Straw hat update post #12 We have just returned from a week of hotel hopping and fun and thought I would post.
2/18/06-arrived late stayed at Holiday Inn Sunspree. Decent hotel good price $95 for standard room. Great breakfast buffet-$9.95/adult kids free.
2/19/06-our big surprise day for kids NICK HOTEL. We arrived at 9:30 and checked in. Also made our reservation for Nick at night show. Of course the room wasn't ready but they issued our wristbands and we were welcome to use facilities. The kids played in the water park til noon. Both children were chosen to be in a show poolside. My daughter got slimed. It made her day. It was a litttle chilly so we decided to use our Sea world pass. We did 5 hrs at Sea world.
We returned and ate at the mall prior to the show @ 7:15. My son was chosen to participate. Monday morning we did breakfast and checked out via tv and then were able to stay on the property all day. We enjoyed the pool and water slides all day leaving at 5:00pm. For the price of one night we enjoyed roughly 36 hrs at NICK.
2/20/06-checked back into Sunspree but got a kids suite this time. DON'T waste your $$$. I was spoiled by the seperate rooms at NICK suites. All the kids suite was was a partition in the middle of a standard room. It reminded me of an office cubicle. Not worth $20 more.
2/21/06-Checked out and off to Sea World for our 2nd day free. We had a blast. Fed the dolphins, enjoyed some free beer, saw some shows, DH and DS loved the coasters. If you plan to enjoy Shamu show plan to arrive 1 1/2 hrs early. That was the only thing that required extra time. We left here and enjoyed birthday dinner for DH at Rainforest. Loved the fact that I could finally get the staff to sing to him with the VOLCANO desert. From here we drove to tampa to stay at Holiday Inn near Busch Gardens. What a disappointment. We were supposed to stay two nights. When we arrived we were informed it is no longer a Holiday Inn. It was run down and DIRTY! The room smelled musty, the vents were filthy and the rugs didn't look vacummed. It was now 8:00pm so we dealt for a night and checked out the next morning.
2/22/06 Off to a day at Busch Gardens. What a park! My DH and DS loved all the coasters. DD and I enjoyed all the wildlife. We all enjoyed the shows. Pirates 4D was great as was Katonga. DD was a little disheartened when she left Katonga and as soon as we got out the door realized he had left her new hat she had bought at Sea world behind. We immediately turned around and went back for it and it was gone. The staff was great looking with us. DD said she saw a lady leave wearing it. At first she assumed she had the same hat but now we know it was hers. A sad ending to a great day. Now we have no hotel for the night so we head south to my parents place a day early.
Sorry so long. If you have any questions ask away!
2/18/06-arrived late stayed at Holiday Inn Sunspree. Decent hotel good price $95 for standard room. Great breakfast buffet-$9.95/adult kids free.
2/19/06-our big surprise day for kids NICK HOTEL. We arrived at 9:30 and checked in. Also made our reservation for Nick at night show. Of course the room wasn't ready but they issued our wristbands and we were welcome to use facilities. The kids played in the water park til noon. Both children were chosen to be in a show poolside. My daughter got slimed. It made her day. It was a litttle chilly so we decided to use our Sea world pass. We did 5 hrs at Sea world.
We returned and ate at the mall prior to the show @ 7:15. My son was chosen to participate. Monday morning we did breakfast and checked out via tv and then were able to stay on the property all day. We enjoyed the pool and water slides all day leaving at 5:00pm. For the price of one night we enjoyed roughly 36 hrs at NICK.
2/20/06-checked back into Sunspree but got a kids suite this time. DON'T waste your $$$. I was spoiled by the seperate rooms at NICK suites. All the kids suite was was a partition in the middle of a standard room. It reminded me of an office cubicle. Not worth $20 more.
2/21/06-Checked out and off to Sea World for our 2nd day free. We had a blast. Fed the dolphins, enjoyed some free beer, saw some shows, DH and DS loved the coasters. If you plan to enjoy Shamu show plan to arrive 1 1/2 hrs early. That was the only thing that required extra time. We left here and enjoyed birthday dinner for DH at Rainforest. Loved the fact that I could finally get the staff to sing to him with the VOLCANO desert. From here we drove to tampa to stay at Holiday Inn near Busch Gardens. What a disappointment. We were supposed to stay two nights. When we arrived we were informed it is no longer a Holiday Inn. It was run down and DIRTY! The room smelled musty, the vents were filthy and the rugs didn't look vacummed. It was now 8:00pm so we dealt for a night and checked out the next morning.
2/22/06 Off to a day at Busch Gardens. What a park! My DH and DS loved all the coasters. DD and I enjoyed all the wildlife. We all enjoyed the shows. Pirates 4D was great as was Katonga. DD was a little disheartened when she left Katonga and as soon as we got out the door realized he had left her new hat she had bought at Sea world behind. We immediately turned around and went back for it and it was gone. The staff was great looking with us. DD said she saw a lady leave wearing it. At first she assumed she had the same hat but now we know it was hers. A sad ending to a great day. Now we have no hotel for the night so we head south to my parents place a day early.
Sorry so long. If you have any questions ask away!
