Trails 2 Travel

Evermore Aurora  Review OK this has been a long time coming but I’m finally writing up my thoughts on the new Evermore park in Pleasant Grove (aka.. my back yard) We went for the Fall experience of “Lore” and came away happy but somewhat let down by the mass of crowds we encountered the Monday before Halloween as well as how complicated the process seemed to be. Let’s just say it wasn’t a place for introverts. We mostly just walked around admiring the building/garden details, character costumes, and we did dabble in some ax throwing. (There was archery as well but the line was too long).

Bring it on Disney! This was our 4th Disney Park together (having already visited Disneyland Anaheim, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyworld in Orlando) and we were ready to see what the latest Disney park had to offer. 

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!