Extendedstay Orlando Lake Mary

A very hot day. We purchased a 3 park, 7 day, ticket for universal, universal islands and wet n wild. This means that we can spend the rest of our time in Orlando messing around on theme park rides and swimming. Its a hard life :)<br><br>the best way to describe today is to discuss the rides <br><br>shrek 4d - a very amusing and fun 3d ride based around the shrek story. its a lot of fun and good laughs.<br ...

... was interesting to see christmas decorations on lampposts as we walked along in 80 degree temperatures.<br><br>after a salad lunch we went into the hotel pool and chilled and relaxed looking at the little lizards running around.<br><br>we also discovered that some idiot has forgot to pack the memory card reader - so no pictures from the cameras until i buy one (doh).<br><br>apparently we are near to the world largest gift shop (see picture), the use the doors to get a sense of scale

... them.<br><br>arrived in Orlando at approx 16:20. by the time we had the car it was dark, so after being awake for hours had to relearn how to drive on freeways in the dark... it was a bit scary.<br><br>arrived at the best western and am quite pleased with the hotel it has excellent swimming pools and hot tubs - so we hit those before going to bed.<br><br>we''re back.....<br>

... pleasure. My dad and I get up early and watch the sunrise as we walk around Palamor Park. The palm trees, the cool air, the green, the birds, Lake Harris, pure beauty, theres no place like home. <br><br>Mom and I spend lots of time catching up and laughing. We go see a movie, she comes to yoga, we sit and sip yerba mate tea while playing cards. She teaches me 500 and I ...

... through !!! A quick lunch at a cafe where, instead of sparrows flitting amongst the tables there were White Ibis - this was really strange! A walk to see the 'Budweiser Clydesdale Shire Horse Team' and for once the Americans did not have the biggest, as these were a smaller version of this Shire breed. We saw the Big Parade in the afternoon, got wet again as there was a brief rain downpour - what, in Florida !! 'Space Mountain' was just a bit too far, we rode in a car in the ...

... an hour, again just putting my feet in and listening to the Disney songs on my MP3 player. Mom and dad were back by 2:00, and I went with mom to walk Oreo around the complex for a little while. It was definitely hot out but it really wasn't too bad. It was the humidity that sucked, but again, it really wasn't that bad. Last summer New York had been going through an extreme ...

... clip so that he could keep his house and car keys on the keychain and his work keys on the clip so that he could take them off when he wasn't at work. After looking and looking and looking, and picking out several designs, he decided that he didn't like any of them and he put them all back. Our only plans at Universal Studios were for me to get an ET shirt at the ET Adventure gift shop. We made our way through Hollywood and over ...

... to catch a glimpse of Shrek in his natural habitat but we would have to wait until we got to Universal Studios for that. To make the whole situation even funnier, the shortcut added a good twenty minutes to our drive. We (finally) got to Universal Studios at 2:55 and there was a long line of cars waiting to get into the parking lot. By a long line of cars I mean that there were about twenty cars ahead of us. The line was HUGE. And ...

... the teams, the stats and the injured list. I then compared each team and took into consideration the coaching styles and the type of game the team liked to play. Ok, which method do you believe? I see SANDY took top honors! Way to go Sandy!!!!! I see Fitz gets the RAT!!!!! Way to go Fitz. If you didn't come in last ...

... cracking up, it was the funniest thing ever! Mike was so afraid of getting caught with the characters that Mulan's reaction was just perfect. And she was really pretty so he should have gotten in the picture! Next we went over to the huge store in China that goes throughout the length of the entire pavilion. Mom and I instantly fell in love; this was the best store! We've always been fans of Oriental decorations, clothing ...