stayed there in 2017 and am so excited to be going back this July!

We ubered back to Pop around 8pm and our bags had been delivered while we were gone. We unpacked and then hit the hay! It was a long but nice first day!

Looks like you had a perfect first day!

Kyle was in no shape to ride but he insisted that I at least go on. It was a 10 minute wait but I did single rider and basically walked right on! It was awesome as always. I was sad Kyle couldn't join me as he really loves that ride but I just knew there was no way he'd be able to handle it with the way he was feeling. When I got off, I had to get some butter beer!

Poor Kyle! Sorry to hear he was feeling so off. Glad you managed to enjoy some of the park. One day I will venture over to the dark side to check out HP.

 

[Gina Starr]

Aww man! The ridiculously rainy day was at Universal? At least we were at MK where we could stay indoors most of the time.

I’m sorry he got so sick! I totally understand the feeling. Rollercoasters make me a little queasy (not that I would do Hulk though!) but usually I recover rather quickly but any type of simulator ride is awful for me. Even the Minions movie made me sick. Star Tours, Spider-Man, Transformers, both Harry Potter rides, even the EAC scene on Nemo makes me ill.

Hope the rest of your day got better! (Besides the weather since we both know that didn’t happen!)

 

[disneyAndi14]

I’m so sorry Kyle got motion sickness and to top it off, the cold rainy day! One good thing was really low wait times and crowds! Did you try the hot butter beer? I haven’t had that yet. I love the FJ ride but I can only ride once or I would be sick!

I have noticed I do get a little queasy at Universal more so than Disney!

 

[PadfootnProngs]

Oof! Sorry to hear Kyle got sick. My boyfriend Josh lives a similar plight regularly, and rides are tough for him. We found Bonine (basically dramamine) to be helpful for about 70% of the rides, which was a great improvement!

 

[Tracy161]

Local weather was saying to expect record rainfall.

I hope your week weather-wise improved. When I went in May 2018, it did absolutely nothing but rain the entire trip. It was so frustrating! But it looks like it really kept the crowds down for you

Poor Kyle! I've been there many, many times. But I can usually rally a bit faster. Has he heard of Scopolamine? It's the prescription patch that I often wear and it works wonders! That said... my last trip you may remember I got a horrendous case of vertigo, and can't be sure that the patch didn't contribute... so maybe dramamine is the better option after all I sure hope he got feeling better!

 

[dolewhipdreams]

We were walking through City Walk a little before 9 and you can already see how quiet the crowds were

Wow definitely a quiet day! Ours was dead too. It will be hard to go back to actual crowds haha

Kyle has been on this ride MANY times. He was SO excited! The second the ride ended I looked over at him and knew it was not good. He was pale and felt nauseous. We barely made it out of the queue before he needed to sit down. We spent a good 30 minutes at the queue exit waiting for him to feel better before we moved only a few feet away to the bathrom area near the Hulk lockers. He felt horrible for holding up our day. And I felt terrible that he got so sick. I also felt foolish because last trip we had a similar situation happen on the Rip Rock It ride at Universal. But knowing that he'd done the Hulk before, I thought he'd be fine. (Lesson learned: Dramimine will be taken during every theme park vacation going forward)

Oh no, poor guy! What a bummer that the day started off so rough. I'm glad he had a (relatively) quick recovery though. What a trooper.

And though Dudley Do-Rights was open, every log we saw come down was empty! I guess no one wants to do water rides when it's 50 degrees and already raining!

Same thing on our Universal day! It's like 55 degrees, who is going to ride this soaking wet water ride??

We passed through Jurassic Park and took some terrible selfies!

I think these are adorable.

When I got off, I had to get some butter beer!

Of course! The first of many, I hope

 

[emilyhuff]

OH NO! So sad that Kyle was not feeling well enough to ride with you! That is so sad! I have totally been there, I hope he was able to get on rides at Disney, I know they are not quite as crazy as Universal!

 

[Pluto0809]

After about an hour we decided to head out for some mini golf!

This is one thing I have yet to do at Disney! That course looks like a lot of fun.

He fell in love and vowed we would stay there one day! YES please!

Betty hold him to that one! Honeymoon perhaps?

Local weather was saying to expect record rainfall.

Yuck!

a little before 9 and you can already see how quiet the crowds were.

About the only good thing about a rainy day at the parks.

A minute and a half later and I survived!

Glad you gave it a try.

The second the ride ended I looked over at him and knew it was not good. He was pale and felt nauseous

Oh no, I know exactly how this feels.

I won't say much besides this was a really bad idea and we were left at square one.

Another oh no! Definitely motion sickness meds next time! I take Bonine which doesn't make me drowsy like Dramamine.

Kyle was in no shape to ride but he insisted that I at least go on.

Whew, I'm definitely glad he skipped this one. Other than Star Tours, this one probably makes me the sickest. I can ride it once with my meds but even then I feel some queasiness.

 

[cinderaimee]

Following along now and caught up! Congratulations and I can't wait to hear all about your engagement!

What a yucky first day with the weather and your fiancee getting sick! It looks like you made the best of it, though

 

[CaseFace5]

Stinks that the weather was crummy! I am so proud that you braved the Hulk lol!! Bummer that Kyle got sick though. Feeling icky with cold rainy weather on top of it sounds miserable. The selfies are super cute and I love Kyle's hat!!

 

[BlvInMagic]

OH MY GOODNESS....... CONGRATULATIONS! What wonderful news!
Can't wait to read all about your adventures

 

[MeghanEmily]

Wow! The park is like a ghost town with that rain! Sorry to hear Kyle had such a rough day with the motion sickness. I can relate. It was kind of him to insist that you still ride things you enjoy though, even though he wasn't feeling well!

 

[kclark9830]

Congratulations on your engagement . I'm joining in. Can't wait to read more!

 

[DLo]

Sorry about Kyle and the weather. For me if I haven’t eaten or just eaten , I feel bad after the Hulk , etc. in November - first day I was so excited , I forgot to eat breakfast and paid for it . I wanted to ride the Hulk multiple times since I got there at park opening. Nope one and done that day and it effected me on other rides even after I ate something . Next day , made sure I ate and rode Hulk three times in a row no problem. Lesson learned ! Same thing happens to me on Mission Space orange .

 

[paradesintherain]

Kyle has been on this ride MANY times. He was SO excited! The second the ride ended I looked over at him and knew it was not good. He was pale and felt nauseous.

What a bummer that he ended up feeling so sick! I wonder if the refurb had anything to do with making the ride more intense? Didn't they basically overhaul the entire track?

Wow it's so empty!

Looks even prettier in the rain

SO cute!

 

[amazingact21]

I was so excited at first, because I couldn't believe you'd braved the Hulk! But then I saw how bad it made Kyle feel and felt terrible. I think it's worse for people who have a coaster they love and to have it betray them like that.

The rain looked like it really cleared the park out. I guess if you were all right handling the weather it made for an advantageous park day.

Butter beer! Best part about Universal.