DisdreamerUK
Earning My Ears
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- Feb 15, 2004
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Family: Jen & Ju 30ish, Daisy 10, Molly 8
Monday 31st May
Blizzard Beach for the day. We all loved the rides, didn't even attempt Summit Plummet, way tooo much of a drop for me!!
Met up with friends in the evening who were staying at Cypress Pointe for a meal at one of the steakhouses nearby.
Tuesday 1st June
Animal Kingdom, got there when it opened and it wasn't too busy. Did most of the rides without FPs, and if you did get one they were about half an hour later. Kilimanjaro Safaris was great, Rapids, Tough to be a Bug but our favourite by far, and just gives you the whole Disney flavour was the Lion King show. Saw the parade and then to the Dinosaur ride, another of our faves - the kids were scared out of their minds but I didn't stop laughing all the way around (with fright or amusement who knows!!)
We went back to the villa for a swim and then we went to Magic Kingdom to see Spectromagic and Wishes, both excellent.
Wednesday 2nd June
Seaworld today and we got the Pepsi offer tickets which meant we had a free meal each and another free drink so it turned out to be quite a cheap day. Really enjoyed all the shows, the girls got picked out to meet Clyde (or was it Seamore?). Journey to Atlantis we all loved, and of course Kraken. Now I'm not a real coaster fan, but if I can go on a plane, I can go on a coaster !!!
Luckily with childswap I didn't have to queue so I was on it before I could change my mind!!!!
Thursday 3rd June
Left villa early as this is the day we were checking into the Royal Pacific for the night. Got there at 8am and luckily they already had a room available. Lovely spacious rooms and the hotel and grounds are lush. Got to IOA by water-taxi by 9am. Best bits for us were definitely the water rides, Jurassic, Dudley Do-Rights and Popeye & Bluto's barges but boy, do you get wet!! Of course, me & Ju had to go on Hulk and Dueling Dragons (girls aren't tall enough yet but they'll be the first in the queue when they are)
Hulk is absolutely immense, I don't think I stopped screaming!!
We saw the Sinbad show and went on Spiderman, and then got a piccie with hime outside afterwards. Girls had some fun in Suess Landing and we went on Poseidons Fury (bit disappointed with that one)
Back to the hotel pool for a dip and revitalisation and then we went to the Hard Rock cafe for a meal.
Friday 4th June
We checked out of the hotel early so we didn't have to bother coming back and then we went straight to Universal Studios. Loads of great rides, our faves include MIB, Back to the Future, Terminator 3D, Jaws & Shrek 3D. Bit disappointed in Twister didn't even feel a bit of breeze? Saw the Indiana Jones show but alas, Revenge of the Mummy had been having technical difficulties for 2 days so wasn't working. So we left the park and went to Margaritaville for a meal, lovely food and atmosphere. We thought we'd go back in to check if Mummy was working and at 6pm it reopened. Wow, won't spoil it for anyone but it is absolutely amazing - the girls (who we thought would be scared) loved it so much we went straight back on it!
A great 2 days at Universal, and the keypasses for hotel guests make you feel like royalty its a definite must, we didn't queue longer than 10 mins for anything.
Monday 31st May
Blizzard Beach for the day. We all loved the rides, didn't even attempt Summit Plummet, way tooo much of a drop for me!!
Met up with friends in the evening who were staying at Cypress Pointe for a meal at one of the steakhouses nearby.
Tuesday 1st June
Animal Kingdom, got there when it opened and it wasn't too busy. Did most of the rides without FPs, and if you did get one they were about half an hour later. Kilimanjaro Safaris was great, Rapids, Tough to be a Bug but our favourite by far, and just gives you the whole Disney flavour was the Lion King show. Saw the parade and then to the Dinosaur ride, another of our faves - the kids were scared out of their minds but I didn't stop laughing all the way around (with fright or amusement who knows!!)
We went back to the villa for a swim and then we went to Magic Kingdom to see Spectromagic and Wishes, both excellent.
Wednesday 2nd June
Seaworld today and we got the Pepsi offer tickets which meant we had a free meal each and another free drink so it turned out to be quite a cheap day. Really enjoyed all the shows, the girls got picked out to meet Clyde (or was it Seamore?). Journey to Atlantis we all loved, and of course Kraken. Now I'm not a real coaster fan, but if I can go on a plane, I can go on a coaster !!!
Luckily with childswap I didn't have to queue so I was on it before I could change my mind!!!!
Thursday 3rd June
Left villa early as this is the day we were checking into the Royal Pacific for the night. Got there at 8am and luckily they already had a room available. Lovely spacious rooms and the hotel and grounds are lush. Got to IOA by water-taxi by 9am. Best bits for us were definitely the water rides, Jurassic, Dudley Do-Rights and Popeye & Bluto's barges but boy, do you get wet!! Of course, me & Ju had to go on Hulk and Dueling Dragons (girls aren't tall enough yet but they'll be the first in the queue when they are)
Hulk is absolutely immense, I don't think I stopped screaming!!
We saw the Sinbad show and went on Spiderman, and then got a piccie with hime outside afterwards. Girls had some fun in Suess Landing and we went on Poseidons Fury (bit disappointed with that one)
Back to the hotel pool for a dip and revitalisation and then we went to the Hard Rock cafe for a meal.
Friday 4th June
We checked out of the hotel early so we didn't have to bother coming back and then we went straight to Universal Studios. Loads of great rides, our faves include MIB, Back to the Future, Terminator 3D, Jaws & Shrek 3D. Bit disappointed in Twister didn't even feel a bit of breeze? Saw the Indiana Jones show but alas, Revenge of the Mummy had been having technical difficulties for 2 days so wasn't working. So we left the park and went to Margaritaville for a meal, lovely food and atmosphere. We thought we'd go back in to check if Mummy was working and at 6pm it reopened. Wow, won't spoil it for anyone but it is absolutely amazing - the girls (who we thought would be scared) loved it so much we went straight back on it!
A great 2 days at Universal, and the keypasses for hotel guests make you feel like royalty its a definite must, we didn't queue longer than 10 mins for anything.
