Had a fantastic 2 weeks.
High points
- seeing children's faces as we saw Magic Kingdom/Mickey Mouse/Winnie the Pooh etc.
- getting free Sea World 2nd day and then meeting friends there (and the tickets have our photo on so make a nice souvenir)
- almost no waits apart from this Monday - see below (max 15 minutes all but one day): went round twice on Kali River Rapids as no-one waiting, boards in IOA showing 0 minutes wait for all rides (they haven't got 0 so they had to use 10 but moving it so you couldn't see the 1)
- getting full autograph books again with almost no waits
- at Roadhouse Grill (on 192 west of Walmart/Mediaeval Times - on eastbound carriageway) had excellent meal, includes buckets of peanuts in their shells (how do they get them salted?) and persuading the kids that it's ok to throw the shells on the floor
- Tower of Terror at MGM, Terminator 2 3D at Universal, Spider Man ride at IOA, Lion King show at Animal Kingdom - amazing/incredible/stunning
- and most of all renewing our marriage vows, same place, same time, same JOP as 10 years before
Low points
- 1 day solid rain (avg Nov rainfall in Orlando around 1.5", Sat 16 Nov 1.45"!)
- going to Magic Kingdom on Monday 25th - big mistake as heaving with people including Miss Pre-teen America contestants. Went straight to Winnie the Pooh at 9.00am for 10 minute wait, by the time we came out queue was 45 minutes! Used Fastpass for Buzz Lightyear, Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain then went home at lunchtime - queues were then 90 minutes plus for everything. (I can't understand why people would queue for 95 minutes when Fastpass slots were available within an hour).
- and most of all coming home
Points to ponder
- why do they have speed limits that change by 5 mph every few hundred yards? You need an observer just for that
- do the American's appreciate that although they won the Cold War they have been successfully invaded by eastern Europeans - who are everywhere? Perhaps not the place for a socio-economic-political discussion about this.
High points
- seeing children's faces as we saw Magic Kingdom/Mickey Mouse/Winnie the Pooh etc.
- getting free Sea World 2nd day and then meeting friends there (and the tickets have our photo on so make a nice souvenir)
- almost no waits apart from this Monday - see below (max 15 minutes all but one day): went round twice on Kali River Rapids as no-one waiting, boards in IOA showing 0 minutes wait for all rides (they haven't got 0 so they had to use 10 but moving it so you couldn't see the 1)
- getting full autograph books again with almost no waits
- at Roadhouse Grill (on 192 west of Walmart/Mediaeval Times - on eastbound carriageway) had excellent meal, includes buckets of peanuts in their shells (how do they get them salted?) and persuading the kids that it's ok to throw the shells on the floor
- Tower of Terror at MGM, Terminator 2 3D at Universal, Spider Man ride at IOA, Lion King show at Animal Kingdom - amazing/incredible/stunning
- and most of all renewing our marriage vows, same place, same time, same JOP as 10 years before
Low points
- 1 day solid rain (avg Nov rainfall in Orlando around 1.5", Sat 16 Nov 1.45"!)
- going to Magic Kingdom on Monday 25th - big mistake as heaving with people including Miss Pre-teen America contestants. Went straight to Winnie the Pooh at 9.00am for 10 minute wait, by the time we came out queue was 45 minutes! Used Fastpass for Buzz Lightyear, Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain then went home at lunchtime - queues were then 90 minutes plus for everything. (I can't understand why people would queue for 95 minutes when Fastpass slots were available within an hour).
- and most of all coming home
Points to ponder
- why do they have speed limits that change by 5 mph every few hundred yards? You need an observer just for that
- do the American's appreciate that although they won the Cold War they have been successfully invaded by eastern Europeans - who are everywhere? Perhaps not the place for a socio-economic-political discussion about this.
It's interesting to read your thoughts.I really like the sound of the restaurant with the peanuts! I've never heard of it before
