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Libbys Trip Day 9 Royal Pacific Resort and Universal Studios
Cast Me 43 in love with Mickey Mouse
DH (of 20 years) 43
DS 14 cynical teenager
DD 11 a stroppy little madam
Location 14 day holiday at Windsor Palms with 1 night trip to Royal Pacific Resort
Date August 11th to 25th 2005
Friday 19th August
We have to check out this morning and theres still no sign of the fruit and water we should have had from registering with Loews. Only being here for one night I really cant be bothered to chase it up nor do I complain when my Daily Mail is a New York Times.
Were all packed up and ready to go by 9am. Express checkout is easy and DH takes the bag to the car before meeting us for a breakfast of sticky buns and juice in the lounge.
We take the water taxi to City Walk and have a brief look around the shops before going to Universal Studios. DH has the video camera with him today so we are quite slow moving as we have to wait for him at times.
We all go on Men in Black (DS has to control the locker as the machine wont read DHs finger print). I got quite a lot of points for shooting the Cat in the Hat. We all hold our breath on getting off but DD doesnt strop over her low score on this ride. The others go on Back to the Future (a ride I used to like until I looked over the edge of the car and saw all these other little cars below me I dont like heights).
We had lunch at the International Food and Film Festival. Again good food, but not so clean tables. There was a woman cleaning our table while we were using it, there were empty dirty tables but she was ignoring them. She picked up the map wed marked our must dos on and started telling us we must go to Beetle Juice.
After lunch we have a mooch around Kidzone. The kids ride Woody Woodpeckers Nuthouse Coaster and then DD gets soaked at the Curious George area. (Shes not too happy at this).
We all ride Jaws (the FOTL was particularly wonderful here) before going straight onto Earthquake. A little girl is freaking out in the row behind me which unnerves DD a little.
I now wish I could do my favourite Kongfontation but alas its no more.
I want to go to the Horror Makeup Show. But the rest of the family arent so keen. As Ive never seen this I insist we go and they were all glad we did. It is the funniest show Ive seen at the parks I had tears of laughter streaming down my face. I dont know if the lady volunteer was a stooge or not, but she was very, very good.
After the show the boys go off to ride the Mummy and DD and I go to Schwabs Pharmacy for ice cream. We sit inside to eat them and to wait for the boys out of the heat. A car carrying a few characters, including Popeye and Lucille Ball stops outside. The characters go and take up various positions for character greetings and Lucille Ball and a man (her husband?) stop in our doorway. One or two people have their photos taken with her, she was a good likeness, but mostly shes just blocking the doorway.
One American woman needs to get out of the pharmacy and as she passes Lucille the woman curtsied! (I dont think she was joking.)
The characters move off again just as the boys return. We look around the shops and DD has her photo taken with Woody Woodpecker. We then head off to IOA to ride Spiderman before leaving Universal.
Back at the water taxi there is a long queue for RPR. Our room keys are checked as priority is given to guests. Everyone waiting has a room key but we all manage to fit on. Back at the hotel we have a restroom stop before going to the car.
On the way home I want to visit Michaels craft shop, but we get lost and find ourselves heading towards Disney on the I4. As we are now driving through heavy rain and an overhead thunder storm I think its better we carry on than go back to find the shop.
We arrive back at the villa to hear beeping. We work out that its one of the pool alarms. I phone the management company who tell be to remove the battery and theyll pop by and fit a new one as soon as they can. (I was a little nervous that Id get fined for tampering with a pool alarm!)
At 6pm after a bit of a rest we head out to the supermarket and buy snacky food for tea. After tea I play with the waste disposal unit (weve not had one since we were first married and living in our first flat). We then have a very enjoyable evening of not doing anything in particular.
Libby
Cast Me 43 in love with Mickey Mouse
DH (of 20 years) 43
DS 14 cynical teenager
DD 11 a stroppy little madam
Location 14 day holiday at Windsor Palms with 1 night trip to Royal Pacific Resort
Date August 11th to 25th 2005
Friday 19th August
We have to check out this morning and theres still no sign of the fruit and water we should have had from registering with Loews. Only being here for one night I really cant be bothered to chase it up nor do I complain when my Daily Mail is a New York Times.
Were all packed up and ready to go by 9am. Express checkout is easy and DH takes the bag to the car before meeting us for a breakfast of sticky buns and juice in the lounge.
We take the water taxi to City Walk and have a brief look around the shops before going to Universal Studios. DH has the video camera with him today so we are quite slow moving as we have to wait for him at times.
We all go on Men in Black (DS has to control the locker as the machine wont read DHs finger print). I got quite a lot of points for shooting the Cat in the Hat. We all hold our breath on getting off but DD doesnt strop over her low score on this ride. The others go on Back to the Future (a ride I used to like until I looked over the edge of the car and saw all these other little cars below me I dont like heights).
We had lunch at the International Food and Film Festival. Again good food, but not so clean tables. There was a woman cleaning our table while we were using it, there were empty dirty tables but she was ignoring them. She picked up the map wed marked our must dos on and started telling us we must go to Beetle Juice.
After lunch we have a mooch around Kidzone. The kids ride Woody Woodpeckers Nuthouse Coaster and then DD gets soaked at the Curious George area. (Shes not too happy at this).
We all ride Jaws (the FOTL was particularly wonderful here) before going straight onto Earthquake. A little girl is freaking out in the row behind me which unnerves DD a little.
I now wish I could do my favourite Kongfontation but alas its no more.
I want to go to the Horror Makeup Show. But the rest of the family arent so keen. As Ive never seen this I insist we go and they were all glad we did. It is the funniest show Ive seen at the parks I had tears of laughter streaming down my face. I dont know if the lady volunteer was a stooge or not, but she was very, very good.
After the show the boys go off to ride the Mummy and DD and I go to Schwabs Pharmacy for ice cream. We sit inside to eat them and to wait for the boys out of the heat. A car carrying a few characters, including Popeye and Lucille Ball stops outside. The characters go and take up various positions for character greetings and Lucille Ball and a man (her husband?) stop in our doorway. One or two people have their photos taken with her, she was a good likeness, but mostly shes just blocking the doorway.
One American woman needs to get out of the pharmacy and as she passes Lucille the woman curtsied! (I dont think she was joking.)
The characters move off again just as the boys return. We look around the shops and DD has her photo taken with Woody Woodpecker. We then head off to IOA to ride Spiderman before leaving Universal.
Back at the water taxi there is a long queue for RPR. Our room keys are checked as priority is given to guests. Everyone waiting has a room key but we all manage to fit on. Back at the hotel we have a restroom stop before going to the car.
On the way home I want to visit Michaels craft shop, but we get lost and find ourselves heading towards Disney on the I4. As we are now driving through heavy rain and an overhead thunder storm I think its better we carry on than go back to find the shop.
We arrive back at the villa to hear beeping. We work out that its one of the pool alarms. I phone the management company who tell be to remove the battery and theyll pop by and fit a new one as soon as they can. (I was a little nervous that Id get fined for tampering with a pool alarm!)
At 6pm after a bit of a rest we head out to the supermarket and buy snacky food for tea. After tea I play with the waste disposal unit (weve not had one since we were first married and living in our first flat). We then have a very enjoyable evening of not doing anything in particular.
Libby
