keishashadow
Proud Redhead...yes, I have some bananas!
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- Dec 30, 2004
Hey all, last full day here & sitting in room. DS in the next sick as a dog, poor thing. Had a bad feeling when he started to drag a few days ago & ate/drank little. When he said he was aching all over yesterday @
AK, knew it was time to head back. Looks like something out of HHN. Trying to get him to drink some coke but still horizontal. Feel bad, he's so upset he's 'ruining my day'. Keep trying to reassure him, I'm good but it's the way he is. May try him on some of Pop's food court chicken soup. No idea if it's good. Maybe sweet tomatos has takeout?
We head home late tomorrow afternoon. Already cancelled all dining & FP. Will just hang here as long as possible, then drive to airport
We had a lovely time @ HHN, so nice to see my friends & meet new ones
. Weather sucked our days, so much rain for HHN, one night in tent houses went halfway up calf in a river i.e. A puddle.. Tends to put a damper on things when your feet are wet.
The public tour we booked was awful. Guide drug it out with 9 long beer stops, which effectively prevented us from redoing any houses that night grrr. A group of 6 30-somethings were reliving their frat days, after a particularly sloppy drunk spilled his beer on me, I had to ahem school him. He kept a wide swath the rest of the night. Those who know me are aware I'm all about having a good time but absolutely have no patience for fools.
Had my share of scares and appreciate the hell out of the scareactors & designers but do feel it was at the bottom of all the years we attended as to quality. Visible $$$ cutbacks, same thing @ WDW's MNSSHP this week. Believe it's of the those who drink the kool-aid will always return (me included) while those who are relative noobs won't know the difference mentality.
Waited 1-1/2 hours for the last Terminator (boohoo). They did a nice goodbye @ the end of the show. Hope they come up with a worthy succcesor there.
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Love that pic!!!!!
Mac and Keisha.....did I tell you we ran into Mad Hattered in Universal?
They`re doing great......was so nice to see them again.....it had been a while. Miss his posts on here.[/QUOTE]
I've never met him? Didja run into any other familiar faces from the SANs?
When we came down on 30th, noticed many gas stations had prices similar to back in PA. Seemed to to have dropped last weekend here.
Have filled up @ car care center in WDW and not been surcharged returning car in past. Usually fill up on tradeport blvd location
Pushing that buttton again eh? Lol
Retirement is rocking your world! We roll the same way, travel is a lovely Xmas present IMO. Lol missing you again, we come in on 25th (maybe 24th as GD is freaking out Laurie Hernandez is doing Candlelight processional & her parents are considering a long weekend. Her gymnastics heroine. They leave on a cruise on the 2nd, I'd just have them pull her out for our trip in November but 2 weeks too much to miss. Especially, since back down for gymnastics competition in Feb for a week. Only in 2nd grade, smart as a whip, can get away with several weeks of 'enrichment' travel at this stage of the game.
Agree with mythos, first time disappointed. Our food was good (risotto for me, the beef tenderloin for him) but the server was lacking as to training & temperment. Could've been an off day but in that job you have to be "on" or at least not surly.
My wings @ HRC were fine, mac & cheese tasted off to me. I put sirracha sauce on mine but whatever peppers they used were h-o-t & bitter tasting to me. Jakes' steaks & pretzels were still good, no AP discount though. To my surprise my favorite meal was a pasta dish at Confiscos. Picked out the chicken but rest of it was yummy, artichokes, etc. DS said his fillet was good. Looked like a pot roast to me
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WDW - best meal @ Yak & Yeti. LeCellier fillet good, hanger steak was not. Coral Reef a miss all the way around, steaks grisly. Lobster bisque very salty.
Taylor Dayne was awesome
. Glad DS got to see it. Know he wanted to see Jeffrey Osborne tonight. Still has 3 days left on his tix until mid april, perhaps he can sneak back down before it expires.
AK, knew it was time to head back. Looks like something out of HHN. Trying to get him to drink some coke but still horizontal. Feel bad, he's so upset he's 'ruining my day'. Keep trying to reassure him, I'm good but it's the way he is. May try him on some of Pop's food court chicken soup. No idea if it's good. Maybe sweet tomatos has takeout?
We head home late tomorrow afternoon. Already cancelled all dining & FP. Will just hang here as long as possible, then drive to airport
We had a lovely time @ HHN, so nice to see my friends & meet new ones
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The public tour we booked was awful. Guide drug it out with 9 long beer stops, which effectively prevented us from redoing any houses that night grrr. A group of 6 30-somethings were reliving their frat days, after a particularly sloppy drunk spilled his beer on me, I had to ahem school him. He kept a wide swath the rest of the night. Those who know me are aware I'm all about having a good time but absolutely have no patience for fools.
Had my share of scares and appreciate the hell out of the scareactors & designers but do feel it was at the bottom of all the years we attended as to quality. Visible $$$ cutbacks, same thing @ WDW's MNSSHP this week. Believe it's of the those who drink the kool-aid will always return (me included) while those who are relative noobs won't know the difference mentality.
Waited 1-1/2 hours for the last Terminator (boohoo). They did a nice goodbye @ the end of the show. Hope they come up with a worthy succcesor there.
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Love that pic!!!!!
Mac and Keisha.....did I tell you we ran into Mad Hattered in Universal?
They`re doing great......was so nice to see them again.....it had been a while. Miss his posts on here.[/QUOTE]
I've never met him? Didja run into any other familiar faces from the SANs?
Metro, is there a reasonably priced gas station near RPR? Thank you.
Lazy morning, waiting on boat for ride to CityWalk.
HVe a nice Tuesday homies!
When we came down on 30th, noticed many gas stations had prices similar to back in PA. Seemed to to have dropped last weekend here.
Have filled up @ car care center in WDW and not been surcharged returning car in past. Usually fill up on tradeport blvd location
Simpsons ride is cool!
Got great score on MIB
Pushing that buttton again eh? Lol
Have a safe journey home ladies...........glad the trip was such a success!!!
Well, few nights ago my husband said.........what do you fancy for Christmas.......I thought this was strange especially as we had just booked the 2 trips for next year so had just been talking about them..........but I jokingly said a week at Universal in December to see the Potter stuff..........
SO WE HAVE ADDED A WEEK IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR.............
But..........the best bit is...........KYLE IS COMING TOO!!!!!
We had to wait till yesterday for Kyle to have vacation time confirmed, not really a problem in December and he has 6 weeks to use, so 7 days should be fine......but we had to wait to see for sure......that was awful!!!
But when he came home last night and told us it was fine.......so, I had the flights booked within 15 minutes!! I don't hang around.........![]()
We arrive Saturday December 2nd and leave Saturday 9th...........short trip but looking forward to it..........it`s been 3 years since Kyle visited, and although he has done other things and been away, he hasn't been to Orlando for a while.....and he was happy to still come with mum and dad.....always good news.......
Flying Virgin Atlantic this visit again........they were more expensive but flight times were better for us........I had done Kyle`s ESTA 2 days ago just in case and bought a yearly travel insurance policy including Kyle for this visit.
Radisson at airport booked for the night before we fly too and car rental has been sorted too..........all done in an hour or so........planning done!!!!
So we are over the moon as it was so unexpected.........but having Kyle along and for him to see the parks at Christmas too will be lovely.......will be spending most of the time in the parks this visit.......maybe have to visit Mall at Millenia for Kyle to have his favourite chocolate cake.........
Anyway, hope everyone is good and having a wonderful Friday........safe travels to those going home today.......![]()
Retirement is rocking your world! We roll the same way, travel is a lovely Xmas present IMO. Lol missing you again, we come in on 25th (maybe 24th as GD is freaking out Laurie Hernandez is doing Candlelight processional & her parents are considering a long weekend. Her gymnastics heroine. They leave on a cruise on the 2nd, I'd just have them pull her out for our trip in November but 2 weeks too much to miss. Especially, since back down for gymnastics competition in Feb for a week. Only in 2nd grade, smart as a whip, can get away with several weeks of 'enrichment' travel at this stage of the game.
Morning everyone. Trying to get back in the groove at home after a great Universal vacation....it will take a few more days for back and legs to recover....but it was so worth it.
Had a great time on Mac’s VIP tour and so enjoyed meeting everyone. Mac’s planning made for a wonderful evening.
It started off raining, but as Florida weather does it soon turned into a muggy hot night, but that did not dampen the enjoyment of the the evening at all. I did not get to bed until about 2:30 am and did not get up until about 12 noon next day.....LOL...that’s the latest I have been up for ages.
Mac and I did a repeat of more houses again sunday evening (my last HHN night) and we didn’t leave the park until about 1:30 am.....LOL...we were both just about crawling at that point...but was so fun having a homie to hang with at HHN....
Some nice gentleman was kind enough to let us know that the tire was almost flat on the rental car I had Tuesday when we were leaving the Portofino. I was able to make it to a gas station. There was an icon on the dashboard lit up when I picked the car up at the airport. There was no car book in the glove box to look up the icon so I thought for sure they had checked out all systems before releasing the car for rental.
So basically the tire was very low and I drove it all the way from Sandford to Orlando. It sat in the garage at Portofino and we only used it once to go to Mall at Millenia then back to Portofino.
I called the emergency car rental number at the gas station and was asked if the car had a spare tire. I told them I did not know as I had not dismantled the trunk to look. I thought they would just bring me another car...I was told to fill the tire with air and if that didn’t work it would take a couple of hours to come and change the tire. After filling the tire to the required air level the dashboard icon went off....eureka.....I drove it to my home. I have an air compressor luckily at my home and figured out the tire had a slow leak. I returned it Thursday and I was not a happy camper and the fellow at the desk who I was dealing with was not helping matters. He was very dismissive and that’s when I had had enough. My sister and I could have been killed in that car had the tire blew completely. When you pick up the car at the airport you have to stop at a security gate and your give the person your rental papers you received at the desk and they walk completely around the vehicle and look inside and outside and he missed it. It was a complete failure in their ability to make sure the cars they are renting are safe. The guy at the desk finally shared with me that the lady I dealt with on their emergency number should have arranged to have another’s vehicle brought to me.
I’am going to talk with the corporate office Monday. I have learned my lesson.
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Having coffee in my HHN mug this morning. When you put hot liquid in it the eyes and mouth glow red and the candles light up. Nice reminder every morning of the great fun at HHN.
Schumi my sister and I had lunch at Cheescake Factory while we were there and they have the Linda’s chocolate fudge cake in a big glass cake plate on the pie counter. Remembered your story’s of your sons love of this cake. It is huge and chocolatey for sure. We had a great lunch there and they had a pumkin pecan cheesecake and I had a few bites and it was very good.
Have to say my dining experiences this trip in the parks and CityWalk were not all great. One of my favorite places to eat in IOA Mytho’s failed. Sister got sick after eating a sandwich there. Toothesome quality of food has gone down much to my surprise. It has been pretty consistent and good on all previous visits. A favorite salad I like had ingredients missing in it and it was supposed to have chicken in it and I had to search for the chicken. Tried it another day and the salad dressing was off.
NBC grille pretzel was good but main course Mac and cheese were really bad. Had to send it back. Cowfish meal was good. Had very good meals at Portofino. Splendido at the pool food was very good. Had a good pizza at Sal’s and a very nice meal at Moma Della’s.
My sister and I agreed that the best meal we had in the parks was the meal we had at Three Broomsticks. Roasted chicken, potatoes and corn. It was very good.
Schumi great news on the trip in December to Universal so glad to hear Kyle will be able to go to.
Lynne nice pic with the MIB Pooh. Hope you had a great remainder of your trip and a smooth plane ride home. Was so nice meeting you. Still remember the good laugh after Ash vs Evil dead on the tour night. Haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.
Mac hope you had a good trip home and are resting.
Wagman67 hope you are able to find a vacation time that fits within your calender of time for your AP.
Tired today. Beautiful day here mild temps and sun shining. One more day of being lazy then need to get moving again.
Have a great Saturday everyone.
Agree with mythos, first time disappointed. Our food was good (risotto for me, the beef tenderloin for him) but the server was lacking as to training & temperment. Could've been an off day but in that job you have to be "on" or at least not surly.
My wings @ HRC were fine, mac & cheese tasted off to me. I put sirracha sauce on mine but whatever peppers they used were h-o-t & bitter tasting to me. Jakes' steaks & pretzels were still good, no AP discount though. To my surprise my favorite meal was a pasta dish at Confiscos. Picked out the chicken but rest of it was yummy, artichokes, etc. DS said his fillet was good. Looked like a pot roast to me
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WDW - best meal @ Yak & Yeti. LeCellier fillet good, hanger steak was not. Coral Reef a miss all the way around, steaks grisly. Lobster bisque very salty.
Taylor Dayne was awesome
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