Something About Nothing ... #12

[tlinus]

MERRY CHRISTMAS HOMIES.....those who are new will not remember me, life has taken over and I am not able to be here as often as before. I am not even going to lie and say that I am going to attempt to try to catch up, because something will happen and I will fail miserably...lol

Hope you are all having a wonderful Holiday and in a whirlwind, on a whim, we find ourselves headed to our favorite place at the end of Januaury!!! So excited to be back. I feel like a newbie!!! Going to step awy this trip from our usual Hard Rock Club and try the CB for the two nights. Also looking at an annual pass or two as we PLANNED 10/2017. Talk to me about the annual pass. Do I get 1 or 4? What is the ticket discount available on park tickets and the "usual", if any HHN discount. My brain is in super planning mode now so I am sorry since so much has changed down there in just 3 short years

 

[tlinus]

I go solo all the time

You can do whatever you want at any time

Once you do it a few times, you'll enjoy it

You can do repeat rides with no one saying oh no, not again
You can do the surveys and get money and food as you will have the time to

Most I was paid for the tv show test was $40.... Which was spent on sweets and butterbeer


72 now
Thought it was in the 69's yesterday but after I watched the 11 clock news last night, found out it really was 70 yesterday also

You know the bottom will drop out in January
But last NYE it was 79 here.....

like Ice Cream for breakfast?!?!?!

 

[macraven]

ice cream before 7 am is acceptable



Glad you found the bread crumb trail I left for youse to get yourself back here


What has it been.... About 8 years now?

Thrilled you came home for the holidays!!

Now you need to stick around for awhile

I'll be back later to answer your question

 

[tlinus]

ice cream before 7 am is acceptable



Glad you found the bread crumb trail I left for youse to get yourself back here


What has it been.... About 8 years now?

Thrilled you came home for the holidays!!

Now you need to stick around for awhile

I'll be back later to answer your question

Well thanks mac!! And it feels that long, but I have slid in and out the past few years....have to check in with my peeps once in awhile!!

 

[macraven]

Looking back, you are correct !

 

[Robo56]

 

[macraven]

MERRY CHRISTMAS HOMIES.....those who are new will not remember me, life has taken over and I am not able to be here as often as before. I am not even going to lie and say that I am going to attempt to try to catch up, because something will happen and I will fail miserably...lol

Hope you are all having a wonderful Holiday and in a whirlwind, on a whim, we find ourselves headed to our favorite place at the end of Januaury!!! So excited to be back. I feel like a newbie!!! Going to step awy this trip from our usual Hard Rock Club and try the CB for the two nights. Also looking at an annual pass or two as we PLANNED 10/2017. Talk to me about the annual pass. Do I get 1 or 4? What is the ticket discount available on park tickets and the "usual", if any HHN discount. My brain is in super planning mode now so I am sorry since so much has changed down there in just 3 short years

I never chance it for the crowds and stay at the deluxe

Harry Potter gala I think ends during the last week of January
I would have to look at the uo website to see the event dates

Some peeps extend their trips for after the gala is over to enjoy the parks

Normal crowds are not there the first week of feb and last few days of Jan

Since I have the preferred AP and stay rpr, have not had to deal with crowd concerns but will try to figure it out to guide you

The AP holder can buy tickets with a discount at the gate

Since the AP system has changed and added more versions, peeps have to read up on each one to see which one is more advantages for them

For me I'm going for a week this winter and again in October for two weeks
Preferred gives me 10% discounts off food and merch
I never fail to show my AP card

Premiere AP allows a higher discount but the buy in cost is not worth it to me

If you will be doing both of the parks for 4 days, could be cheaper to buy an AP Instead of tickets

 

[kohlby]

If you're doing two trips, chances are that annual passes will be the cheapest way to do it.

As for staying without express, we found it not an issue when crowds were moderate. They were moderate when we did a couple days this past Oct and we were off-site. They were also moderate when we went this past mid-April and I was very glad we had the early hour as we stayed at CAbana Bay that trip. THe Harry Potter areas became very hard to walk around in and enjoy, even though ride waits weren't crazy long. It was nice to go early and get to enjoy those areas without All the people.

We had four power passes and one preferred for our family last year. That way, we could use the free parking and food/merchandise discount in the preferred for all of us. And since we had two trips planned, annual passes made sense. At that time, we lived out of state and the power pass was supposed to be blocked out all summer. That changed, but we knew we couldn't go during the summer anyway as living 8 hours away to us meant going when the weather/crowds were worth it. Seasonal now has similar block out dates to what power used to have - summer, Christmas break, spring break. BUT I think seasonal also blocks the Mardi Gras concerts. If we still lived out of state, I'd do one preferred and four seasonal for our family. (We now live locally and the kids have power passes as two don't do well in high crowds and eldest is old enough to babysit when hubby and I go without them. My husband now works at Universal so he and I are covered).

 

[kohlby]

like Ice Cream for breakfast?!?!?!

Ice cream for breakfast implies waking up and getting to the park early enough for breakfast. That is very much not happening. Now that I'm local, sleep wins out over getting there for opening. My very own ice cream that I don't have to share sounds amazing though.

 

[macraven]

In my case, waking up could be 10:00 am ........

and ice cream at 11:00 is always good as my first meal of the day!

 

[marciemi]

MERRY CHRISTMAS HOMIES.....those who are new will not remember me, life has taken over and I am not able to be here as often as before. I am not even going to lie and say that I am going to attempt to try to catch up, because something will happen and I will fail miserably...lol

Hope you are all having a wonderful Holiday and in a whirlwind, on a whim, we find ourselves headed to our favorite place at the end of Januaury!!! So excited to be back. I feel like a newbie!!! Going to step awy this trip from our usual Hard Rock Club and try the CB for the two nights. Also looking at an annual pass or two as we PLANNED 10/2017. Talk to me about the annual pass. Do I get 1 or 4? What is the ticket discount available on park tickets and the "usual", if any HHN discount. My brain is in super planning mode now so I am sorry since so much has changed down there in just 3 short years

I 'member you! Let me know if you'd like to meet up at all - I'd love to meet you in person and could just hop over for a QS meal with you or to hit a ride!

 

[Lynne G]

Hello all. Trying to get up some lazy teens. They still did not understand early birds, apparently.

Think SW is on tap today. Closed down BGT last night. Long drive back, but we had fun. Park with more good roller coasters. Kids want to do Aquadica again, so that may be afternoon break time. It does get hot in the afternoon, so I am lovin this weather.

Kolby, solo is great. We may be around CityWalk that night, the 30th. So if you want to say hi, let me know. Mac has my phone number, so call me if you would like to. I do not check here as often when I am chilling down here. Want to do the mini golf and eat that day. We saw a movie at CityWalk, Sing, the other night. Had to park at the cat in the hat garage. Ugh, long walk. But the was not the longest wait. 3 hours to have mediocre food, and not very good service at Toothsome. Even my my kids, who are great restaurant customers, said no more visits for us. Only highlight, Miss Penelope stopped by, and she was lovely. Kids did say the also enjoyed the steam punk style.


But I had to swing by, since it is Wednesday, and Keisha needs to see:



Have an awesome day. Gotta go, seems the alarm did not work, nor my banging around.

 

[Lynne G]

And yes, ice cream is definitely a good idea for breakfast. Getting a cup of lovely ice cream from Miss F, and sitting on the steps people watching after riding in the bank vaults with Harry several times during early entry, it is a most excellent way to start the day in the parks. Know from experience.

Oh, and hi Tlinus! Hope all is well. January sounds like a great time to visit. We may be back in the summer. Kids are very interested in that Volcano.

 

[macraven]

Glad Lynne dropped in with Keisha's camel


And it tips me off that it is Wednesday

 

[macraven]

Just noticed it was after 8:30 when you posted of trying to get the kids up


Hope you are all at the parks now

 

[Lynne G]

Yep, made it in with the crowds around 1/2 hour after opening. Had a great day and great weather. Crowds were manageable and we had some good and some eh, won't eat there again, food. Had to get back early, fly boys game on.

Night all.

 

[macraven]

That's a gorgeous pic !!!



Hope you get an early start in the morning for the parks

 

[kohlby]

Hello all. Trying to get up some lazy teens. They still did not understand early birds, apparently.

Think SW is on tap today. Closed down BGT last night. Long drive back, but we had fun. Park with more good roller coasters. Kids want to do Aquadica again, so that may be afternoon break time. It does get hot in the afternoon, so I am lovin this weather.

Kolby, solo is great. We may be around CityWalk that night, the 30th. So if you want to say hi, let me know. Mac has my phone number, so call me if you would like to. I do not check here as often when I am chilling down here. Want to do the mini golf and eat that day. We saw a movie at CityWalk, Sing, the other night. Had to park at the cat in the hat garage. Ugh, long walk. But the was not the longest wait. 3 hours to have mediocre food, and not very good service at Toothsome. Even my my kids, who are great restaurant customers, said no more visits for us. Only highlight, Miss Penelope stopped by, and she was lovely. Kids did say the also enjoyed the steam punk style.


But I had to swing by, since it is Wednesday, and Keisha needs to see:

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Have an awesome day. Gotta go, seems the alarm did not work, nor my banging around.

I won't have a cell phone on me. HUsband and I are just meeting up at Margaritaville for dinner and then heading home. Kids will have been at home for a while at that point so we don't want to stay out too late.

How are the crowds at SW compared to what you would call universal crowds? We are thinking about going early next week but two of my kids don't do well with crowds. They can handle moderate level at Universal but that's about it. So, we may end up with a short day.

 

[tinydancer09]

I have a lot of catching up to do....

 

[schumigirl]

MERRY CHRISTMAS HOMIES.....those who are new will not remember me, life has taken over and I am not able to be here as often as before. I am not even going to lie and say that I am going to attempt to try to catch up, because something will happen and I will fail miserably...lol

Hope you are all having a wonderful Holiday and in a whirlwind, on a whim, we find ourselves headed to our favorite place at the end of Januaury!!! So excited to be back. I feel like a newbie!!! Going to step awy this trip from our usual Hard Rock Club and try the CB for the two nights. Also looking at an annual pass or two as we PLANNED 10/2017. Talk to me about the annual pass. Do I get 1 or 4? What is the ticket discount available on park tickets and the "usual", if any HHN discount. My brain is in super planning mode now so I am sorry since so much has changed down there in just 3 short years

I know you.......... it's so nice to see you post again......last saw you on my trip report I think ..........so you have a trip plannned in January.......excellent! Please don't be a stranger.......we miss you!!

Lovely picture Lynne..........



Busy few days.......Christmas was lovely with family, but we had the most awful storms up there and had to stay another day........out in the wilds of nowhere, was convinced the roof was coming off, but being such an old castle it was fine........thankfully the hotel were brilliant, they know us as we stay a lot as it's one of our favourite hotels in Scotland. Roads were impassable and winds were truly awful......but made it home a day late........

Had an all day party yesterday for all the friends that usually come Boxing Day...........starts around 2pm and finishes whenever.........think we made it to bed around midnight which is early for that crowd......people come and go most of the day..........

Today is tidying and laundry and preparing for New Years........quiet one this year I think........

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas.........