My bags were packed. I was ready to go. My mom drove me to Logan without incident. I checked my bag. I grabbed a snack at Starbucks, and settled down at my gate to surf the net before I boarded my plane. In retrospect, this feels a little like the opening of Meet the Fockers. I saw that the earlier plane to Orlando was delayed, which didn’t stun me, as there had been thunderstorms in the area. My flight was fine.
Then I checked again-my flight was delayed three hours. My main concern was my reservation at the Hyatt Orlando, as when I had called them to let them know that I would not be checking in until after eleven pm, they said that they held rooms until midnight. I was able to get them t hang onto my room. Then we changed gates. Then we were delayed half an hour, then an hour. Public service announcement-whining does not change when the plane leaves. I originally debated pulling an all-nighter and still going to wwohp in the morning, but I decided it was a bad idea, so I canceled those plans. Eventually we departed from another gate. I boarded. I found I was sitting next to a kid and parent who were yelling about what the kid could watch on the TV. Fortuitously, my tv was broken, so the stewardess let me move to another seat.
The plane ride was motherly uneventful. I disembarked, boarded the holy monorail, and was at the terminal. I checked into the Hyatt, and gave the bellhop my luggage tags. This may have been the best $10 I spent all trip: my bags were brought up to me. I crashed into bed, debating what to do on my next day in Orlando.
I woke up around 8:00am. I decided to head off to grab breakfast at Krispy Kreme. I showered (the airport Hyatt has a separate shower from the bathtub, which is awesome.) I had deliberately packed my clothes for today in my carry-on, so I switched out my “Muggle” shirt for a tank top. I dressed, and headed down to the shopping area of MCO. I’d found a coupon book for the shops in my room, and there was one for a free tote bag at Del Sol. Now, you all know that I have never found a free thing or bag I didn’t like, so you better believe I brought it with me.
We are wholly unsurprised to hear I started at the Earport, right? I gotta admit, the Summer Nightastic ads made me wish that I had tacked a day at WDW onto my trip. I didn’t get anything. I then headed over to the Universal store. Universal’s store has a decent sampling of the Harry Potter stuff-if you’re thinking of getting something, you can actually *think* here. I got my free bag, and headed onto Krispy Kreme. Tragically, they did not have my favorite Krispy Kreme, Sour Cream. I did get a plain glazed donut, and a Sprite to have with my Emergency C. I headed back to my room, and had breakfast enjoying their view from my balcony. I packed up, and rang for a bellhop. I checked out-the $10 fee to get my bags was listed as a “gratuity,” so I might have overtipped. Oh well.
My driver to the RPR was awesome-he had a binder of money from all over the world in it. I arrived, was greeted by name. The employee was all excited telling me about Harry Potter and how you can use your Fastpass for the new ride once a day (FJ has no Express Pass. Fail.) And went to check in. I was informed my room was not ready (I think the check-in people have been saying their spiel too much lately. I was told that check-in time wasn’t until 4pm. Girlfriend, it’s 10am, if you have people expecting their room to be ready, you have issues. I stored my luggage, and headed off to IOA.
I was half-way to IOA when I realized that my print at home park ticket was in my carryon. Oops. Went back, got it, and entered IOA.
There were people with signs directing you to go through WWoHP through Marvel Superhero Island. My first stop, was Spiderman. Yepp. Sorry. Spiderman is still the best ride in Orlando. End of Story. I then headed over to get soaked on Popeye. Heading towards Jurassic Park I saw that there was, in fact, a masking tape line for the people waiting just to get into the WWoHP. I kid not. I headed onto Seuss Landing, and then rode on High in the Sky trolley. You can get some awesome pictures from here (well, you could if camera’s weren’t banned on the ride.) ;) I decided to head to Universal Studios.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Brian // Sep 10, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Hey, awesome report so far. I’m headed down in the fall, and I was wondering if you could elaborate on the express/fastpass situation on forbidden journey… Thanks!
B
2 Hedy // Sep 11, 2010 at 8:35 pm
B-there is no express pass for Forbidden Journey (as of now). Either go late at night or early.
3 Joseph Condron // Nov 17, 2010 at 11:35 am
You must be very excited about the new film. It looks to be satisfying end to the series.
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