Something About Nothing..........#11

[macraven]

Glad to see everyone is alive and well, over here!

I'm gearing up for my trip, and was thinking about all those darkside people, since half my trip will be at the darkside.

are you all hitting the potter gala thing at the end of the month?
seems like a lot of the homies are going then.


i'm not a parry hotter fan like some are and get my potter fix in the fall.
but son and i went last january for him to get his potter fix.
we even got the Bluer family to join us.
Bluer was our translator.


have a grand time and show us some pictures when you return!

my son and his wife are doing their honeymoon on a split motherland/darkside at the end of this month.

since you know what i look like, and if you see a dude that looks like me,
go up and tell him "hey"

 

[macraven]

Yep, first weekend. We need them to release the lineup already so I can book more.

bluer, are you going to be at the darkside first weekend of february?
my todd is doing his honeymoon with wifey at the darkside for 3 nights in feb 8th or 9th. they leave satuday evening.or is it sunday night

i'll even wrap up a snow ball for you in foil so it doesn't melt on their flight down.
i should get it straight since i will be picking them up from their flight in milwaukee.

i'll tell him to send you a text once he gets there.

 

[Bluer101]

bluer, are you going to be at the darkside first weekend of february? my todd is doing his honeymoon with wifey at the darkside for 3 nights in feb 8th or 9th. they leave satuday evening.or is it sunday night i'll even wrap up a snow ball for you in foil so it doesn't melt on their flight down. i should get it straight since i will be picking them up from their flight in milwaukee. i'll tell him to send you a text once he gets there.

We are going 7-8 which is sat and sun. As usual we will drive up early sat morn and leave sun late afternoon or early evening. Going to celebrate our anniversary that weekend because the following weekend on our actual anniversary is too much money.

So if they are there sure we can link up and say hi again.

 

[Bluer101]

Doing some work at our condos in Ft lauderdale. It's 70 and nice out to all you cold / snowy people.

 

[schumigirl]

I forgot how funny The Wayans brothers movies are........just watched 2 back to back.....we were crying with laughter at them.......hadn't seen one of them before. Marlon Wayans is very easy on the eye too

Had some snow flurries today......was very cold so didn't go out at all. Did some housework, laundry and watched some old movies.........so kinda lazy day for all of us.

Hope youse all having a good weekend whatever you're doing

 

[buckeev]

Slowly recovering here...that trip took it out of me! The last few days flew by though. Cabana Bay was really pretty cool. We even made time to take the boy bowling at the Galaxy Bowl, and he absolutely loved it!

Back to reality...this has been some nasty SE Texas weather the last few days!

 

[macraven]

welcome back homie !!



yup, even texas has been hit with the cold spell....




tell us about your trip once you are up for it.

 

[Sparkly]

I really wish Universal had park hours as long at Disney's! Leaving a park at 7pm is a bummer compared to staying at the MK until midnight or later.

Also, why are the Freestyle cups so expensive??? Does it dispense liquid gold or something???? I'm not paying $11 for one day, that's insane.

 

[macraven]

I really wish Universal had park hours as long at Disney's! Leaving a park at 7pm is a bummer compared to staying at the MK until midnight or later.

Also, why are the Freestyle cups so expensive??? Does it dispense liquid gold or something???? I'm not paying $11 for one day, that's insane.

depends when you are going.
in october, the motherland had shorter hours at mk for the week i was there.
4 nights that had mnsshp, the place closed up to the public at 7pm.
and, those that had bought the mnsshp tickets, were allowed into the park at 4pm.
having more in the park prior to the private event really added to the crowds there.
ak had closed at 5, dhs closed at 7 epcot had hours to 9 but man was it packed due to the other parks closing early and the F & W event going on.
no sense waiting in lines at epcot for about 45 minutes.


freestyle cups?
no idea, never did that.
my choice of drink is water.

you might get more responses for that question if you start a new thread on the main darkside board.
i can't think of any of the regular homies here that have mentioned the freestyle cups.
i tend to think that those that do buy the freestyle cups can bring them back on future visits and use them in the parks for the regular soda refill costs.
the darkside has that perk for all the park guests in that a person can use cups from prior visits for the refill price.
by reading the signs in the parks, the freestyle is valid for the day you buy them when using them at the freestyle machines.


most of us take our UO mugs back each year for the cheap discount that is offered in the parks.
when you buy any type of cup or mug in the parks, they are valid for refills forever.
i get the discounted rate on the refill when i take my dueling dragons mug of 1999 with me and i also ask for the 10% AP discount on top of that.
sweet deal.
even the butter beer mugs allow you to do that.


one of the issues with mugs i found is at the motherland resorts.
$18.99 plus taxes if you stay at a resort there and buy the refillable mug they have .
wow, for a 3 night stay and then the morning of the 4th day, they charge that much !!
really a waste of money.
and if it is a family, just think of how it would cost them about $80 for buying those mugs just to be used at the resort.

the disney mugs have a chip in it so you can't take them back for future visits.
and they are not valid for using in the parks for soda, coffee.

i solve the problem of beverages by doing a grocery stop before i get to any of the resorts and buy a case of water.
for about $4, it's cheap and works for me.

 

[schumigirl]

I really wish Universal had park hours as long at Disney's! Leaving a park at 7pm is a bummer compared to staying at the MK until midnight or later.

Also, why are the Freestyle cups so expensive??? Does it dispense liquid gold or something???? I'm not paying $11 for one day, that's insane.

I don't use freestyle cups or anything like that but is that the ones that you can refill all day? If it is I think $11 is a fantastic price for a days drinks!! We buy everything when we need it as I am not taking a cup around with me. We must spend at least $40+ a day on drinks in the park every day......our choice though so I'm not complaining. $11 is around £7-8 a day.......doesn't seem insane to me, that's good value.......

As for park hours macraven has it spot on. Depends when you go. I think the price of the UK tickets for 14 days makes Universal a bargain even if it only opened till 5 every day.......I like their hours......suits us quite well.

Disney does the same thing.

 

[schumigirl]

Slowly recovering here...that trip took it out of me! The last few days flew by though. Cabana Bay was really pretty cool. We even made time to take the boy bowling at the Galaxy Bowl, and he absolutely loved it!

Back to reality...this has been some nasty SE Texas weather the last few days!

Welcome back MrB............glad to hear you had a blast and enjoyed CB

It always sucks coming home, especially when the weather is awful. Hope you get back to normal soon

 

[schumigirl]

I had the best nights sleep last night. Went to bed around 11 and slept through till 9 this morning..........can't remember the last time I slept so long without interruption.

Decided to go out today and buy some new kitchen appliances today. Fed up looking at the kettle, toaster etc, will see what I can get. You do get fed up with things after a while.

We have no snow here today thank goodness and winds seemed to have died down a bit. Very grey though..........nothing like Bluers picture here today.

Friends that were in Florida over Christmas came home Friday......she called me last night and told me they again, loved Universal more than anything else on their trip. Didn't have as much fun at Disney the times they were there. They knew it was going to be busy as they go every year at that time but just didn't enjoy all the new FP stuff, thought the food had gone downhill and they thought Disney was more expensive than usual.

I laughed and told her I knew she would convert to the Darkside one day. I hear that from so many people who only used to consider Universal a one or two day trip, now it's forming the majority of their plans.

Anyway hope everyone's having a great weekend

 

[tink1957]

Hi

Just a quick drive by on my way to playing catch up again & to let you know I'm still alive...cold but still here.

Happy weekend everyone

 

[RAPstar]

MAC!!!!!!

I forgot, I had tried to email these to you, but I guess the email I had was old or something IDK. But anywho, here's some elephants

 

[macraven]

MAC!!!!!!

I forgot, I had tried to email these to you, but I guess the email I had was old or something IDK. But anywho, here's some elephants

thanks robbie, you are a sweetie!

i love elephants, my dad was a circus elephant trainer at one time.
my email address hasn't changed but that's okay, i can see your pics here.

i remember that day when we took the safari ride.
so much fun!

 

[RAPstar]

thanks robbie, you are a sweetie!

i love elephants, my dad was a circus elephant trainer at one time.
my email address hasn't changed but that's okay, i can see your pics here.

i remember that day when we took the safari ride.
so much fun!

Yes it was, even tho sitting in the back was far too bumpy. But I always have fun with you!

 

[KStarfish82]

Happy New Year everyone!

Had a great vacation.....two weeks, record-high temps....who can beat it! And to come back to freezing NY....why do I do this to myself!?

I'll post some pics of Chris in the next few days...got some really cute ones with the characters.

And I thought you would appreciate this Mac...damn tooth is killing me! Starting bugging me on vacation, made an appointment for the 20th. Well yesterday my cheek starts swelling and now I look like a chipmunk! Got an emergency appt. with the dentist yesterday and turns out I have an abscess. I just can't win

 

[macraven]

Happy New Year everyone!

Had a great vacation.....two weeks, record-high temps....who can beat it! And to come back to freezing NY....why do I do this to myself!?

I'll post some pics of Chris in the next few days...got some really cute ones with the characters.

And I thought you would appreciate this Mac...damn tooth is killing me! Starting bugging me on vacation, made an appointment for the 20th. Well yesterday my cheek starts swelling and now I look like a chipmunk! Got an emergency appt. with the dentist yesterday and turns out I have an abscess. I just can't win

well, if your parents still have the bunk beds in your old room.........

i remember when you had dental work years back.


getting a tooth ache while on vacation is miserable.
schumi had an emergency too when she was in orlando...

at least you were able to finish your trip before you started to look like Alvin.

good luck with the abscess going away.
hope you don't have anymore dental problems.


looking forward to seeing pics of Chris!

 

[schumigirl]

Oh that's nasty KFIsh.......... 4 years ago I had to get a back tooth removed 4 days before we flew to Orlando because of an abscess in it.......nasty!! I was lucky with the time as you can't fly for 48 hours after an extraction......just made it!! But hope you get it sorted soon.....it's an awful pain. Looking forward to seeing pics of the little one

Robbie/Andy........LOVE elephants too.......so cute. Last time I was at AK ......yeah long time ago we were lucky enough to see a baby elephant feed from its mother there.......it was so lovely to see. Nice pics

Hi Vicki...........



We have high winds again here.........gusty!!! Didn't go out after all yesterday, so went out this morning and got my shiny new kitchen appliances........they look just lovely........I really fancy decorating the kitchen actually........may wait till spring then freshen it up......just need walls painted and there's not too much of as most of the walls are cabinets and windows.........

Monday again................

 

[Kogo Shuko]

are you all hitting the potter gala thing at the end of the month?
seems like a lot of the homies are going then.


i'm not a parry hotter fan like some are and get my potter fix in the fall.
but son and i went last january for him to get his potter fix.
we even got the Bluer family to join us.
Bluer was our translator.


have a grand time and show us some pictures when you return!

my son and his wife are doing their honeymoon on a split motherland/darkside at the end of this month.

since you know what i look like, and if you see a dude that looks like me,
go up and tell him "hey"

It certainly wasn't in the plan, but we will be there on the Sunday. We're also going on the Thursday right before it starts, so we're going to try to get the Harry Potter stuff in on Thursday and then explore the rest of the parks on Sunday.

I'm not a HUGE Harry Potter fan, but I liked the books enough to be okay around so many fans.

I'll have to wave at all the guys who remind me of you. People will think I'm nuts.


...which wouldn't be untrue.



Most definitely will stop by afterward and share pics.