So this past weekend I flew to Orlando, FL to meet up with John, Lena, and Dee Palmer, Ryan West, his GF Clover, Ferri and PTK. Overall it was pretty great. We went to Universal Studios & the newer Harry Potter world on Friday. I was thoroughly impressed with the scenery and how good the Hpot stuff actually was. At night we went to Citywalk which is just a bunch of bars right outside universal where I downed way too many margaritas in way too short of a time. Then we went to another bar where it was buy one get one hurricanes. Needless to say, I was in pretty high spirits after it all. Thank goodness for high altitude beer training. Haha
Saturday was Magic Kingdom and it was everything I wanted it to be. We went on rides, saw characters, went to shows. It was absolutely incredible. It's exactly what I wanted my Disney experience to be. The best two rides at MK were Space Mountain and the Laugh Floor (which is Monsters Inc themed). Space Mountain is a roller coaster in the mostly dark and the Laugh Floor was an interactive, animated, comedy show that was absolutely hilarious. We also got giant Pork shanks at the new Gaston's tavern. I have to say...probably the best pork shank i've ever had.
Sunday we went to Epcot and drank around the world at their countries of the world. Normally there are 11 countries but because the food and wine festival, there were more than double that many. A lot of debauchery ensued. Before all that though, we went on two of the best rides of the weekend. The new and improved test track is INCREDIBLE. John and I designed a car and the ride was based on the specs of the car we built. Needless to say our car DOMINATED in the amount of power it had and was the highest scoring car amongst our friends. Plus...it looked badass. Also, a few years ago, Epcot brought back Captain EO. It's a michael jackson themed 3D sci fi adventure movie that any true MJ fan would love. Seriously...it was like they made that ride for me. haha
Monday was a nice relaxing day at Hollywood Studios (formerly MGM). Rockin Rollercoaster was cool (another mostly in the dark coaster) and Star Tours, the star wars themed ride, had the best 3d of the weekend. Hollywood studios was a good last day because by then, I was kind of rided-out.
It was nice to see people from the east coast and go on vacation. Now it's back to the grind.
Some pictures HERE and on Dee's facebook page.
Till next time,
j
