BarryCF
Let's Buy DVC!!
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2002
Home sweet home We just got back from a wonderful week at Universal Orlando. I wasn't sure I was going to do a trip report, but after going to Universal for the 1st time since March 1995 I need to put this trip in writing. So on with the show.
The Players:
Me: Barry...46 year old Dad, over planner, driver, navigator, money man.
DW: Stephanie...46 year old Mom, lovingly gave me permission to plan this trip.
DD: Kayla...16 years old, and the only one in our party who has been here during her lifetime.
BFF: Annie...15 years old, at our house almost as much as she is at hers, and Kayla's sister from another mother.
The Plot:
Universal Orlando trip November 23-29, 2013. Driving from Texas, 3rd exit from the Louisiana state line. Staying at the Royal Pacific Resort for 4 nights with 4 day park to park passes.
The Back Story:
My wife and I went to WDW and USF in 1995, two years before our DD was born. We didn't go back to WDW until Kayla was 9 years old, in August 2007, which we refer to as the Great Water Fountain Trip. It was HOT HOT HOT and Kayla spent the entire trip looking for the nearest water fountain. The best decision I made that trip was to upgrade our tickets to AP's. In June of 2008 we did an 8 night trip during Star Wars Weekends. After another June trip in 2011 we went in December 2012 with the HS Choir and again in March 2013 with the HS Band (Our DD went with the band and we met them at the end and stayed five days after they left). At that point, we were ready for a break. We decided we weren't going back until The 7 Dwarves Mine Train opens.
Fast forward to June of this year...a commercial for Transformers: The Ride 3D came on TV and my wife looks at me and says "Maybe it's time to see what the Dark Side looks like." After I made sure I heard her right, I sat down and started looking, booking, and paying.
Next Episode: The Drive and day 1, or Man it's a long way to Orlando....
The Players:
Me: Barry...46 year old Dad, over planner, driver, navigator, money man.
DW: Stephanie...46 year old Mom, lovingly gave me permission to plan this trip.
DD: Kayla...16 years old, and the only one in our party who has been here during her lifetime.
BFF: Annie...15 years old, at our house almost as much as she is at hers, and Kayla's sister from another mother.
The Plot:
Universal Orlando trip November 23-29, 2013. Driving from Texas, 3rd exit from the Louisiana state line. Staying at the Royal Pacific Resort for 4 nights with 4 day park to park passes.
The Back Story:
My wife and I went to WDW and USF in 1995, two years before our DD was born. We didn't go back to WDW until Kayla was 9 years old, in August 2007, which we refer to as the Great Water Fountain Trip. It was HOT HOT HOT and Kayla spent the entire trip looking for the nearest water fountain. The best decision I made that trip was to upgrade our tickets to AP's. In June of 2008 we did an 8 night trip during Star Wars Weekends. After another June trip in 2011 we went in December 2012 with the HS Choir and again in March 2013 with the HS Band (Our DD went with the band and we met them at the end and stayed five days after they left). At that point, we were ready for a break. We decided we weren't going back until The 7 Dwarves Mine Train opens.
Fast forward to June of this year...a commercial for Transformers: The Ride 3D came on TV and my wife looks at me and says "Maybe it's time to see what the Dark Side looks like." After I made sure I heard her right, I sat down and started looking, booking, and paying.
Next Episode: The Drive and day 1, or Man it's a long way to Orlando....