Charade67
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It's 7:30 and I am the only one awake. We had a great time at Universal this week. We checked into the Helios Grand on Sunday afternoon. It's a beautiful hotel and the room is nice, but I wouldn't pay $300+ a night. I know you are paying for the convenience of being able to walk right into the park, but I am cheap. I will happily stay in a budget hotel. We had dinner at Flora Taverna. The food was good and the service was excellent, but I thought it was a bit pricey. We didn't do anything else on Sunday because it was still a blockout day for seasonal pass-holders
Monday - We did early entry for Epic and went straight to Mario Kart where there was already a 90 minute wait posted. We actually waited around 120. We both enjoyed the ride, but left the area immediately after. It was just too crowded.
We were both hungry by this time so dh suggested pizza. We split a pepperoni pizza at Pizza Moon. I have heard mixed reviews about this place, but I liked our pizza. Sure, I've had better, but have also had much worse.
Next up was dark universe. Dh is in love with this land. He wanted me to take his picture with everything. He visited with Ygor and The Invisible Man, and then we finally rode Monsters Unchained which he loved.
I eventually got him out of Darkmoor and went to Isle of Berk to see The Untrainable Dragon. I finally got to see Toothless fly. The first 2 times I went to the show they were having technical difficulties.
At this point we decided to go back to the room for a rest. The crowds were large and we had spent a lot of time waiting in lines. I took a brief nap.
The sun was setting when we returned to the park. We went to the Wizarding World to see the show there. Dh was quite impressed. After the show was dinner at Das Steakhaus, his choice. He had a steak sandwich and I had the meatloaf. We both enjoyed our meals. We didn't want to get on another ride just yet, so we wandered over to the Burning Blade Tavern and waited for the windmill to catch fire. Dh did some shopping and then we got in line for Curse of the Werewolf. I like this ride but think it is too short. On our way out we saw that there was no line to see Frankenstein's monster and the Bride, so we met them and got pictures. I find it interesting that the Bride is so iconic for a character that only had about 5 minutes of screen time in the movie.
Our final stop of the day was Hiccup's Wing Gliders. This is my favorite ride and the first time I had ridden at night. It was probably about 9:30 when we were finished, so we decided to call it a night. Tomorrow - Universal Studios.
Monday - We did early entry for Epic and went straight to Mario Kart where there was already a 90 minute wait posted. We actually waited around 120. We both enjoyed the ride, but left the area immediately after. It was just too crowded.
We were both hungry by this time so dh suggested pizza. We split a pepperoni pizza at Pizza Moon. I have heard mixed reviews about this place, but I liked our pizza. Sure, I've had better, but have also had much worse.
Next up was dark universe. Dh is in love with this land. He wanted me to take his picture with everything. He visited with Ygor and The Invisible Man, and then we finally rode Monsters Unchained which he loved.
I eventually got him out of Darkmoor and went to Isle of Berk to see The Untrainable Dragon. I finally got to see Toothless fly. The first 2 times I went to the show they were having technical difficulties.
At this point we decided to go back to the room for a rest. The crowds were large and we had spent a lot of time waiting in lines. I took a brief nap.
The sun was setting when we returned to the park. We went to the Wizarding World to see the show there. Dh was quite impressed. After the show was dinner at Das Steakhaus, his choice. He had a steak sandwich and I had the meatloaf. We both enjoyed our meals. We didn't want to get on another ride just yet, so we wandered over to the Burning Blade Tavern and waited for the windmill to catch fire. Dh did some shopping and then we got in line for Curse of the Werewolf. I like this ride but think it is too short. On our way out we saw that there was no line to see Frankenstein's monster and the Bride, so we met them and got pictures. I find it interesting that the Bride is so iconic for a character that only had about 5 minutes of screen time in the movie.
Our final stop of the day was Hiccup's Wing Gliders. This is my favorite ride and the first time I had ridden at night. It was probably about 9:30 when we were finished, so we decided to call it a night. Tomorrow - Universal Studios.
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