My husband and I took our first solo vacation last week to Orlando. We stayed at the Hilton Grand Vacation Club at Sea World and it was incredibly nice. The weather was perfect! No rain, mid 80's and no humidity, perfect.
We spent a lot of time at the World Cup of Paintball tournament at Wide World of Sports, which my husband loved and we did get him a lot of shirts and paintball supplies for a fraction of what we normally pay.
We spent an evening at DisneyQuest, it was nearly deserted. That was really great not having to wait in line for attractions and games. Played one game of the crane thing and won an Elmo!And the cheesecake was still great of course.
We paid our first visit to MGM, and we really liked it. Tower of Terror stole my breath! My husband laughed the entire time because he said I looked absolutely terrified (I was!). I was a little disappointed with Rock-N-Roller coaster, after the launch I thought it was sort of boring and rough. We loved the Muppets and Fantasmic was just incredible. I thought the Drew Carey thing a little pointless. Star-Wars was neat but made me a little queasy. Indiana Jones was really cool, best stunt show I've seen. We ate at Sci-Fi and that was a really neat place, food was okay too. No waiting in lines really so that's a definite plus. Also, bought my first park entrance picture and a really cute wooden frame for it.
We went to Halloween Horror Nights twice, and I was really scared the first night. I love horror movies but things like that really make me jump. My husband had a great time watching me be scared! I must have looked like an easy target because "things" jumped at me from everywhere! My heart was pounding by the time we left. It was really fun though so we hope to go again next year. It was really packed, thank goodness for express passes!
We ate out every night, but I think we enjoyed our meal best at Planet Hollywood at Downtown Disney. It was a really fun atmosphere and the food was great. I had avoided it before because we ate at the PH in Wash D.C. and it was boring and the food was just so-so. We ate at Landry's Seafood, definitely won't go there again, service was awful, portions were small and the food was just okay (we ate there in '99 and thought it was terrific, but ate there last year and were disappointed so after another disappointment....). Hardrock was good and NBA City had the best ceasar salad.
Spent 1 day at Universal/IOA just riding our favorites. Ate at Confisco's Grill at IOA, that was really good. Got to ride MIB by ourselves so I bought the picture, we both look so serious, lol. Rode the Mummy several times, that's a great ride. The Horror Make-up Show was especially funny this time. Rode Spider-Man a ton, perhaps the best ride ever. My husband realized he has gained a "few" pounds since July as he had to sit in the "big" seat for Dueling Dragons and was not able to ride in the front with me. Pretty much walked onto most of the rides which is great.
Even though I prefer the Universal parks to Disney, I have to say that I really like Downtown Disney much better than City Walk. Not only is it much easier to get to but it has a lot more to offer.
We really want to try the Comedy Warehouse next trip. Bought my husband an ESPN hockey jersey at the Disney Sports store.
We saw the movies The Grudge and Saw while we were there, and really liked them both.
I guess that about sums it up. We had a wonderful trip.
We spent a lot of time at the World Cup of Paintball tournament at Wide World of Sports, which my husband loved and we did get him a lot of shirts and paintball supplies for a fraction of what we normally pay.
We spent an evening at DisneyQuest, it was nearly deserted. That was really great not having to wait in line for attractions and games. Played one game of the crane thing and won an Elmo!And the cheesecake was still great of course.
We paid our first visit to MGM, and we really liked it. Tower of Terror stole my breath! My husband laughed the entire time because he said I looked absolutely terrified (I was!). I was a little disappointed with Rock-N-Roller coaster, after the launch I thought it was sort of boring and rough. We loved the Muppets and Fantasmic was just incredible. I thought the Drew Carey thing a little pointless. Star-Wars was neat but made me a little queasy. Indiana Jones was really cool, best stunt show I've seen. We ate at Sci-Fi and that was a really neat place, food was okay too. No waiting in lines really so that's a definite plus. Also, bought my first park entrance picture and a really cute wooden frame for it.
We went to Halloween Horror Nights twice, and I was really scared the first night. I love horror movies but things like that really make me jump. My husband had a great time watching me be scared! I must have looked like an easy target because "things" jumped at me from everywhere! My heart was pounding by the time we left. It was really fun though so we hope to go again next year. It was really packed, thank goodness for express passes!
We ate out every night, but I think we enjoyed our meal best at Planet Hollywood at Downtown Disney. It was a really fun atmosphere and the food was great. I had avoided it before because we ate at the PH in Wash D.C. and it was boring and the food was just so-so. We ate at Landry's Seafood, definitely won't go there again, service was awful, portions were small and the food was just okay (we ate there in '99 and thought it was terrific, but ate there last year and were disappointed so after another disappointment....). Hardrock was good and NBA City had the best ceasar salad.
Spent 1 day at Universal/IOA just riding our favorites. Ate at Confisco's Grill at IOA, that was really good. Got to ride MIB by ourselves so I bought the picture, we both look so serious, lol. Rode the Mummy several times, that's a great ride. The Horror Make-up Show was especially funny this time. Rode Spider-Man a ton, perhaps the best ride ever. My husband realized he has gained a "few" pounds since July as he had to sit in the "big" seat for Dueling Dragons and was not able to ride in the front with me. Pretty much walked onto most of the rides which is great.
Even though I prefer the Universal parks to Disney, I have to say that I really like Downtown Disney much better than City Walk. Not only is it much easier to get to but it has a lot more to offer.
We really want to try the Comedy Warehouse next trip. Bought my husband an ESPN hockey jersey at the Disney Sports store.
We saw the movies The Grudge and Saw while we were there, and really liked them both.
I guess that about sums it up. We had a wonderful trip.
