Anaheim Hacienda Inn And Suites

... Mickey Mouse ears! (I can't even believe Mom failed to mention this!) They're kind of a rust color and they have Jack's little scarf thing wrapped around them. Of course the little bead with one of the Nine Pieces of Eight is dangling from the side. And they have our names on the back! Of course, Mom wore hers all day long, but I hate elastic so I opted not to wear them. :). We headed back over to Big Thunder Ranch for lunch and we ...

... your bags people!!! I felt like we were about to get mugged at anytime!!! Let's just say there were some very diverse people there... Back to the hotel again after another long day - Jase and I both had colds by this stage, but had stocked up on some very strong cold and flu tablets, they have great drugs over here!! :) We went for a quick dinner with our Aussie friends again, then an early night, as it was time to pack up on Monday morning and head to Vegas!

... wondering if our usual Kapit Bahay on Euclid would be better. We got back to the hotel after stopping off at Target at a decent hour, 11ish and there was no parking to be found on the property! We had to park on the street (free parking) and we had paid for a daily parking pass. What a rip. So Buster went to the front desk to complain, apparently he wasn't the only guest complaining about it. PLUS...no free ...

... and were starting to wonder if and what we could do to get around the problem. To improve the spirits - we drank spirits!, no no that's a lie, we actually went to Universal Studios and spent the day there. This place is quite compact in relation to other theme parks we've seen, suppose as its bolted onto the side of the working studios its a necessity that its compact, and we had a great day. First Attraction - House of Horrors. Generally a walk through ...

... Minnie, Pluto and Goofy 'live' They also have a 'townhall' and a piggy'bank'. In this area we met loads of chacters - everytime we had to line up with small kids which was interesting especially since my friend is 6 foot 4. The park itself is actually very small and we managed to cover the whole park in the one day - even though did 8 rides including the afternoon parade. The parade is basically a disney show on wheels. It is also very ...

... out of the pool at 11 p.m. and so headed back to Mel's room to finish the drinks and play cards before eventually calling it a night ahead of a 7 a.m. start the next morning. I had initially been a bit apprehensive about travelling with a group of total strangers for 24 days but by this stage, only a few hours after meeting everyone, I could tell we were going to have a hell of a good time!!!

... up into the bowels of one of the office units and just as the T rex coming through the roof was about to eat us we went flying down a schute that sprayed a lot of water round.  The effects were what were really quite cool.  There was a 4d Shrek experience as well as a 4D Terminator experience.  They were quite good, with water spraying on you when donkey sneezed and wind blowing up on the back of your neck when the robots started shooting at us.  I really jumped at one point during ...

The bus ride was actually not as bad as I initially thought it was going to be. We both slept almost the entire ride to North Hollywood, where we had about a 45 minute wait until we caught another bus to Oxnard, at which point our friends/relatives John and Denise would pick us up. It turns out that it probably would have been just as convenient for them to pick us up in North Hollywood as it was to pick us up in Oxnard, but then we wouldn't ...

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... bunks. DAY 24 SUN My shuttle bus arrived a little late, which meant that the driver had to drive at excessive speeds to pick up his other passengers. This man would have been an extremely successful tuk-tuk driver in Bangkok, though I have never heard a Thai use such colourful language when berating other drivers for the slowness of their pace. I arrived at the airport with time to spare and, after buying an orange drink, donated the remainder of my small change to ...