I was away last week spending my birthday in beautiful Florida. It was 80 and sunny the entire week, so it was rather depressing to come home to 50 and dreary. I think I need a winter home in the tropics.
Disney has something special going on every year, and in 2009, you can get in free on your birthday. So we spent two days there, although I wish it had been longer (I love Disney a little too much). We did get to ride Tower of Terror five times and Space Mountain twice. Yay for off-season!
And we spent four days at Universal. I hadn’t been in nearly 20 years, so it was kind of neat seeing what all had changed. As I mentioned, it was off-season, being the middle of November and a weekday. So it was nice that the parks were all fairly empty. Some rides had whole cars with no one in them and most of them were walk-on.
The resort swimming pool had a “No Animals Allowed” rule. So I found it awfully funny that three ducks apparently called the pool home.
Our resort was the Royal Pacific, which is themed after a Pacific island getaway. We both kept joking that we were stuck on the island from “Lost”.
Eventually, however, it was time to head home. The clouds from the plane window kept me from being too sad, though.
Until next time, Orlando.
