Trails 2 Travel

Alright saddle up now for the Universal Orlando Post! Probs won't be as long as the DisneyWorld post in light of there only being 2 parks... but still plenty to come. And NOTE: This was my FIRST time ever to a universal park! So there's probably other ways to go about it but I wanted my virgin experience to be perfect, and I can honestly say... it was pretty dang close. So to start: We paid the mucho money to stay ON property. With attempting to do 2 complete parks in a day, we wanted the extra "magic?" hour that universal does for Harry Potter world starting at 8 AM.  We stayed at the fabulous Royal Pacific which was a 5-10 min walk to the entrance of Islands of Adventure. Destination: Hogwarts. 

OK HERE comes my MEGA everything Disney! If you don't want to tediously read all my disney stories and favorite ride stuff just skip to the end for my budget and top tips. Starting off how we started off with Downtown Disney   Disney Springs. We got in and met up with my family at Disney's Port Orleans Riverside where we parked our car and took the resort bus down to Disney Springs for dinner. Heads up: There's no McDonalds so we were in for something pricey but settled on The COOKS OF DUBLIN for tasty fish and chips at lower cost for money but paid the price with wet seats as their limited seating was filled inside so we were left to sit OUTSIDE in the light sprinkle. HOWEVER have to say their service was awesome and one of the manager's so kindly gave us 2 (huge) cookies from their dessert menu as a "sorry" for not having enough seating. NOT necessary but totally awesome!

 Ok so this is the everything  BUT amusement parks post for Orlando, Florida. First up was our least successful Family Reunion day. We all got up to leave our house in Kissimme (just south of Orlando) in order to get to the natrual springs water park Weeki Wachee. We had 5 cars headed out there spaced out anywhere from 5 minutes to 30 minutes. Only the first TWO cars got in and they closed the parking lot and entrance so no other visitors would be allowed entry.... At this point we'd driven about 2 hours and were in unfamiliar territory. WHAT DO WE DO?