Orlando Trip 12 - 14 And The End

JODY71

Earning My Ears
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I THINK I HAVE GOTTEN MY DAYS MIXED UP BUT THEY ARE ALL IN ORDER JUST THE NUMBER AS GONE WRONG, OH WELL....

RICH WOKE ME UP BY PUTTING ON THE TV, I COULD OF SLEPT A FEW MORE HOURS.
WE WENT TO THE VILLAGE INN NEXT DOOR AND HAD BREAKFAST. I HAD A BACON AND MUSHROOM OMLETTE BUT IT WAS COVERED IN THIS CHEESY SAUCE. IT WAS REALLY SICKLY AND WISH I HADN'T HAD IT. IT UPSET MY STOMACHE.
WE WERE TRYING TO FIND THE LOCAL K-MART BUT GOT PART DIRECTED TO FIND WALMART SO WE GAVE UP AND STAYED ON I-DRIVE AND LOOKED AT THE SHOPS. THEN IT HAD TO HAPPEN STUCK BY NO LOOS AT ALL MY TUMMY STARTED. SPOTTED A BURGER KING AND MADE A MAD DASH FOR IT ACROSS THE ROAD. I HAVE IBS SO I KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.
RICH WAS CALLING ME NAMES AND SAYING I WAS STUPID AND SPOILING IT FOR US ALL, HE WAS IN A FOAL MOOD THIS DAY. WE FOUND A DOLLAR SHOP WHICH ARE SHANES FAVOURITES BUT I WAS TO SICK TO LOOK I JUST HUNG AROUND OUTSIDE FEELING SORRY FORMYSELF AND TRYING TO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER AND DRINKING LOTS OF WATER.
RICH THEN WANTED TO LOOK AROUND DESIGNER BELZ SO I GAVE HIM A LOAD OF ABUSE FOR EARLIER AND HE CHILLED A LITTLE. HE BROUGHT HIMSELF A RALH LAUREN JUMPER AND WAS HAPPY. I STARTED TO FEEL A LITTLE BETTER UNTIL I CAME ACROSS MORE LOOS.
I MADE IT BELZ LOOS AND WAS COMFERTETED. I KNEW I WAS BAD AS I DIDN'T WANT TO SHOP. DID MAKE THE UNIVERSAL SHOP TO GET SHANE A T-SHIRT FOR THE UNIVERSAL TOMORROW.. WE WAS MAKING OUR WAY BACK TO THE HOTEL THEN THE TROLLEY BROKE DOWN SO WE HAD TO WAIT. I WAS OKISH NOW SO WASN'T TO ALARMED. I SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY IN BED. RICH WENT TO SUB AND I MANAGED A HAM SUB. I BRAVED A WALK TO THE BARGAIN WORLD SHOP BY THE HOTEL SO SHANE COULD GET SOME AIR.

DAY 13

MAD RUSH TIME AGAIN AS WE HAD ONLY HALF AN HOUR TO MEET THE TRANSFER.IT WAS LATE AS USUAL. WE GOT TO UNIVERSAL JUST AS IT WAS OPENING. I STILL DIDN'T FEEL TO WELL IN MY TUMMY SO I DECIDED TO TAKE IT EASY UNTIL I FELT OK. ONLY ONE SECTION WAS OPEN SO WE FOUND ET RIDE AND MAKING SURE IT WASN'T TO FAST I DID IT. SHANE LOVED IT. THERE WAS A BIG PLAYGROUND NEAR BY SO THE BIG KIDS WENT TO PLAY, SHANE FELL OFF A SLIDE AND RICH BANGED HIS HEAD, TWO POORLY BOYS AND ME....
WE HEADED FOR THE BACK TO THE FUTURE, I SAT IT OUT. I LOVE THIS RIDE AND DID IT IN LA SO I WASN'T TO PUT OUT. IT WAS REALY COLD AND WINDY SITTING WAITING. I WOULD OF LOOKED AROUND THE BTTF SHOP BUT IT WAS SHUT ALL DAY. THEY LOVED IT. THEN MEN IN BLACK WAS SPOTTED SO SHANE RAN OVER, I SAT THIS OUT ALSO. THE SHOP WAS OPEN SO I WAS HAPPY. I GOT SHANE A KEYRING AND PRESSED PENNIES FOR HIS COLLECTION. AS WE LEFT THE MEN IN BLACK CAR PULLED UP AND THE ALIEN AND TWO AGENTS GOT OUT. SHANE WENT OVER FOR HIS PHOTO AND THEY CALLING HIM HARRY POTTER AS HE WEARS GLASSES. THE BOYS WERE ONLY DRESSED IN SHORTS AND IT WAS BITTER. RICHARD ENDED UP BUYING A FLEECE AS IT WAS TURNING. IT TAKES A LOT FOR HIM TO ADMIT ITS COLD. WE WERE GONNA RIDE JAWS BUT THE MAN SAID WE'D GET WET AND IT WAS TOO COLD FOR MORE WET KNICKERS SO WE LEFT. I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING WET IN LA. I THOUGHT THE PARK WAS A LOT DIFFERENT TO CALIFORNIA.
WE RODE EARTHQUAKE, I HAD WARNED SHANE WHAT WAS INVOLVED TO SAVE HIM GETTING SCARED. I WAS IN AWE I THINK THEY REALLY LIKED IT. WE WERE AT THE END OF THE CARRIGE SO DIDN'T GET THE FULL EFFECT OF THE LORRY FALLING DOWN.
WE WERE JUST HAMBLING AROUND NEW YORK AND WE SAW A SIGN FOR SANTA SO SHANE WENT IN FOR HIS PHOTO. ON AND AROUND THE CORNER AND A GHOSTBUSTER SHOW WAS STARTING FEATURING BEETLEJUICE. BEETLEJUICE HAD PUT ON A SPELL ON THE G BUSTERS AND MADE THEM SING AND DANCE. IT WAS REALLY FUNNY. SHANE MAMGED TO GET HIS PHOTO TAKEN WITH THEM ALL.
OK ANYONE GETTING EXCITED TO DO TWISTER - DON'T. THE HYPE UP TO IT WAS BETTER, THERE WASN'T A LOT INSIDE. THE WIND THAT OPENED THE DOOR INTO THE SHOP WAS STRONGER. NONE OF US WERE IMPRESSED WITH THIS. I HAD EVEN TIED MY HOOD ON INCASE.......
WE WERE ENJOYING THE DRYNESS, NO RAIN FORECAST BUT IT WAS COLD.
WE SAW A QUEUE IN THE NICKELODIAN SHOP SO WE WAITED AND SPONGEBOB APPEARED SO SHANE HAD HIS PHOTO AGAIN. I REMEMBERED WE HADN'T SEEN TERMINATOR 3D. I WAS A BIT WORRIED ABOUT SHANE SEEING IT AS IT WAS PG 13. IT WASN'T TOO BAD FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN DESCRETION WAS NEEDED. THE FILM WAS BRILL WITH THE 3D AND REAL ACTORS POPPING IN AND OUT OF THE SCREEN. I WAS THE BEST 3D I HAD SEEN. 10/10 FOR THIS ONE.
BELLY TIME, I DECIDED TO TREAT OURSELVES AND GO TO THE HARD ROCK CAFE. IT WAS IN CITYWALK AND WE JUST HAD TO GET OUR HANDS STAMPED TO GET BACK IN. RICH AND I HAD THE CHICKEN CLUB WHICH WAS NICE AND SHANE HAD HOTDOG. HE HAD A LITTLE PACK WITH US WITH BASICALLY RUBBISH ADVERTISING STUFF BUT IT WAS NICE FOR HIM. THE FOOD WAS LOVELY.
BACK INTO THE PARK AND IT WAS WAITING TIME FOR THE MACY HOLIDAY PARADE. WE HAD THE PARADE FAMILY FROM HELL NEXT TO US WHO THOUGHT IT VERY SELFISH TO KEEP GETTING IN EVERYONES WAY. I HAD TO SEND RICH AROUND IN FRONT OF THEM TO DO THE VIDEOING. I PRACTICALLY HAD TO KNEEL ON THE FLOOR AND LOOK UP PAST THE MAN AND CRAWL ONTO THE ROAD TO TAKE PHOTOS WHICH LFT SHANE MAONING COS HE COULDN'T SEE THEN. WHEN FRED FLINSTONE WENT PAST I SHOUTED TO HIM YABBA DABA DO - WHY I DON'Y KNOW AND HE SHOUTS BACK YEAH THATS HOW IT GOES, I EMBARRASSED MYSELF. SHANE ASKED ME WHY ID DI IT - IT POPPED OUT.
THE PARADE ITSELF WAS LONG AND VERY GOOD. SHANE ALSO GOT TO MEET ELIZA AND DONNI FORM THE THORNBERRIES AND BULLWINKLE WHO DECIDED TO STRIP SHANE OFF HIS MICKEY FLEECE ZIP UP TO REVEAL HIS UNIVERSAL T-SHIRT AND WAS GONNA RUNOFF WITH HIS BAG IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS AUTOGRAPH.
THE PARK WAS GONNA SHUT SO WE GRABBED A COFFEE TO KEEP WARM BUT IT WAS FOUL BUT IT KEPT MY HAND WARM. WE HAD AN HOUR TO KILL BEFORE THE BUS SO WE HAD A LOOK AROUND CITYWALK, THE IDEA WAS TRYING TO KEEP WARM BY LOOKING IN THE FEW SHOPS THAT WERE THER, BUT SHANE KEPT NEEDING A WEE, BLESS HIM THE COLD WAS GETTING TO HIM. IT WAS DELIGHTFUL TO GET INTO THE HOTEL WHERE IT WAS WARM.

DAY WHATEVER..

I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS REALLY KEEN TO GET UP, BUT MY HAIR NEEDED WASHING AND SHANE NEEDE HIS BATH. RICH ATTEMPTED SCRAMBLED EGGS IN THE MICROWAVE BUT HIS IDEA TRYING TO BOIL EGGS IN THE COFFEE PERCULATOR WAS JUST A TAD ADVENTUROUS.
WHEN WE FIANLLY GOT READY IT WAS AFTER 10:30. THER EWERE SEROIS SHOPPING TO DO. WE GOT DIRECTIONS FOR K-MART THIS TIME AND WE FOUND IT. ANYONE INTERESTED GET ON THE I-DRIVE AND GET OFF THE TROLLEY AT NO.22, WALK LEFT PAST THE BIG MC.D'S ONTO SANDLAKE ROAD, KEEP GOING TO A GARAGE THEN TURN RIGHT. YOU WILL BE ON TURKEY LAKE RD AND IT ON THE RIGHT. JUST DON'T EAT THERE THE FOOD IS CRAP. I PICKED UP SOME XMAS DECS FOR ME AND MY XMAS MAD MOM AND SHANE HAD SOME 3D FELTS. I WAS HOPING IT WOULD BE AS GOOD AS THE ONE I WENT TO IN CALIFORNIA. IT WAS BIGGER BUT THE XMAS STUFF WASN'T A PATCH. 3 BAGS LATER WE TOOK THEM BACK TO THE HOTEL.
RICH WANTED TO BELZ FOR MORE LEVIS SO OFF WE WENT AGIAN, HE WENT HIS WAY AND SHANE AND I WENT TO THE DISNEY AND UNIVERSAL SHOP. I GOT MY LAST GIFTS FOR ME...
WE NEEDE A NEW CASE AFTER RICHS CASE HAD PRACTICALLY FELL APART AND OPTED FOR A BIG HOLD ALL ON WHEELS. BACK TO THE HOTEL.
WE CHOSE SIZZLERS FOR DINNER WHICH AS TO BE THE BEST, TYPICALLY CHOSEN ON THE LAST NIGHT. $9 FOR A BUFFET ALL I COULD EAT FROM THE SALAD BAR. IT WASN'T JUST SALAD IT HAD VEG FAINT),AND PUDDINGS. I DIDN'T MAKE A PIG OF MYSELF JUST ATE ENOUGH.
WE WERE OPPOSITE THE POINTE ORLANDO AND DECIDED TO GO TO THE PICTURES. SANTA CLAUSE 2 WAS STARTING SO WENT TO THAT SHOWING. THE FILM WAS REALLY GOOD.
NOW FOR THE SAD PART OF PACKING UP THE BAGS. DESPITE HAVING THE BIG BAG WE STILL HAD AN EXTRA HOLDALL FOR MY PLUSH.

HOMEWARD BOUND......................

NO RUSH TO GET UP, DIDN'T WANT TO GO. MOST OF THE STUFF WAS PACKED AND WE WERE OK UNTIL 11 SO AS IT WAS NICE THEBOYS WENT FOR THEIR FIRST DIP IN THE POOL, HEATED I MAY ADD. I WATCHED AS I DON'T DO WATER VERY WELL.
WE STORED OUR BAGS FOR THE FEW HOURS WE WAITED AND I TOOK SHANE TO THE BIG SHOP FOR LAST MINUTE SUFF WE COULDN'T FIT IN THE BAGS...... I WAS GOOD AND ONLY HAD ANOTHER EEYORE T-SHIRT.
WE HAD TIME FOR LUNCH SO POPPED NEXTDOOR TO THE VILLAGE INN FOR A CLUB SANDWICH. THIS IS THE ONLY THING I LIKED FROM THERE.
THE COACH WAS ON TIME AND IT WAS TIME TO SAY BYE TO THE HOTEL AND FLORIDA. I DIDN'T CRY...
THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME TO KILL AND MORE SHOPS......
WE WERE GONNA BE $100 EXCESS JUST FOR 4 EXTRA KG SO WE HAD TO DO SOME SWOPPING AND CHANGING UNTIL WE GOT THE CORRECT WEIGHT. HOW EMBARRASING.NOW I WAS ON THE WAY HOME I WANTED TO GET BACK AND SEE MY CAT TAZ. I MISSED HIM LOTS. THE FLIGHT WAS OK AND THE TRAIN TO READING WAS FINE THEN THE TRAIN TO BIRMINGHAM WAS A PAIN.
HOME AND ALL THAT UNPACKING.....

SUMMERY
RICH DH (28)
ME JODY AND AUTHOR (31)
SHANE DS (6)


I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. THE RAIN WAS A PAIN BUT I AM BRITISH I AM USED TO IT. I WOULD DEFFO GO AGAIN... ANYONE OFFERING!!!!!!
 















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