You can take the girl out of Disney, BUT

[MEK]

All caught up again!

I can't believe you made Skip walk from the BWI parking lot to B&C. That's a hike. Good thing he didn't complain too much. I've heard the No Way Jose sundae is amazing and it surely looks it. Yum!

I agree that spiderman is a fabulous ride. Your pictures in a near empty park are stunning!

 

[annmarieda]

Hmm... I thought I commented on how special that painting of Claire is... but I don't see it. In any case... it is really nice

Your pictures of the park continue to impress me.

 

[mousetravel]

Love that picture & painting of Claire!!

 

[jenseib]

 

[jenseib]

Love the bed hog pics! DS is one too, so we usually try for a king with a sofa bed to put him on there! otherwise he's the same as Claire!

We love the Spiderman ride too! That, MIB, and Hulk are almost as good as HP Forbidden Journey!

And yes, you do get very wet on Dudley Do Right!

Claire is awful to sleep with. Skip slept with her the other night for a camp out...which consist of Claire watching movies while he sleeps. LOL....and he said at one time she yelled at him to move over and he said he was on the edge already.

All caught up again!

I can't believe you made Skip walk from the BWI parking lot to B&C. That's a hike. Good thing he didn't complain too much. I've heard the No Way Jose sundae is amazing and it surely looks it. Yum!

I agree that spiderman is a fabulous ride. Your pictures in a near empty park are stunning!

It is quite the hike, but I think him seeing an area he hasn't before kind of made it a bit better.
I love the no way jose!

Hmm... I thought I commented on how special that painting of Claire is... but I don't see it. In any case... it is really nice

Your pictures of the park continue to impress me.

Thanks. I really love the painting.
I hope to get working on some more pictures today and get another update.

Love that picture & painting of Claire!!

Thanks...I do too!

 

[natebenma]

Incredible!!! That painting of Claire is just amazing!!!

Just voted on your photo. It appears that your photo is neck and neck (ha ha) with Number 1- c'mon folks, get over there and click on the photo!

What a nice start to your day- a mellow, productive morning and then an empty park. Bet things were different over at the Wizarding World, though.

 

[hannahsmomma]

Thank you so much for this tr. Reading and looking at all the pics has gotten myself and DH so excited for our trip next week. My DS is 7 so I am getting a good idea of what to expect from the rides so I can either prepare him or avoid a ride all together.

 

[MEK]

That portrait of Claire is stunning!

 

[jenseib]

Incredible!!! That painting of Claire is just amazing!!!

Just voted on your photo. It appears that your photo is neck and neck (ha ha) with Number 1- c'mon folks, get over there and click on the photo!

What a nice start to your day- a mellow, productive morning and then an empty park. Bet things were different over at the Wizarding World, though.

You are right. WWOHP was insane this day.

Thank you so much for this tr. Reading and looking at all the pics has gotten myself and DH so excited for our trip next week. My DS is 7 so I am getting a good idea of what to expect from the rides so I can either prepare him or avoid a ride all together.

Thanks for reading along. I'm a little slow going the past few days.....darn that life getting in the way....
Have your DS watch some youtube videos...it really helped Claire see what things were all about.

That portrait of Claire is stunning!

Thanks. I love it too!

 

[petals]

That painting is brill.

Love your updates. IOA looks empty!

I'm amazed as well at the little golf area in Citywalk when we were there in December they were only working on that and from your pics it looks complete. If that was Ireland it would take at least three years to get that done!

 

[jenseib]

That painting is brill.

Love your updates. IOA looks empty!

I'm amazed as well at the little golf area in Citywalk when we were there in December they were only working on that and from your pics it looks complete. If that was Ireland it would take at least three years to get that done!

Thanks!

I hadn't realized it was brand new till I got back. I guess i would've taken more pictures if I knew that.

I do find the crowds.........

 

[jenseib]

Sorry for the lack of updates..I haven't been home much this past week. I have been slowly working on an update...and hopefully I can get it done tonight to post tomorrow.
I've mostly had only access to my laptop, which doesn't have pictures or my TR on it...so can't work on it much.
Claire has 2 girlfriends over for a sleep over...that keeps you hopping....is it bedtime yet?
I noticed this is the 1 night this week where Skip hasn't come in the house early. Lucky bugger!

 

[jenseib]

Now we enter Jurassic Park!!!

I love how the music from the movies plays in the area. It totally gives you the feeling you are in the park.
We found another jeep with dinosaur and I made my crew stop.

We strolled through…looking for the water ride…..and I couldn’t find it, ….well the entrance. We wanted to see if it was running and how long the wait was, but somehow we missed it.

We went to see if the Pteranadon Flyers were running. I swore I saw some dangling legs go by, but the line was closed.

One thing to note about this ride…it has some weird rules. If you are over a certain height, you have to be accompanied by a child. So really only 1 of us would’ve been able to ride with Claire, and the other would’ve had to wait…and basically do an adult swap. LOL!

Claire asked to check out the play area, but I told her not now…which really meant…never. LOL! I am not a fan of play areas at theme parks, so I avoid them like the plague. If we need some down time, we might do them, but for the most part…in years past with my older 2, it was more hassle trying to get the kids out and then of course crying followed.

On we went.

I spy, with my little eye…. A castle!!!

The family refused to stand here…..Claire said she did it yesterday, and there was no need for another.

We worked our way into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

HMMMMMM? Why do they have these ropes up on the bridge? (I do find out later….)

 

[jenseib]

We made a stop in the bathrooms and once again the conversation between Claire and I was all about moaning Myrtle. She was so fascinated by her.

Back outside we found Skip.

And we headed to our breakfast reservation at the Three Broomsticks.

I believe we had to check in with a gal out front and then were let in.

We had a few choices to choose from. They had each meal displayed in the window, but this was the only picture that came out remotely decent.

In case you didn’t see those plates…you could also read the description.

We all ordered the pancakes and sausage breakfast. I got the cold butter beer this time. I wanted to give it a try and see if I liked it better. Skip was surprised I would try it again. Skip and Claire got juice.
I was surprised that Skip ordered the same meal as us, because there were quite a few options he could choose from, and most likely he would finish off one of our plates too…..and I was right, because as soon as we ordered and directed to the pickup line (which I swear we got the longest one with the slowest girl), he said he wished he would’ve ordered something else.

When I say our line was slow and long, I am not kidding. People who came in after us and directed to other lines had their food faster.

Once you get your food, they have a condiments section you can pick up anything else you may need. BUT, they are supposed to give you syrup on your tray. I don’t eat syrup, so I didn’t notice it, but Skip does, so we had to have someone go get us some…and he came back with 2 packs…for 3 plates…..like I said, I don’t eat it, but Claire dips in it and Skip would need 2 or 3 for himself.

After you pick up your condiments you wait for a TM to seat you. There seemed to be confusion with this, even though we were told this a couple of times throughout the process, and several people would just walk in and try to seat themselves.

There also seemed to be a little confusion with the TM’s about doing this as well, but finally they saw us and took us to a table. For some reason we had a 4th member tagging along. There was a kid who was hanging around us when the TM came to get us, I think his family might’ve been getting condiments …and he sat down at our table. LOL! I told him that he was with the wrong family and he was embarrassed I’m sure and left to find his family.

Here is the food porn.

We placed our plates on the table and started eating…early on, I realized my plate has less food than Skip and Claire…..and then it hit me, I had the kids meal. LOL.. No big deal, Claire would’ve stole my extra sausage anyways, and I could eat any extras off her plate if I was still hungry.

I must say that cold butter beer is MUCH better than the frozen. I would get this again. It is still very sweet, but I could handle it much better.

I took a couple of pictures while eating.

Skip ran out of syrup and I noticed the boy at the next table wasn’t eating any, so I asked if we could have it and he quickly gave it to me. I think I scared him. LOL

I finished off my food, Skip finished his, and Claire didn’t eat a whole lot of hers…though she ate all the sausage. Skip and I dove into hers and he did a good job at polishing most of it off. I nibbled a bit at some of it, but when we left, most of her crescent was left…just no more room in our bellies to eat it all.

I was seated next to a door and about halfway through the meal they opened it and there was a patio out there with seating.

Before we left, I went out and took a couple of pictures.

These next pictures were taken about 10 minutes later, and I can’t remember where. My guess is that we went to a smoking area in Jurassic park and I took them.

 

[wilma-bride]

I didn't think only 1 adult could ride Pteranadon Flyers per child (I could be wrong, though, we've never ridden).

Breakfast at 3 Broomsticks sounds like a complete zoo. We absolutely love the seating area out back - it is a haven at busy times

Wonderful photos again, by the way. I love how they are 'framed'. Does your photo software do that for you?

 

[petals]

Thanks!

I hadn't realized it was brand new till I got back. I guess i would've taken more pictures if I knew that.

I do find the crowds.........

The crowds all only seem to go to WWOHP there now

Re the golf thing yeah I have a pic you'll see in my trip report eventually of them building the three eyed thing. We asked about it because I was nosey and thinking of my trip report as well

The family refused to stand here…..Claire said she did it yesterday, and there was no need for another.

I loled at this! I think Claire and my Momma should go on hols together and you and I should go together in future. My Momma is always like why are you taking a pic of that did you not get that last year or yesterday or whatever...

 

[Poolrat]

All caught up and lovin' US and IoA.

Taking good notes here in case I make it over there soon. No plans to but I know I need to.

Last Time I was there King Kong and no Mummies, Back to the future and no Simpsons but MIB was there!

Loved Spiderman too!!! Awesome ride.

 

[jenseib]

I didn't think only 1 adult could ride Pteranadon Flyers per child (I could be wrong, though, we've never ridden).

Breakfast at 3 Broomsticks sounds like a complete zoo. We absolutely love the seating area out back - it is a haven at busy times

Wonderful photos again, by the way. I love how they are 'framed'. Does your photo software do that for you?

You might be right...I think I read that somewhere, but since we didn't go on it, I never knew for sure.

That seating out back looked nice. I wouldn't mind sitting out there.
I do the framing in photoshop. I set it up so all I have to do is click one key and it frames it. it took me a while to figure how to get it done and the way I liked it and then I saved it so I don't have to hassle with that again...hopefully

The crowds all only seem to go to WWOHP there now

Re the golf thing yeah I have a pic you'll see in my trip report eventually of them building the three eyed thing. We asked about it because I was nosey and thinking of my trip report as well



I loled at this! I think Claire and my Momma should go on hols together and you and I should go together in future. My Momma is always like why are you taking a pic of that did you not get that last year or yesterday or whatever...

The crowds do head stright for WWoHP. We are about to find them. LOL!

I can't wait to read about your version of the mini golf. it wil lbe neat to look back in time.

Skip is worse than Claire with pictures...he won't look at mine usually because he says he was there and doesn't need to see it again.

All caught up and lovin' US and IoA.

Taking good notes here in case I make it over there soon. No plans to but I know I need to.

Last Time I was there King Kong and no Mummies, Back to the future and no Simpsons but MIB was there!

Loved Spiderman too!!! Awesome ride.

It is a good time there. I am glad we did go, it was nice to experience some new things..and some old favorites too. I loved King Kong...I'm surprised they took it out....though I think I read they have troubles with it and maybe someone got hurt? But it was kind of scary.

 

[natebenma]

Great pictures!

My family is the same way- they scowl, literally, when I ask to take a picture. Every once and awhile I will ask someone to take a picture of me, or one of Mark and me together, just so we have evidence that we were indeed on vacation together.

We had lunch at the 3 Broomsticks. Things do certainly seem confusing for those of us who are Muggle-born!

You are not the first one who had trouble finding the Jurassic Park River Adventure ride. It must be well camoflagued. We had to look closely to find it when we first arrived, but we did find it. Closed.

Fortunately, it was open later in the week on our trip.

 

[jenseib]

Great pictures!

My family is the same way- they scowl, literally, when I ask to take a picture. Every once and awhile I will ask someone to take a picture of me, or one of Mark and me together, just so we have evidence that we were indeed on vacation together.

We had lunch at the 3 Broomsticks. Things do certainly seem confusing for those of us who are Muggle-born!

You are not the first one who had trouble finding the Jurassic Park River Adventure ride. It must be well camoflagued. We had to look closely to find it when we first arrived, but we did find it. Closed.

Fortunately, it was open later in the week on our trip.

I don't get it...they know I like pictures...just except it!

I would love to do lunch at 3 brromsticks too. The food looked good for lunch. I was happy with our breakfast there. That wil lbe a goal for the next Universal trip...when ever that may be.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't find the entrance. I saw the hill where it comes down...but I just couldn't locate the entrance...and we were on a tighter schedule, since we had to go eat, so I didn't work too hard at finding it either.