Just the two of us. Part 7

[ely3857]

Part 7 Day 4 Monday 02nd October

Gavin had set an alarm call today for 09.00 as we were going to Typhoon Lagoon and it didn’t open until 10.00 so there was no rush but we were woken up by housekeeping at 08.40 so decided to get up and have some breakfast before we left.

Cheese Omelette - $6.49
Chocolate Croissant - $2.79
Cinnamon Roll - $2.59
Cappuccino - $3.19
Tax - $0.98

Total - $16.04

Set off for Typhoon Lagoon at 09.40 and were at the entrance at 09.55. Once inside we had a Photopass picture taken. At the water parks the photographers give you a different photo pass card, It is around ¼ of the size of the other credit card sized one’s and has a wrist band so you can wear it on the slides.

I needed to buy some shorts to wear in the water and found some red ones at Singapore Sals and $34.08 later I was ready for action. Gavin can’t swim and hates getting wet so he was on photo taking/towel carrying duty today.

First up was Keelhaul Falls, I had two goes on this then onto Mayday Falls for one ride. I would have gone on more as there was no queue but the trek up took forever!

Humunga Kowabunga was next, when I got to the top I had seconds thoughts but figured riding was the quickest way down. I was glad of the shorts as they preserved my dignity after the wedgy obtained from this slide!

Storm Slides next, I rode two out of the three but by now my legs were aching from walking up 100’s of stairs and I couldn’t face another hike to go on the third slide.

All of these slides done we headed home. We were only at Typhoon Lagoon for about an hour but everything was a walk on, in July or August you would struggle to ride six times in a full day! If Gavin didn’t hate this so much I would relax for while reading then after lunch go for another slide run but he had been very patient so off we went.

Back at Pop I put some washing on, I certainly hadn’t intended on doing any washing but some of the clothes we needed to wear again were a bit grubby.
Sat by the Hippy Dippy pool drinking refills until the washing was done then back to our room where I updated my notes and Gavin played on his PSP.

Hungry, about 13.00 we headed to Everything Pop for lunch.

Chicken Strips Basket - $6.69
Meatball Sub - $6.19
Side Fries - $1.99
Tax - $0.97

Total - $15.84

 

[ely3857]

As we had a free afternoon we decided to go to Seaworld. This wasn’t in our original plans as it isn’t a priority for us so this afternoon would be our only visit.

Arrived around 14.00 and went directly to Journey to Atlantis, we hadn’t ridden this last year as the wait time was 90 mins which is way over my max wait time for a ride. This year it was a walk on. So we did, twice!

After our soaking we went through the Penguin Encounter then walked over to Wild Artic. Lastly we went to the Anheuser-Busch hospitality centre. Gavin was so chuffed with his free beer he bought a Budweiser hat! $21.29.

With very tired legs we headed back to Pop at 16.30 with a quick stop for petrol (around £20 to fill her up!) and got home around 17.00.

I spent a while looking at our Photopass pictures online, they weren’t all on yet it seems there is about a 36 hour delay. Online you can make enhancements such as signatures and logo’s but these are only for the online pictures and if you have any individual prints made but you cannot get them on the cd anymore. When you look at the buy cd option it tells you this many times and you have to tick a box to say you understand!

At 19.00 we headed back out and went to Passage to India on the 192. We ate here three times last year and we were both looking forward to tonight. Sadly it failed to live up to our expectiations. I forgot to keep the receipt but it was around $65.00 not including tip for Chicken Tikka Massala , Vegetable Mahkri, Onion Bhaji, Poppodoms, Garlic Naan and two soft drinks. I wont put the pictures up as you may never eat curry again. We shouldn’t have stayed, as soon as we walked in we were unimpressed and both ate hardly anything once our food arrived as it looked and smelt disgusting. We could have complained but we really didn’t want to stay any longer than necessary waiting for our food to be replaced.

A little downhearted we drove home and had a couple of drinks at Petals $28.76 for a Mango Margarita and a draft Budweiser X2. Before we went to bed I spent a few dollars on souvenirs, a couple of Pins, a new Lanyard and a Pop Century mug $30.84. Bed around 22.30.

Mug Refills - 4 Each
Weather - Cloudy early on but after the sun was out it was 89 degrees with a little breeze.



Jodie

PART 8 HERE

 

[natalielongstaff]

the weather sounds great jodie and your photos are excellent

 

[Minniespal]

An excellent day

 

[mandymouse]

Another great day, it looks like you had lots of fun at Typhoon Lagoon

 

[florida sun]

What a shame about your meal. Jodie are you saying that the photopass cd's are no longer available to purchase at the parks, or is this just online??

Great day

 

[ely3857]

What a shame about your meal. Jodie are you saying that the photopass cd's are no longer available to purchase at the parks, or is this just online??

Great day

You can buy them online or at Epcot or Grand Floridian, wherever you buy the cd though they will not have logo's or borders on them.



Jodie

 

[florida sun]

You can buy them online or at Epcot or Grand Floridian, wherever you buy the cd though they will not have logo's or borders on them.



Jodie

Oh thanks Jodie, I misunderstood what you said in your report, thats great news thank you

 

[KayleeUK]

Another busy day

 

[Girlsontour]

Love TL........hate curries Never even thought about the Photpass thingy so i will have to look into it for next year.

 

[Strommie]

Loving your photos pity about the curries

 

[cazzie]

Another great day, we were there for a week the same time as you and it certainly was hot.

 

[wils]

What a shame about your dinner - one to avoid I guess!

 

[Cyrano]

Shame about the meal In spite of this every photo you are both smiling. I'm sure that's what we'll be like when we go to WDW

 

[arieljasmine]

Another great day, Jodie. Thanks for the penguin pic, they are my favourite Sorry to hear about the food, I love a good curry, but that obviously wasn't a good curry. We were there at the same time as you too and I think it was the hottest weather we've had in September. I kept saying to Andy, I wonder when Jodie is getting married

ArielJasmine

 

[jockey]

Another great day!

 

[jjk]

Fun day at TL,shame about the curry we drove past and thought about eating here every day of our holiday in august glad we gave it a miss now

 

[angel659]

Hi

Lovely photos.

Atlantis was a great ride a water ride that turned into a mini coaster. My daughters face was a picture bless her.

 

[Lisash]

Another busy day. I love Wild Arctic it's great on a really hot day

 

[Ware Bears]

Love your photos