Universal for just the 2 of us

ky07

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First of all I have to say this was such a great trip because my DW works so hard and we only get to Orlando once a year and she had a blast as well as I did.
Hope I can remeber all we did since we tried to do as much as we could :lmao::lmao:
Day 1
We headed for our local airport at 6:00 am upon Dw's request even though our plane didn't leave until 9:49 am and I guess it was a good thing cause after poping the trunk I locked the doors and looked inside and low and behold my keys were laying in the seat :scared1:
So called AAA and finally after standing around and waiting for an hour they show up and get the door unlocked and then we headed inside and checked in our luggage and headed thru security .
once thru the security check point Dw started telling me how hungry she was so there was a little resturant and bar just as you headed down the terminal and stopped in and had a bite to eat and told Dw
Your not going to be like the kids on this trip complaining all the time are you :rotfl::rotfl: and she said if you keep being a smart you know what I will :lmao:
After flying to cincy and then to MCO we met up with the tow car service and were finally at the RPR at 2:00 pm and was told we could either wait on a smoking room or they had a nonsmoking room ready right then and we opted for nonsmoking big mistake due to the fact we were on the 7th floor all the way on the other side of the elevators but wasn't going to let that bother us.
After putting our bags in the room we decied to head to Universal and pick up our tickets from electronic pick up and wait until the following day to pick up my free superbowl ticket.
After we picked up the tickets we went to citywalk checked out some of the shops and caught a movie at the theater.
I have worked at movie theater but this one really impressed me cause they had a full bar you could buy drinks and take them into the movie with you which I admitt is not kid friendly but no kids with us this time we decied we might do that at a later point ( having a drink that is and plus it was way too early to start drinking ) we watched the new termanator movie since niether of us had seen it and have to admitt it was not worth the money but oh well not letting a bad movie ruin our day.
After the movie we decided to have an early dinner at Nascar Grille
We had the nachos with grilled chicken for starters and there was so muck we had to ask for a to go box so we could finish them up later.
DW had steak and shrimp combo and I tried the luckydog and that shows you who gets the better meal :rotfl2:
After dinner it was getting late so we decied to head back to RPR and rest up for our first day in the parks.
Once back at the RPR DW asked me to get out something for her in her bag and as I open the bag I notice the clothes wasn't her and looked at the tagg and it was someone elses bag and I remebered the driver from the car service was in such a hurry that I kept asing him did you get the right bags and he said oh yes it has her name on it so I called the car service and they basically told me to call the airport and see if they had her bag and see if they would deliver it to us and if they wouldn't then they would have to charge us another $110.00 round trip to go get it and ofcourse they wouldn't so we head down to the front of RPR and ask valet for a taxi and in the mean time the girl at the valet window asked what wa going on and we explained everything and not to mention the wifes bag had her medication and mine in it and she told me to hang on she would see if the manager could do anything about her bag for us.
we were told to go inside and talk to the manager and once inside we talked to him and explained everything and he told us if we could wait until midnight he would go to the airport his self and pick up the bag for us and we told him that would be fine and how much we apperciated this.
At 1:30 am we get a call and the manager had returned the other bag and got DW's and was sending a poter up with the bag but he did have to charge me $3.50 for toll charges but I told him that was fine he save me over a $100 anyway and that just shows you why we love the RPR cause he went out of his way to do this for us and not to mention he was pulling a double shift at the RPR.
 
Wow that was so nice of him to go out of his way like that. Hope the rest of the trip goes smoothly.
 
Day 2
Even though I stayed up late to wait on my DW's bag I still got up at 7:00 am and let Dw sleep and made a cup of coffee and headed down stair for a smoke and when I got back DW was up taking a shower and after my shower we decied to head out at 8:40 and went to studios side and picked up my free superbowl ticket and headed in.
Of course DW had to hit the first shop to look around and as we walked down we notice the new stage they built which by the way looks great and noticed a little shop that had HRRR stuff and we bought the HRRR lanyards and got comments they are already selling stuff for the ride and its not open yet.
we normally do shrek and jimmy neutron first but with no kids this time we did Twister first and no matter how cheesey I still love it .
After Twister I wanted to ride the mummy but DW said she wasn't in the mood for it yet :confused3 so we headed to MIB and rode it and by the way DW kick my butt on :rotfl2: after that we both aren't big simpsons fans but we went on it anyway .
since we were in no big hurry I bought DW a water and myself a coke and we sat and talked about how much we miss BTTF ride and after a rest we walked on back and rode ET .
After ET we walked back around and decied to do Disaster which I think is good and like how they do the hologram with Christopher Walken
We make our way back and notice the graveyard revue is about to start and since we never seen it we decied to go see it and have to say it was pretty good.
after the show we decided to go and see T2 whic was pretty packed but none the less we got a good seat and pretty much the entire trip thanks to FOTL :woohoo:
we then walked around and DW noticed the fast and furious cars and her being a big Vin Desiel fan had to have her pic took in front of them and I will have to post the pics later cause trying to download them on photo bucket right now cause I only have 192 pics :lmao:
By this time it was around 2:45 pm and since we were in the park since 9:00 am we decided it was time to eat and headed out and went to hardrock cafe.
ofcourse its a theme DW had to have nachos toped with steak for starters .
DW had the ledgendary burger and I had the BBQ brisket sandwich and after we finished we went to the hardrock gift shop where I made the mistake of showing her a Bruce Springsteen tshirt and she had to have it and I bought a hardrock tshirt and I used my AAA card but since her shirts proceeds went to his charity we didn't get a discount but she was excited when they gave her a free Bruce Springsteen button since we couldn't get the discount which made her day and by this time I was wiped out and we headed back to the RPR for a little rest since it was so hot and humid.
After resting we took the water taxi from RPR back to citywalk and decied to spend an hour or two at IOA cause we both love the themeing and just walk around but we did decide to ride Spideman and I personally love the ride and everytime I pass by I want to ride it :rotfl:
We walked thru and looked at the progress on Harry potter land and all DW could say was stupid Harry Potter and I told her I take it you don't like harry potter and she said you guessed right :lmao:
After walking thru and looking at Suess landing it was late and we headed back to the water taxis and went to Jakes at RPR for dinner and then back to the room for the night .
 

Nice report so far!:thumbsup2 The first day would piss me off.:mad::lmao:
 
Gosh that was a really nice thing the manager did :thumbsup2

You certainly seem to be having a lovely time, looking forward to the rest :)
 
WOW! Now that is one accommodating manager! That was so nice of him to do that for you.
 
You seemed to be having a great time , even with the problems you had.
What about some pics
 
sounds great so far Lawrence......except the bag problem. Kudos to the RPR manager for going out of his way for you. Never heard of something like that before :goodvibes
 
Wow, now that's what I call service. That is going above and beyond. Your trippie sounds great so far! popcorn::
 
Day 3
Started out the day pretty much the same and that is I was the first one up and I guess its cause I always get super excited about being at Universal
Did the morning ritual smoke , coffee and back to the room and shower and DW wife finally rolls out of bed :rotfl:
We hit IOA and DW asked what we were doing first and I smiled and pointed at the hulk and all I heard was Oh goodness and we went on it but this time I made sure to tell the TM I needed the larger seat and we got in row six.
After a bit of screamin during the ride done by me :laughing: DW wife wanted to buy the pic since we never got the future ones and of course the offered the ride video and she wanted that too and where offering a deal with a 5x7 and video for $24.95 and got it for her cause she is worth it.
After waiting for about 10 mins for them making the dvd we then headed over to ride Spiderman.
We then decide to go ride Dueling Dragons but on the way we were stopped by the time share guy and when I told him I wasn't interested he kept talking and a lady stopped and started talking to him and he told me to wait a min and he would be back to me and I looked at DW and we started walking off and all of the other time share guys started yelling wait a min mister and really imbarressed me almost made you feel like you just stole something and then I yell back Hey I am on vacation I don't need this :headache:
So we finally got to DD and put our stuff in a locker and headed in.
Talk about a long walk since the moved the entrance but we finally got in and remebered from the boards where the larger seats were and got in line and last year I rode the fire side but this year we did ice cause with bad back I can only get in the hulk and DD once before I begin to hurt :sad2:
By then its about 12:00 and we head over and do posidens adventure since it had a 12:30 start time and its still a good show but they took out the water vortex and makes it very disappointing and sad to watch now.
We then walked on over to Suess landing and DW wanted to ride the sky high trolley in which she made me sit on the inside and I the bang my knee on one of the bars and limp for the next hour or two :lmao:
As we keep walking she notices one fish twoa fish and begins to tear up cause she always rode it with our youngest DS and told her she could ride it if she wants to but she said no cause it won't feel the same without him and we go on to cat in the hat and don't know if its just me but the spins on that ride seem to be getting rougher but I guess its just old age setting in:rotfl2:
After that we figured we were getting a little hungry so we headed back to citywalk for lunch .
After lunch we headed back to RPR to rest in the room cause we were going to go to the studio side later.
About 3:30pm we get the water taxi back to citywalk and go to the studios and stand in line for the live taping of TNA wrestling and while waiting in line we met a dad with his DS and DD which were very friendly and his son loves wrestling and then a guy behind us from newjersey start talking to us and by the way by this time it was a little after 4:00 pm and super hot and the show didn't let in until 5:30 pm :scared1:
As we stood there they were doing test runs on HRRR and was cool to see it go thru the huge loop and only made me more sad I was not going to be able to ride it this year.
The closer it got to the time to go in we heard a rumble and yep it started raining and after we started to get soaked they decided to have mercy on us and started to line everyone up under cover of the studio were the taping was going to be.
Once inside the studio was a decent size but very packed and I enjoyed the matches up until the point the kid behind me was jumping up and down and hit me in my back three times with his knees and only said sorry once.
After the show was over we had to show that we had park tickets in order to head back into the park whic didn't make alot of sense since it was already 8:30 and the park closed at 9:00.
So in sever pain in my back we catch the water taxi back to RPR and we went straight back to the room cause we didn't even feel like dinner after that.
 
Not finished downloading pics to photobucket yet but here are a few from our trip
The first ones to get to use the pool in the morning at RPR
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still working on HRRR
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hi laurence, enjoting your report, and love the pics, those 2 guys, or should i say Girls, where in the pool this morning as well:rotfl2:
 
Great trip report. What the manager did was so great. RPR would have me for life. :laughing:
Thats what we told the manager the RPR has us for good cause no hotel has went out of thier way like that for us :thumbsup2

hi laurence, enjoting your report, and love the pics, those 2 guys, or should i say Girls, where in the pool this morning as well:rotfl2:
Yeah they where there every morning we was there and so was the mother duck and her ducklings in the lagoon :rotfl:
Hope you guys are having fun :goodvibes
 














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