Holiday Inn Select Orlando-University Central, Fl

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>

... the windows were limited, they were very fine -- one from the Mellon home in Philadelphia in particular. Also enjoyed the several iridescent vases they had. <br><br>We had dinner at a Thai restaurant along Park Avenue -- quite tasty, and a very nice presentation. <br><br>Then, back to the hotel, to bed.<br>

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... we were all theme park-ed out we headed over to Old Town right near our hotel where we shopped some more. Oct 20th - The next day we got up bright and early and headed over to Universal Studios. We had two full theme parks to do in a day so we headed straight for the rides we wanted to do most: *Simpsons Ride *Men in Black ride - where you get to shoot the aliens as you go along ...

... that it was in fact two manatees. We watched them and tried to get photos of them for a couple of minutes before they disappeared. As they are an endangered species, we felt really privileged to have seen them. <br><br>Before heading north, we went back down the road a mile or so to the McLarty Treasure Museum which is located on the site of the survivors' camp of a Spanish fleet which sank just off the coast in 1715 as a result of a ...

... put our name in and keep looking for us in the reservation system. Thanks. Dad and Mike took a seat on the bench outside of the restaurant while mom and I decided to take a walk. We walked out back by the pool and just kind of moseyed around. The pool was pretty crowded but other than that there wasn't much going on. The Animal Kingdom Lodge is huge and gorgeous and unique, but it's not my favorite. There's just something about it that I don't love ...

... were on our way to the Magic Kingdom by 1:45. We made it to the park within twenty minutes and parked in Sleepy 74. It wasn't too far from the Ticket and Transportation Center but there was a tram waiting so we hopped on it. When we got to the Ticket and Transportation Center there was an empty monorail waiting but we just missed it. Another one showed up within minutes, though, and we were the first ones to get on so ...

... we had to fly via Paris, Atlanta and then into Orlando. On the way there we only had 45 Min's to transfer on our flight from Atlanta to Orlando and ended up missing our connecting flight so we had to stay in Atlanta for a night which meant we missed a day of our holiday but as we were going for 2 weeks it wasn't the worst thing to happen. After we finally arrived in Orlando we picked up a hire car and drove to our ...