I May Be A Convert - Part Four

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Cast:

Me - Single.. addicted Solo traveler (but have companions for my first day at Universal)

The Boss - Sally.. my boss.. (yeah.. I am the only person who goes on vacation and spends time with my boss!!)

The Boss's Husband - Howard... he is an all around Good Guy! I get him in the will!!

The Agenda:
Friday, July 30 - Sunday, August, 8
Visit with the Boss & Boss' Husband at their home in Lake Mary for Friday and Sat.. move to Universal on Sunday.. check into RPR for 2 nights.. then move over to POFQ for 2 nights.. then finally to the Dolphin for 3 nights




Day Three – Part 4

I re-enter the park as a solo now. Where to begin… I start to take in the parks in a new light. I stroll and check out the shops.. admire the details… take things a little slower… as I write this report I regret not returning to the parks in the evening more often! It was a very nice moment…. I was enjoying watching people’s faces as they saw the Hulk for the first time… (gee.. that was just me a few short hours ago!).. some filled with Awe.. some with fear… some running towards… others running away… So much fun! I decide to head on over to ride the monster once myself! I am now armed with my FOTL and 2 spare ones… As My Boss and Her husband have gone home… I kept their keys with me.. and figured I could either (a) use them myself to re-ride the rides that were only 1x before 3… or (b) take 2 people with me onto the express that don’t have express. I saw no need for them to go to waste! This was the best part of my next few days in the parks.. finding someone to share my FOTL with. I head on over to HULK.. but because it had just rained, the express line was almost as long as the regular line.. the ride has just re-opened. So, I decided to skip it for now and move on to the back of the park. I hit spiderman next.. I figure I would go again to see if I liked it better the second time around. (worked for Mission Space!) As I am getting onto the Express line I see a mother and daughter who are about to get onto the regular line… I ask them if they would like to accompany me on the express and they gladly accepted. It made for nice company on line… I met so many nice people this way! The second time on Spidey was fun… still felt the same way about it though! I said goodbye to my new friends and headed to the back of the park.. I had one thing on my mind.. Fire and Ice..(wait… is that considered two??) I venture to the back of the park.. head into Jurassic Park… and know that I am bypassing the water rides for now.. I will hit them again tomorrow…. As I head further into Jurassic… I notice that there is something missing… People…. I am literally the ONLY person walking back here… I actually got a bit concerned wondering if I had misread the park hours and the park had closed… I mean.. there was absolutely noone.. not a park employee.. not a squirrell.. Nothing!! As I head out of Jurassic Park I start to see some signs of life… but not many…. I see my goal.. Fire and Ice.. and I head into the express line… There was noone in the immediate vicinity that needed express.. and the regular line looked short also.. so I just went by-myself… when I went into the express door… there was really no line at all.. no regular.. no express.. it was a walk on for either side… So.. I chose Fire this time… I went to the last row.. and WOW… what a rush…. I got off and went through the re-entry door and rode Ice.. last row… I did this back and forth at least 6 times… I actually started to get a little dizzy…But I LOVE it…. I decided to head back to the hotel as I have 2 more full days left of riding…… I also had just got a hankering for a cold beer and a good movie… I strolled back to the hotel… Have yet to ride the boat!!! It is about 9:30 and as I am walking out of the park the fireworks start to go off at the studios. It was nice to have them going off in the background as I walked. When I got back to the hotel, I discovered that there is really no-where to buy beer. Except from the bar. There is no grocery/convenience store. This is a bad thing!!! I would overhear people searching to buy milk for their babies and being told they have to get a cup of it at the bar!! Then I remembered my Loews first gift.. which happens to be Beer and nuts… For sure that would be in my room by now! So.. with a happy step I head up to my room… Down the LONG hallway again.. open the door (yes the keys worked this time!) and look around expecting to see beer… Okay.. there’s the $7.00 Evian… but no beer! I had called down earlier to inquire and I was told it would be in my room when I returned this evening. It wasn’t… I called again and was told I had to inquire at the front desk. As I was going to go down in search of adult refreshments, I figured I would stop by now… and I had to also make sure that they knew that my Bosses car was no longer in Valet. I go to the front desk and I am told that I was not entitled to my Loews first gift… I had to explain that I was promised it due to the troubles I had checking in today. They went into the back to “check” and came back out to let me know that I was correct.. and that the gift would be in my room soon. I headed on down to the bar where I made my next discovery… you can only buy one alchoholic beverage per person. Hmmmmm… now I am irish.. and one beer just wasn’t going to cut it. J I wasn’t looking for a case or anything.. two would have held me over nicely for the evening! So… time to be creative… I see that the pool bar is still open.. so.. I head over there and buy my second one… gee… $12 for 2 beers! Hardly seems worth it! Well… My liver thanks Royal Pacific!! LOL!!! I went back up to my room… and enjoyed the fruits of my labor! Then I hit the shower and hit the hay! During the night I could have sworn I heard something rustling about in my suitcase…. I think Mickey was wondering why he still hadn’t been let out of his case…. I am hoping I can keep him under wraps for 2 more days!!! We shall see!!

Day 4 Coming up!

Kathy
 
looking forward to hearing more

hope you got a chance to go in the RPR pool ...its really beautiful:sunny:
 
Really good reports thanks for taking the time to share:jester:
 













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