Hilton Garden Inn Lake Mary

... of julie attached). 10/10<br><br><br>dudley do rights rip saw falls - an absolutly brilliant water ride. if your hot (and we were) and need cooling quickly this is the ride. 10/10<br><br>poseidons fury - interesting but not great IMHO, 5/10.<br><br>look at the pictures for more info, we were very hot and needed lots of cooling - fortunatly the water rides were there. Oh Yes, we also saw a tutle...<br><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>

... do in the movie. And Che (the doctor) comes from his trip, becomes a legend and a revolutionist in Cuba. Is this where I'm headed? Maybe...<br><br>I go fishing with Clint and don't catch a thing. I gamble at Barrett's with a one dollar bill and win twelve. I hang out at 5th street with Grant and Rachel and see the best redneck fight that I've seen in a long time. Gotta ...

... for our flight to McMurdo Station. Several of our friends are already on the Ice so we are sure to have a 'welcome committee' when we arrive! We are excited about this season for many reasons. One of those being that we have new positions! Michelle will be a VMF Work Order Scheduler (VMF WOS) which basically means maintaining the database for the heavy equipment mechanic shop. Aaron will be a Painter this year and will have the opportunity to work with the Carpenter ...

... hundreds of people off the site in no time in a superbly co-ordinated way. We topped this by getting lost in the Orlando road maze in the dark but made it back to the hotel by 11 pm I can only say it was a most magical day and for once it was great to be just a big kid !!!!!!!!! Tuesday 4th Universal Studios. Started with "Jaws', then 'Men in Black', saw the "Blues Brother Concert (twice), 'Shrek', 'Terminator' - which was a live actor show with effects and motion and the best ...

... short walk to the front gates. We should have just walked but there was a tram waiting so we hopped on it. We were some of the first ones on it and we had to sit there and wait for everyone else pulling into the parking lot to get on it for a good ten minutes. We could have walked in five! After ten minutes of sitting there and waiting for the tram to leave, we finally ...

... 11, including tax, with dad's discount. On our way back to Hollywood dad was sure that you could take a shortcut through the Garden of Allah Villas, but mom and Mike didn't think so. So dad and I took the shortcut while mom and Mike made their way around Kidzone and we would up beating them. It was only by a few seconds but we pretended that we had been waiting there forever! It was really funny. We were right by the Horror ...

... summer which is supposed to be high season. Oy. After a good ten minutes we pulled up to the parking attendant. Dad told him that he was picking up his season pass but we were told that if he didn't have his season pass in hand we still had to pay for parking. That's ****, pure and simple, especially since we had the season pass voucher. Then mom mentioned that dad was an NBC/Universal employee and the guy at the parking booth said ...

... and they went flying out of my hand and rolled under the feet of two people who were standing nearby. Whoops. Mom and I also love Buddha's, they bring good luck and they're just cute, so we each got a small one. We made some great finds in the China pavilion. After buying our stuff we went over to the Lotus Blossom Cafe, the counter service restaurant in China since Mike was hungry. On the way there we saw the acrobats ...