Something Wicked this MAY Comes! 18 nights @ RPR & SFR. An April/May 2025 TR

Thank you, he is doing so well, and yes can`t keep him down, not even on his chair it seems now, always wants to be doing more than he should be! But, it`s incredible how almost back to normal he is.
Haha normal is definitely over-rated.

Tom is a force of nature. Such a sure & determined sort, he will soon be back in his groove :); especially as he has you in his corner.

Find it fascinating how people can bounce back so quickly after surgery, well; as long as they do their due diligence. It’s easy to just want to lay about like a slug when feeling under the weather afterwards.

Always good to have a carrot dangling, that trip was a perfect idea. You both need a reward after the last few months.

Hoping for a mini TR :)
 
We have a birthday 🎉

Our lovely Janet ( @keishashadow ) is celebrating today and nobody celebrates like the keshia`s!!!!
So, I hope you have a wonderful weekend and extend it as much as you can, nothing beats celebrating for as long as you can!!!
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Yes, it is for us and many others a much missed ride.
Thank you so much for all those wonderful photos and the memories of the Jaws area and ride. We loved that attraction and never missed it. I do wish they could have kept it, as Jaws is still popular today. It was great to relive that area - brings back good times and unforgettable memories. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of this area when we were there many moons ago!
 

The light in the evenings is beyond beautiful and the shimmering almost twinke like sunset just adds to how pretty the lagoon and being honest, the whole park looks at this time of the evening. That change of light is something we always enjoy seeing.







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The back of Louie`s is a nice little place to sit for a time, we usually sit inside to eat but on a cooler evening it`s a nice way to enjoy a slice. Down to the right as you look is one of the many first aid areas in the park and they are very handy and can help with a host of issues from a simple blister to a full blown medical emergency.

I think like others we`ll celebrate if they ever get rid of F&F 🙏

Beetlejuice Graveyard Review was incredible and so much fun and this ride has never been popular since it arrived, Disaster may not have been the most up to date attraction, but it was head and shoulders above this, Disaster was purely about fun.







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The back of the NY area is very cool indeed, again, lit up is is beautiful and during horror nights they really bring it to life with the effects, but that aside we love this area and all it represents.






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There may not have been many folks around but as we took some pictures we heard some rather, er interesting language from a woman and it was getting closer!!! They were seriously having words and having worked in an explosives factory for many years, we thought we had heard it all, seems we hadn`t!!!





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We carried on taking pictures as if we had never heard them bellowing at one another, we didn`t listen of course :rolleyes1 I admit I met her eye as they passed us and she did screech a rather scurrilous, uncouth, imbecilic and rather cretinous remark to which I could only laugh at thinking, is that the best you got!!

But, she had a lot going on as she ran after her rather aggrieved husband/partner and at that point we saw what we assumed were security heading their way, this was not their night!!!








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Mel`s Drive in is not the best place to eat, apparently they do a decent milk shake but we had a one and done experience of them many years back, never to be repeated. It does seem to be pretty popular though, we did hear someone complain they waited a long time for food there, so I guess there was a line. But, if someone asks for recommendations we never offer this up as an option.

They do change the sign for horror nights to Mel`s Die in and they have a nice display of old style cars outside. Several years ago they had live music outside, they had some pretty good bands play during park opening hours. Now you can sometimes see Marilyn and her ladies dance on occasions, they do seem to move around quite a lot though.








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Pantages Theatre hosts one of the best shows around the parks, the Horror Make up Show, it is fun and quite educational in a weird way!! Perfectly suitable for kids of all ages and they do seem to enjoy it too and it leads down to one of the prettiest streets in Universal Studios, Hollywood Boulevard.

This street is even prettier when it`s decorated with Christmas stuff, it is gorgeous.








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Five and Dime is a nice little store, we`re not huge merchandise folks (honest) but it is decent place and they usually have some cool displays for horror nights and one of our TM folks had told us we might want to look in there either tomorrow or before we left, they said even though we weren`t interested in horror nights anymore we might like to see what would be out!

Well, couldn`t turn that down.

Schwab`s Pharmacy is a must do, they do some lovely ice creams and it`s done out like a 1950`s ice cream parlour, very nice and they also do a Dole Whip, but it`s not as sweet as the one at Disney, very refreshing though.








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I will admit I do like the sound of the Disney Dole Whip one where you can add rum!!!!





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We weren`t the last folks to leave the park by a long shot, there were still a load of people behind us as we exited but we headed to Fat Tuesday`s and planned to have a cocktail and sit looking over the water just chilling for an hour.

It wasn`t busy and we got a table by the edge which gives the best views and we could sit here at night and just let the time drift by.

We each got a cocktail and we each had a tooter in them which does add a little zazz to their drinks which are decent, we always enjoy a drink from here some evenings.








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We thought about doing something fun, maybe mini golf but to be honest we were both a little fatigued, it sometimes happens towards the end of our trips, we do tend to burn the candle at both ends at times, late nights and early mornings do catch up, so we headed to the boat and back to Strong Water for some food, it was only around 9pm so far too early for bed and we were a little peckish too.

Angel and Maggie were looking after us tonight, we asked for two Carole`s Punches and Christian made them up for us again, they were lovely and I think one each would be enough tonight as we were both yawning our heads off, Maggie said we needed to go to bed which was true, but we did want some food.








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I opted for the new Tuna Tartare which was beautiful and Tom chose the Shrimp dish he likes so much, neither were overly filling but so full of flavour, just enough for tonight.







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We loved the dishes, and we thought we were done when Maggie sent out a dessert for us to enjoy......oh lordy, we were so tired but who can resist when someone takes the time to order something special for us.

The dessert came with three ice creams, rum n raisin on top and she had kindly given us some cinammon ice cream to try and my old favourite, dulce de leche!!

Maggie is such a sweetheart 😊 and being honest, that sugar fix knocked the tiredness out of us, just a little.







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Angel checked with us to see if we wanted another drink, but for tonight we`d had enough and even though it was just after 10.30ish, we said our goodnights and goodbye`s as we wouldn`t see them again this trip. We do miss them a lot, Maggie especially as we`ve known her such a long time, but it wouldn`t be long till we see them again. We headed down to our suite, quick shower and we were both sound asleep before both our heads hit the pillows tonight.

I think this was the most exhausted we had felt in years!











The back of Louie`s is a nice little place to sit for a time,
Well, I always learn something new about Universal from you:) I never thought to look behind Louies, but I will now. We like the quick service pizza and cold drink - always a nice break.
I think like others we`ll celebrate if they ever get rid of F&F 🙏
And here is another one I have never ridden. I guess I have not been missing anything, but that makes me more curious as to just how bad it is, :confused3 so I will check it out next time.
There may not have been many folks around but as we took some pictures we heard some rather, er interesting language from a woman and it was getting closer!!! They were seriously having words and having worked in an explosives factory for many years, we thought we had heard it all, seems we hadn`t!!!
Yikes, I hate when that happens. Fortunately we have not run into that kind of stuff on our trips. What is wrong with people? I would have been a chicken to give her the "eye" because she might have been one of those types who take everything seriously and decided to come at you!!!! It's scary to think people are that deranged.
Schwab`s Pharmacy is a must do, they do some lovely ice creams and it`s done out like a 1950`s ice cream parlour, very nice and they also do a Dole Whip, but it`s not
# 3 on things I have not done:rolleyes: at Universal. I absolutely LOVE ice cream and dont know how I missed this one. So much to do and so little time, lol.
 
Haha normal is definitely over-rated.

Tom is a force of nature. Such a sure & determined sort, he will soon be back in his groove :); especially as he has you in his corner.

Find it fascinating how people can bounce back so quickly after surgery, well; as long as they do their due diligence. It’s easy to just want to lay about like a slug when feeling under the weather afterwards.

Always good to have a carrot dangling, that trip was a perfect idea. You both need a reward after the last few months.

Hoping for a mini TR :)

lol so true, who wants normality!!

Yes, I think a good mental attitude helps, up and at em is a good motto to live by. Yep, we make a good team, he hasn`t been a bad patient at all and I`ve been amazed at him all the way through this experience, he`s had no pain and has never complained once. Well, he complained when I insisited on doing everything he felt he should be doing :goodvibes

I`m looking forward to some family time up there, weather should still be decent but mainly going to catch up with friends and family :hyper2:
 

Thank you so much for all those wonderful photos and the memories of the Jaws area and ride. We loved that attraction and never missed it. I do wish they could have kept it, as Jaws is still popular today. It was great to relive that area - brings back good times and unforgettable memories. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of this area when we were there many moons ago!


I`m so glad you liked them Ruth, yes it is still a massively popular movie and I think the ride would still be as popular today, but in todays climate it would be deemed an unnecessary expense I`m sure due to the day to day running costs of it.

I wish we had taken more pictures back in 2007, I do have a load but wish I had more, that was pre trip report days ::yes::


Well, I always learn something new about Universal from you:) I never thought to look behind Louies, but I will now. We like the quick service pizza and cold drink - always a nice break.

And here is another one I have never ridden. I guess I have not been missing anything, but that makes me more curious as to just how bad it is, :confused3 so I will check it out next time.

Yikes, I hate when that happens. Fortunately we have not run into that kind of stuff on our trips. What is wrong with people? I would have been a chicken to give her the "eye" because she might have been one of those types who take everything seriously and decided to come at you!!!! It's scary to think people are that deranged.

# 3 on things I have not done:rolleyes: at Universal. I absolutely LOVE ice cream and dont know how I missed this one. So much to do and so little time, lol.

lol....it is an awful ride, truly awful and even the usually wonderful TM`s have trouble playing this one seriously! If you don`t have to wait in line for it, give it a bash, but don`t wait any time for it, it`s just not worth it.

It`s nice to sit there especially if it`s in the shade, we do like a slice from Louie`s now and again.

I didn`t mean to make eye contact being honest, I turned to hear what the commotion was, yes derranged is a good description, but at a guess it was a situation akin to the recent Coldplay audience cam situation, I think she got caught out doing something she shouldn`t be doing with someone she shouldn`t be doing it with..... allegedly of course:rotfl:

Oh you`ll like Schwab`s for ice cream or milk shakes, a nice break from the heat and it is a very cute little place too. It is easy to miss ::yes::
 
Well, I did plan to do a double post today, but.....we had another heatwave!!

It has been gorgeous this last week but today we were spoiled with the heat, so we spent all day in the garden, only coming inside for cold drinks and snacks. No meal planning today, we lived on Charcuterie, seafood, olives, French Bread, chips, dips, water and ice cream!! We also had some fresh plums off one of our trees as they are giving out an excellent yield this year, and they are gorgeous, just a Victoria Plum but so tasty.

Maybe the odd glass of prosecco too 🍾

And looks like this weather is here to stay for a while, we`ll make the most of it while we can. Some of our trees have been changing colour already and even a few we noticed a couple of weeks ago, so it looks like Autumn is getting earlier every year!

Hope the weather wherever you are is just as lovely!






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WEDNESDAY MAY 14TH




I don`t think either of us woke once during the night, we slept very soundly and although we still woke very early, we did feel refreshed. One of the nicest things of having the suite is you don`t hear a sound from the hallways and we do appreciate that.

We still weren`t sure what we were doing today but eventually decided to drive to Winter Park, we wanted some things from Williams and Sonoma and it was the nearest one now the store in the Mall at Millenia had closed.

Breakfast first, we wandered over and the brazilians were still around and they were having another ceremony this morning, not quite as dressy but I still felt like old Aunt Mildred wearing her Little House on the Prairie dress as we walked past them!!!! They do all look beautiful though, we stopped and asked one man who was taking his wife and children`s picture if he wanted us to take some of them altogether, he gratefully accepted and Tom took several of them. The baby wasn`t looking so I started clapping like a seal to get his attention and it worked, he turned to us and gave the biggest smiles, Tom captured some lovely pictures for them. When they saw them you`d think he`d given them a million dollars, they couldn`t thank him enough.

Breakfast was a little sombre today, we were saying goodbye to two lovely people, Aspen and Anna, Aspen we`d known for a long time and Anna although quite new, we had chatted a lot to her and got to know her quite well, so yes, we do miss them. Aspen we keep in touch with so it`s not so bad, but never nice saying goodbye even for a short time.

We walked back over to Sapphire to get the car and it`s only a 20 minute drive to Winter Park and this place has so many parking spots, sounds a weird thing to get excited over, but in our country you pay for parking practically everywhere, so it`s a novelty to just drive into so many places and not have to pay.

Winter Park is beautiful, we always discuss whether we prefer Winter Park or Winter Garden and we never quite make a decision on that one. Both are very pretty, have some lovely shopping options and have some lovely areas to walk around and the geek in me loves the train station in Winter Park so that has the edge I think!!!






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The store above is a very trendy boutique, not the type of store I would generally shop in, I`m more a comfy casual clothes person, but I have several friends who would love this store, but it is very pretty and the products inside do look nice.

The Olive Oil store is more our kind of place, so once we had visited W&S, we picked up a couple of things we wanted, we headed to look in this store as we do like it. I think being honest we prefer the Mount Dora Olive Oil company, but we weren`t visiting there this time.







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They have alongside the oils many balsamic vinegars, rubs, sauces, dips, pasta and so much more and usually you go on they leave you alone, but today the lady was a bit of a PITA and kept telling us about different products we might like. Again, there`s only so many times you can say, no thank you before it begins to sound rude.






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So, me being me, I was out the door......






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Tom was surprised I lasted quite as long as I did!!!

I have the patience of a saint, but cheese me off and I`m out.

We wandered across to the beautiful park area here, it is gorgeous and it has some lovely shaded areas that we planned to sit for a time under a tree and just watch the world go by.








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We did find a bench and we had bought some water so we sat and drank that while we people watched, not that there were many people around, but it was still nice. It was very calm and we watched some squirrels run around us, but while this was lovely, a day or so later we`d vehemently regret sitting on a bench, in the grass, at this time of day! 🦟

We also couldn`t believe how darn hot it was, it was zapping us a little and so many people were saying the same thing, never known a May so hot in years. Someone later told us it was the hottest May in a lot of years, I forget the actual number but it definitely was noticeable in comparison to previous May trips.







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It was just too darn hot to do anything else today so we popped back in the car and set off, but before we got very far we saw the strangest thing.

We saw a Brent Spiner lookylikey (Data from Star Trek Next Generation) dressed as a Storm Trooper walking along as if it were the most natural thing in the world, I liked this guy`s outlook on life!!!






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Moving on....😁


Today for lunch we wanted to try Yard House again, we`d had mixed experiences from here the worst being an evening visit where it was just so loud we couldn`t hear each other speak so we left, but on other occasions food was not the problem.

We parked in the multi storey car park in Icon Park, they have done a weird thing here, the bottom 3 or 4 levels are all now charged to park, but drive up another level or two and it`s free??? It doesn`t make sense at all as most folks take the elevator anyway, so we drove up to the next level where there were a million spaces.

You do get a lovely view even from here of Epic and the beautiful Helios Grand Hotel which is not too far away from here and you can`t really see the ugly buildings in between from this height.








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And a cool view of the Eye too from this level. We have gone on this attraction many times which is brave of me as I`m not overly keen on heights, but it`s worth it as we have watched Epic rise from being just a plain old derelict piece of land to being the newest and possibly one of the best theme parks in Florida.







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Yard House wasn`t busy at all which was nice for us, we got a booth over by the window and we had a lovely waiter who should have been on stage, he was so entertaining and made ordering a meal a very nice experience, not what we expected at all.







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I ordered a Coco Rum which was a lovely mix of coconut rum, banana rum, captain morgan spiced rum, passion fruit purée, citrus agave, pineapple juice and a spear of fresh pineapple, it was very nice and I did stick to just the one.






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As Tom was driving, he had a coke.






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Holy humungous sandwich!!!!

We should have got this to share, but one of Tom`s favourite sandwiches is the classic BLT, but holy smokes, this one was huge and must have had 3lbs of bacon in it!!! His face lit up like a Christmas Tree when he saw it!!








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I opted for the Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich with sweet potato fries and I did ask him how hot it was and he said it was "plenty" hot....well, ok then, I took him at his word and ordered it.







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I was disappointed as it had not a drop of spice in it and when our waiter came back and I, being British first apologised as it sounded like a complaint then asked him if I could have some hot sauce as the chicken was not spicy. Now he looked surprised and said folks usually commented it was too hot, but he disappeared and very quickly came back saying all they had was a mango habanero sauce that was ultra spicy, yep, that would be perfect.

And it really was lovely.

Again, he came back to check my head hadn`t exploded as he did believe this to be a nuclear level sauce when it was really just around the same heat as the store bought Frank`s Hot Sauce, but it was nice of him to check again.

The food had been really good though, my chicken was cooked beautifully, it was very moist and although I didn`t eat the bun, I had a taste and it was nice too. Tom`s sandwich defeated him by quite a lot, but what he had he enjoyed. Our waiter said he`d get a box for the rest of it, but we never do that and never think it`s a waste, so long as we enjoy what we have, we`re happy.

Despite the heat, we have a wander round to the eye, grab a couple of pictures and then decide it really is too hot to stay outside any longer today which is unusual for us as we love heat, but this was different for this time of year.








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More to follow 😊
 
We saw one of the new electric buses as we neared the hotel, hope that wasn`t one that caught fire recently, they do look very nice especially with the Potter images on them.




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Our stop before we headed home today was ABC Wines, this is like a candy store to us 🥰 so many items we can`t get easily in our country unless you start trawling the internet of course, but having so many different varieties of regular drinks are amazing to us.

And very tempting!!!







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We`re not the biggest vodka drinkers, but friends love Belvedere, so it`s nice to have such a huge one on hand for cocktails and two of the guys do like it straight, so that is straight in the basket today.

Milagro Silver we use for drinks like Tequila Sunrise and I like Casamigos for Margaritas and other cocktails, so we really are like kids in the preverbial candy store here!







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We had to go to the till area to get the Casamigos as they are behind locked cabinets, but they wrap all the bottles up well for us, although we do have bubble wrap and those plastic bottle containers that are inpenetrable. We`ve used them for years and fortunately we haven`t had one bottle break on us ever and we`re very grateful for that as I can`t imagine the state of everyone`s luggage if our tequila had been drenched all over it!! We would not be popular!






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We carried our purchases into the hotel and they were a little heavy, thankfully one of the luggage guys saw us and offered to help us carry them to our suite, bless him, we were very appreciative and made sure to tip him well! But, as we sat all the bottles and ahem, large bottles on the bed, even I wondered where we were going to pack them.

It`s funny, when it`s alcohol Tom is convinced everything will fit.....😉






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"it`ll be fine" is his mantra today lol.....we won`t need a new suitcase, but if it was all kitchen items we had purchased today, I was sure it would be a predicted disaster with extra weight charges!! But, to be honest, we were ok with luggage, everything would fit between the cases and our hand luggage as it is still a generous allowance that we never fully use. So, we put them beside all the other purchases, we`d deal with that tomorrow.

We showered and changed before heading over to the Club Lounge for the last evening visit of this trip, we had plans tomorrow night and wouldn`t be over to we`d be saying goodbye to a few tonight too.

On the way over although the Brazilians were now gone, the displays and photo ops were still there so of course one couldn`t resist popping in one that looked like it was covered in bacofoil!








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The lounge was fairly quiet tonight, salad, pasta and meatballs which all looked nice but we never touched anything, we did however enjoy a few glasses of prosecco which were very much appreciated tonight, we planned to get an Uber later as we were going offsite for dinner. But, it is always a lovely way to spend some time relaxing.






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I think tonight we hijacked one of the TM`s, we got talking about movies and ones she had never seen some of which genuinely shocked us!! How could you never have seen Die Hard or Ghostbusters!!!

It was a kind of follow on from a conversation early in the trip where some young folks and some not so young folks had never heard of Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin or even Abbott & Costello which were staples for me growing up.






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Ever felt ancient????

The lovely Emily asked me to write her a list of movies she had to watch including a load of Christmas ones she had never seen, so I did and handed it to her the next morning. But, we spent ages just chatting to her and thankfully they weren`t too busy so they could spare her.

We said our goodbyes to some of the other TM and then headed down to order our Uber which was only 3 minutes away.






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The bridge over to RP is very pretty, it is a lovely hotel entrance, even prettier at night and it`s very rarely empty like this so we always try to get a picture when it is like this.






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Tonight we were going to BJ`s, there are a couple of them around, we`re going to the one opposite the Mall at Millenia and we`ve been before and we were impressed with it. We did think about one near the eye, but we were advised to avoid it, always good to have locals give an opinion, so this one would do us nicely.

It takes less than 10 minutes to get there, I was glad it wasn`t a longer journey as this driver was a little wreckless to say the least, well, he took a few chances that I wouldn`t consider, but we got there and that`s all that counts. He was friendly too.







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Usually we sit at the bar, but tonight we opted for a booth and we had another lovely lady taking care of us, we studied the very large menu`s and ordered two cocktails first. Mine was a Spicy Mango Margarita and Tom I`m sure ordered White Peach Boba-Rita something different for him and they were both lovely, very refreshing.

And I did ask for mine to be extra spicy and it was, made all the difference to the drink.







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It is a nice place, we really like it and it wasn`t overly busy, but busy enough for us, we chatted for a time about the trip that was rapidly coming to a conclusion and it`s always bittersweet as although the time here is precious, it is lovely to get home and see Kyle and our friends again. We did plan a week up in Scotland when we got back to see family, they live about five hours from us and we do miss them too of course, but we always want to make the most of our time here.

I do have one friend who says being away a week is enough for them, any longer and they get homesick!!!! Er, no. I think it was different when they took their daughter on their trips, but she is now working and only gets 4 weeks vacation time a year, so no more two week trips with mum and dad three or four times a year. The joys of starting a career 😊

We both ordered steaks tonight, one bacon jam spicy rib eye and a rather small looking but deep sirloin with a garlic butter. Both dishes came with garlic roasted veg and we opted for fries too. And we hoped those steaks were as rare as we asked them to be.







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The steaks were perfect, I cannot remember the cost of them but they weren`t expensive and were very tasty, we weren`t sure what to expect but we were pleasantly surprised with them and they were indeed rare as we asked. The veg and fries were nice too so overall this meal had been lovely and we again were glad we visited tonight.

No room for dessert and those cocktails were very strong so we stuck to one then got the check and headed outside for our Uber that was waiting for us as we stepped outside, my goodness it was still boiling hot tonight, there was no reprieve from this heat these last few days.

Back home, we got to our suite and ordered a large pot of tea from room service, we had some treats in the room to go with our tea so it was lovely to enjoy after a nice meal. We watched tv for an hour or so and we were in bed for around 11.30 and we looked forward to our last full day in Orlando tomorrow.





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Well, I did plan to do a double post today, but.....we had another heatwave!!

It has been gorgeous this last week but today we were spoiled with the heat, so we spent all day in the garden, only coming inside for cold drinks and snacks. No meal planning today, we lived on Charcuterie, seafood, olives, French Bread, chips, dips, water and ice cream!! We also had some fresh plums off one of our trees as they are giving out an excellent yield this year, and they are gorgeous, just a Victoria Plum but so tasty.

Maybe the odd glass of prosecco too 🍾

And looks like this weather is here to stay for a while, we`ll make the most of it while we can. Some of our trees have been changing colour already and even a few we noticed a couple of weeks ago, so it looks like Autumn is getting earlier every year!

Hope the weather wherever you are is just as lovely!






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WEDNESDAY MAY 14TH




I don`t think either of us woke once during the night, we slept very soundly and although we still woke very early, we did feel refreshed. One of the nicest things of having the suite is you don`t hear a sound from the hallways and we do appreciate that.

We still weren`t sure what we were doing today but eventually decided to drive to Winter Park, we wanted some things from Williams and Sonoma and it was the nearest one now the store in the Mall at Millenia had closed.

Breakfast first, we wandered over and the brazilians were still around and they were having another ceremony this morning, not quite as dressy but I still felt like old Aunt Mildred wearing her Little House on the Prairie dress as we walked past them!!!! They do all look beautiful though, we stopped and asked one man who was taking his wife and children`s picture if he wanted us to take some of them altogether, he gratefully accepted and Tom took several of them. The baby wasn`t looking so I started clapping like a seal to get his attention and it worked, he turned to us and gave the biggest smiles, Tom captured some lovely pictures for them. When they saw them you`d think he`d given them a million dollars, they couldn`t thank him enough.

Breakfast was a little sombre today, we were saying goodbye to two lovely people, Aspen and Anna, Aspen we`d known for a long time and Anna although quite new, we had chatted a lot to her and got to know her quite well, so yes, we do miss them. Aspen we keep in touch with so it`s not so bad, but never nice saying goodbye even for a short time.

We walked back over to Sapphire to get the car and it`s only a 20 minute drive to Winter Park and this place has so many parking spots, sounds a weird thing to get excited over, but in our country you pay for parking practically everywhere, so it`s a novelty to just drive into so many places and not have to pay.

Winter Park is beautiful, we always discuss whether we prefer Winter Park or Winter Garden and we never quite make a decision on that one. Both are very pretty, have some lovely shopping options and have some lovely areas to walk around and the geek in me loves the train station in Winter Park so that has the edge I think!!!






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The store above is a very trendy boutique, not the type of store I would generally shop in, I`m more a comfy casual clothes person, but I have several friends who would love this store, but it is very pretty and the products inside do look nice.

The Olive Oil store is more our kind of place, so once we had visited W&S, we picked up a couple of things we wanted, we headed to look in this store as we do like it. I think being honest we prefer the Mount Dora Olive Oil company, but we weren`t visiting there this time.







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They have alongside the oils many balsamic vinegars, rubs, sauces, dips, pasta and so much more and usually you go on they leave you alone, but today the lady was a bit of a PITA and kept telling us about different products we might like. Again, there`s only so many times you can say, no thank you before it begins to sound rude.






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So, me being me, I was out the door......






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Tom was surprised I lasted quite as long as I did!!!

I have the patience of a saint, but cheese me off and I`m out.

We wandered across to the beautiful park area here, it is gorgeous and it has some lovely shaded areas that we planned to sit for a time under a tree and just watch the world go by.








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We did find a bench and we had bought some water so we sat and drank that while we people watched, not that there were many people around, but it was still nice. It was very calm and we watched some squirrels run around us, but while this was lovely, a day or so later we`d vehemently regret sitting on a bench, in the grass, at this time of day! 🦟

We also couldn`t believe how darn hot it was, it was zapping us a little and so many people were saying the same thing, never known a May so hot in years. Someone later told us it was the hottest May in a lot of years, I forget the actual number but it definitely was noticeable in comparison to previous May trips.







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It was just too darn hot to do anything else today so we popped back in the car and set off, but before we got very far we saw the strangest thing.

We saw a Brent Spiner lookylikey (Data from Star Trek Next Generation) dressed as a Storm Trooper walking along as if it were the most natural thing in the world, I liked this guy`s outlook on life!!!






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Moving on....😁


Today for lunch we wanted to try Yard House again, we`d had mixed experiences from here the worst being an evening visit where it was just so loud we couldn`t hear each other speak so we left, but on other occasions food was not the problem.

We parked in the multi storey car park in Icon Park, they have done a weird thing here, the bottom 3 or 4 levels are all now charged to park, but drive up another level or two and it`s free??? It doesn`t make sense at all as most folks take the elevator anyway, so we drove up to the next level where there were a million spaces.

You do get a lovely view even from here of Epic and the beautiful Helios Grand Hotel which is not too far away from here and you can`t really see the ugly buildings in between from this height.








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And a cool view of the Eye too from this level. We have gone on this attraction many times which is brave of me as I`m not overly keen on heights, but it`s worth it as we have watched Epic rise from being just a plain old derelict piece of land to being the newest and possibly one of the best theme parks in Florida.







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Yard House wasn`t busy at all which was nice for us, we got a booth over by the window and we had a lovely waiter who should have been on stage, he was so entertaining and made ordering a meal a very nice experience, not what we expected at all.







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I ordered a Coco Rum which was a lovely mix of coconut rum, banana rum, captain morgan spiced rum, passion fruit purée, citrus agave, pineapple juice and a spear of fresh pineapple, it was very nice and I did stick to just the one.






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As Tom was driving, he had a coke.






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Holy humungous sandwich!!!!

We should have got this to share, but one of Tom`s favourite sandwiches is the classic BLT, but holy smokes, this one was huge and must have had 3lbs of bacon in it!!! His face lit up like a Christmas Tree when he saw it!!








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I opted for the Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich with sweet potato fries and I did ask him how hot it was and he said it was "plenty" hot....well, ok then, I took him at his word and ordered it.







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I was disappointed as it had not a drop of spice in it and when our waiter came back and I, being British first apologised as it sounded like a complaint then asked him if I could have some hot sauce as the chicken was not spicy. Now he looked surprised and said folks usually commented it was too hot, but he disappeared and very quickly came back saying all they had was a mango habanero sauce that was ultra spicy, yep, that would be perfect.

And it really was lovely.

Again, he came back to check my head hadn`t exploded as he did believe this to be a nuclear level sauce when it was really just around the same heat as the store bought Frank`s Hot Sauce, but it was nice of him to check again.

The food had been really good though, my chicken was cooked beautifully, it was very moist and although I didn`t eat the bun, I had a taste and it was nice too. Tom`s sandwich defeated him by quite a lot, but what he had he enjoyed. Our waiter said he`d get a box for the rest of it, but we never do that and never think it`s a waste, so long as we enjoy what we have, we`re happy.

Despite the heat, we have a wander round to the eye, grab a couple of pictures and then decide it really is too hot to stay outside any longer today which is unusual for us as we love heat, but this was different for this time of year.








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and said folks usually commented it was too hot, but he disappeared and very quickly came back saying all they had was a mango habanero sauce that was ultra spicy, yep, that would be perfect.
!!!!:scared:o_OHabanero Sauce!!!! I had this once when I ordered something else and apparently a habanero pepper got on my order somehow. It was like Fire and I almost ran out of the restaurant and threw up. It was that bad. I don't know how you are able to take those Hot sauces????
We should have got this to share, but one of Tom`s favourite sandwiches is the classic BLT,
That BLT looks delicious. That is Roger's favorite sandwich and he always orders it at our favorite restaurant. I'm always surprised that he can eat all of that big sandwich:)
 
!!!!:scared:o_OHabanero Sauce!!!! I had this once when I ordered something else and apparently a habanero pepper got on my order somehow. It was like Fire and I almost ran out of the restaurant and threw up. It was that bad. I don't know how you are able to take those Hot sauces????

That BLT looks delicious. That is Roger's favorite sandwich and he always orders it at our favorite restaurant. I'm always surprised that he can eat all of that big sandwich:)


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We love hot sauces!! There are some that are too hot for us, one Indian sauce in particular we cannot eat, but most hot stuff is fine, I agree, hot sauce is not for everyone.

Yep, our men do love their sandwiches. He loves a good club sandwich too, actually I don`t think he`s met a sandwich he didn`t like!​
 
THURSDAY MAY 15TH






Waking up this morning we both felt that feeling of, it`s nearly time to go home, but we still had today and tonight to look forward to, so we were up with the larks and got ready, looking at the weather it was going to hit 100F today....and of course we planned a park morning!!

Still, we decided to go ahead and just leave if we got too hot later, the joys of longer stays is we don`t have to cram a lot into a few days and being honest we have done the parks to beyond death at this point so there`s nothing that`s essential for us now.

We had a knock on the door, quite early and we were surprised and very grateful to see the purchases we wanted with the Jaws logo on arrive!! We had already paid but said we would pick them up today however a very lovely TM we have known for years in the parks organised them all to be sent to our room this morning!! The shirts were all the correct sizes we wanted and mugs and other little items were all well wrapped up for the journey home!

I would call him later to thank him if we didn`t see him this morning, very thoughtful and so kind. He called us this week to chat and to let us know the Amity stuff was coming down today (08/15) so we were glad to have seen it at all.

Once we were showered and dressed we walked over for our last breakfast of this trip in the lounge and I think when we got there this morning we were both fairly hungry and we had some fruit, turkey and croissants, I had tea and Tom had a coffee from the machine, that would keep us till lunch.

We said our goodbyes to those we wouldn`t see tomorrow, we usually head over to the lounge after we check out from Sapphire as we have a couple of hours to pass till we leave for the airport.

We did grab a couple of pictures from the lounge and you really can see EU quite clearly from here and see how reasonably close the parks are from each other.








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Before we left for the park we had to go downstairs to say goodbye the Concierge Manager Nicolette and see Samuel too, both of them came out and we spent some time with them before setting off for the park.

We decided to go to the Studios today and walked down to get the boat, as it was now a little later than we planned it wasn`t busy at all, but we got a boat immediately and boy the weather man was correct, it was blazing hot and even though I`m not usually allowed to complain it was too hot, Tom said I could grizzle about it today as holy heatwave, it was boiling!!!!

We headed in to the park and we didn`t stop for a posing picture this morning, nope that sun was just too intense.







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The facial recognition they use now is very good, very fast and we were through the gates in no time at all this morning. The lovely America put us through, she is another lady who has worked here for what seems like forever!

The Today Cafe is a nice enough place, they have some good breakfast sandwiches but it`s never completely won us over, we much prefer the Beverley Hills Boulangerie, they had the best sandwiches and cheesecakes from memory and it was a classic place for meeting folks at horror nights, we lost count how many meets we had starting here.








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Wicked is my all time favourite show, nothing has come close to it, we`ve seen it five times on stage and seeing it on Broadway three times have been the highlight for sure, however this recent movie which I admittedly wasn`t sure about when they announced it would commence filming....:scratchin





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I don`t see the point. The main characters look like they are AI for most of it, and it just doesn`t work for me, however again I admit The Wizard of Oz is one of my all time favourite movies from my childhood so standards were probably set impossibly high from the outset.

I won`t be watching the second part.




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But, they have made a fairly decent job of the Tribute Store, it is bright and a nice place to pass 10 minutes walking through.







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I was very glad I hadn`t put any make up on today, it would have been gone by now, I`m always amazed how women can look so glamorous, well some women, they don`t have a hair out of place and look incredible, whereas I can look like a ragamuffin before 10am!!

Hollywood Blvd is beautiful, I sound like a broken record but it is and when it`s quiet like this, it`s even nicer.

This street has so many memories for us especially during horror nights where they always had a good scare zone here, one of the best places for it as it so wide and spacious. And this is where you find Scooby and the Gang hanging out, sometimes a couple of them but over the last few years it`s got more common to find them all out at times. You can find The Simpsons too, but we never bother with them, never became fans of the show at all.








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A very good friend of ours a few days ago had told us we might like to be at the Five & Dime this morning and now I knew why.

The first horror nights merchandise was being put out on display!!


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Even though it was only the first wave of merch, it did look quite good. There were a couple of guys there taking some serious pictures of it all and I think I was annoying them by just being there, however we worked around each other, seems they were "influencers" according the TM working and wanted to be posting images first!! I have no clue who they were as I don`t watch any of that stuff, never listen to podcasts, blogs or vlogs, nope not really interested in it at all and certainly couldn`t name one!!

Although we are done with horror nights, I still hope it goes back to how fabulous it was back in 07/08, those years were hard to beat but there were some good ones later too till they lost it somehow. High hopes with Mike Aiello back in the fold for this year and hopefully less crowds which was another issue for us, you just couldn`t move some nights, that`s not fun.

I think we are just burned out of the event overall, we always visited numerous nights over each year since 2007 as we always got the RoF ticket and always with Express, just wouldn`t do anything without that. But, it`s another thing we won`t really miss going forward.



More to follow :)

 
THURSDAY MAY 15TH






Waking up this morning we both felt that feeling of, it`s nearly time to go home, but we still had today and tonight to look forward to, so we were up with the larks and got ready, looking at the weather it was going to hit 100F today....and of course we planned a park morning!!

Still, we decided to go ahead and just leave if we got too hot later, the joys of longer stays is we don`t have to cram a lot into a few days and being honest we have done the parks to beyond death at this point so there`s nothing that`s essential for us now.

We had a knock on the door, quite early and we were surprised and very grateful to see the purchases we wanted with the Jaws logo on arrive!! We had already paid but said we would pick them up today however a very lovely TM we have known for years in the parks organised them all to be sent to our room this morning!! The shirts were all the correct sizes we wanted and mugs and other little items were all well wrapped up for the journey home!

I would call him later to thank him if we didn`t see him this morning, very thoughtful and so kind. He called us this week to chat and to let us know the Amity stuff was coming down today (08/15) so we were glad to have seen it at all.

Once we were showered and dressed we walked over for our last breakfast of this trip in the lounge and I think when we got there this morning we were both fairly hungry and we had some fruit, turkey and croissants, I had tea and Tom had a coffee from the machine, that would keep us till lunch.

We said our goodbyes to those we wouldn`t see tomorrow, we usually head over to the lounge after we check out from Sapphire as we have a couple of hours to pass till we leave for the airport.

We did grab a couple of pictures from the lounge and you really can see EU quite clearly from here and see how reasonably close the parks are from each other.








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Before we left for the park we had to go downstairs to say goodbye the Concierge Manager Nicolette and see Samuel too, both of them came out and we spent some time with them before setting off for the park.

We decided to go to the Studios today and walked down to get the boat, as it was now a little later than we planned it wasn`t busy at all, but we got a boat immediately and boy the weather man was correct, it was blazing hot and even though I`m not usually allowed to complain it was too hot, Tom said I could grizzle about it today as holy heatwave, it was boiling!!!!

We headed in to the park and we didn`t stop for a posing picture this morning, nope that sun was just too intense.







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The facial recognition they use now is very good, very fast and we were through the gates in no time at all this morning. The lovely America put us through, she is another lady who has worked here for what seems like forever!

The Today Cafe is a nice enough place, they have some good breakfast sandwiches but it`s never completely won us over, we much prefer the Beverley Hills Boulangerie, they had the best sandwiches and cheesecakes from memory and it was a classic place for meeting folks at horror nights, we lost count how many meets we had starting here.








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Wicked is my all time favourite show, nothing has come close to it, we`ve seen it five times on stage and seeing it on Broadway three times have been the highlight for sure, however this recent movie which I admittedly wasn`t sure about when they announced it would commence filming....:scratchin





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I don`t see the point. The main characters look like they are AI for most of it, and it just doesn`t work for me, however again I admit The Wizard of Oz is one of my all time favourite movies from my childhood so standards were probably set impossibly high from the outset.

I won`t be watching the second part.




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But, they have made a fairly decent job of the Tribute Store, it is bright and a nice place to pass 10 minutes walking through.







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I was very glad I hadn`t put any make up on today, it would have been gone by now, I`m always amazed how women can look so glamorous, well some women, they don`t have a hair out of place and look incredible, whereas I can look like a ragamuffin before 10am!!

Hollywood Blvd is beautiful, I sound like a broken record but it is and when it`s quiet like this, it`s even nicer.

This street has so many memories for us especially during horror nights where they always had a good scare zone here, one of the best places for it as it so wide and spacious. And this is where you find Scooby and the Gang hanging out, sometimes a couple of them but over the last few years it`s got more common to find them all out at times. You can find The Simpsons too, but we never bother with them, never became fans of the show at all.








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A very good friend of ours a few days ago had told us we might like to be at the Five & Dime this morning and now I knew why.

The first horror nights merchandise was being put out on display!!


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Even though it was only the first wave of merch, it did look quite good. There were a couple of guys there taking some serious pictures of it all and I think I was annoying them by just being there, however we worked around each other, seems they were "influencers" according the TM working and wanted to be posting images first!! I have no clue who they were as I don`t watch any of that stuff, never listen to podcasts, blogs or vlogs, nope not really interested in it at all and certainly couldn`t name one!!

Although we are done with horror nights, I still hope it goes back to how fabulous it was back in 07/08, those years were hard to beat but there were some good ones later too till they lost it somehow. High hopes with Mike Aiello back in the fold for this year and hopefully less crowds which was another issue for us, you just couldn`t move some nights, that`s not fun.

I think we are just burned out of the event overall, we always visited numerous nights over each year since 2007 as we always got the RoF ticket and always with Express, just wouldn`t do anything without that. But, it`s another thing we won`t really miss going forward.



More to follow :)

we much prefer the Beverley Hills Boulangerie, they had the best sandwiches and cheesecakes from memory
You had me at " best cheesecakes", lol. I have got to try it out.
I don`t see the point. The main characters look like they are AI for most of it, and it just doesn`t work for me, however again I admit The Wizard of Oz is one of my all time favourite movies from my childhood so standards were probably set impossibly high from the outset.
The movie didn't work for me either and I can't put my finger on just Why?
I admit The Wizard of Oz is one of my all time favourite movies from my childhood
OMGosh! The Wizard of Oz scared me to death! I am now afraid of monkeys of any kind because of those scary flying ones!!! Also the tornado scenes made me deathly afraid of tornadoes. Then when I was grown up we moved to tornado central, lol. You get over that pretty quickly or you hide in your basement every night! I can't watch that movie still to this day.
 
You had me at " best cheesecakes", lol. I have got to try it out.

The movie didn't work for me either and I can't put my finger on just Why?

OMGosh! The Wizard of Oz scared me to death! I am now afraid of monkeys of any kind because of those scary flying ones!!! Also the tornado scenes made me deathly afraid of tornadoes. Then when I was grown up we moved to tornado central, lol. You get over that pretty quickly or you hide in your basement every night! I can't watch that movie still to this day.

Sorry Ruth, the Boulangerie is now the Today Cafe, they revamped it several years ago, but I think you`d like some of the desserts they have. I haven`t tried their cheesecake on a stick, but it gets good reviews.

The movie was too politically correct, and the people looked so AI, just completely fake, nope I wish they had left well alone.

lol.....it was terrifying to watch as a child for sure. I was 4 when I first saw it on tv on Christmas Day, yes the flying monkeys were scary. I was more afraid of the Munchkin folks!!! But I do remember being mesmerised when it changed to colour from black and white, something rather wonderous in 1971! It became a Christmas tradition after that.

It`s funny, my friend E who passed away in 2016, well, I had the wicked witch theme as her ringtone on my phone as she could be a little, er, difficult to others, hence the nickname. If she was your friend though she would do anything for you, but she never took any carp from anyone. She liked me having the ringtone for her though, glad she had a sense of humour. I`ve never got around to removing it, but whenever I hear it, I`m reminded of her.

This was her mantra in life lol....I do miss her!



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Williams of Hollywood ceased being a store a while back, although it was an odd place, lots of old memorabilia and some very unique items including old scenery pieces, clothes, hats, jewellery and some very special pictures and posters, but being honest, folks just wandered in for a look, very few actually made a purchase.

It was a tribute store on several occasions, now it`s a clearance store where UOAP holders and TM`s can buy older merchandise with up to 60% discount, there was loads of merchandise to choose from in here, most folks are certainly spoiled for choice!!!







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The place is filled with recognisable decor all around, especially if you are someone who has gone to horror nights for many years although you will see more recent additions like Lil Boo around too.








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Some of the more famous Icons over the years are pictured.

Jack the Clown was one of the best, his girlfriend Chance was a very good accomplice on the years she appeared too!! The Caretaker, Director and Storyteller were all fabulous icons along with ones like The Usher which hopefully will never be forgotten.









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There are pieces that are immediately recognisable from the past and they have displayed them nicely, I think they could show more as they do store almost everything.

Sadly the Monsters from atop the now closed Monster`s Cafe are being stored in a staging area at Epic Universe, they will be utilised in some form going forward, I have been told they will be, just not yet!!!









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We were very good and didn`t buy anything at all today, nothing really appealed to us and being honest I think our luggage space was being filled to capacity already!

Heading back outside my lordy, it was brighter than bright, it took a few moments for our eyes to adjust after the shade of the store, but it was a gorgeous day and we just wanted to amble around at a very slow pace today and enjoy those last moments of park time.

This was another day we thought we might do the Horror Make up Show, but we didn`t, however it is a show we highly recommend, especially if it`s Summer Aiello doing the show, she is the best!! And the display in the room you wait before going into the show is really interesting with lots of fascinating memorabilia and info.








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This is another very pretty area of the park, I still get rather irritated by the fact they don`t make more of this gorgeous building! Old Hollywood hotel inspires so many ideas they could bring into this building, but for now it`s a meeting point for VIP tours.








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More to come of our last full day :goodvibes

 
So, he has had his surgery and is doing amazingly well. His surgeon was thrilled how well it all went and said his was a text book surgery! He is home and looking at him you`d never know he had been through surgery at all, but now we start the build up back to full strength.
Carole so good to hear that Tom was able to get in earlier and have his surgery.

Sending prayers for his continued recovery. Sounds like he is doing very well. He does have the best Wife/Nurse looking after him.

I’am enjoying your report, park and food photos.
 












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