WIZARDS, REAL AND AMAZING, CHRISTMAS PARTIES AND CANDLELIGHT- PTR - Page 15 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Totally the right decision. You have no way of knowing if A) he really is her child and not an identity thief or stalker, B) You also don't know if Carol would want to establish any contact at all. Her family may not know she gave up a child for adoption.
What an uncomfortable position to put you in!
Thanks, Dot! Those are all of the things that I was thinking!
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Well, I got pretty much the fastpasses that I wanted this morning!! I have to say though, the first one I tried to book was Frozen Ever After on the second day and there was nothing available until the evening. But it's okay!! I just booked it for another day!! Overall, I am very pleased with the way things worked out and I think our entire trip has come together nicely!!
. These are our final plans for our trip!! Day 1-December 3rd. Sea World!!!!
Our flight should arrive in Orlando around 12:30 PM. We are going to ditch our stuff at Portofino Bay and head over to Sea World. We figure we should get to the resort by 2 PM and hopefully to Sea World by 3 PM. The park is definitely open until 10 PM so that will give us around 7 hours to tour it!
This may sound crazy to you guys, but we really just want to see the Christmas decorations and enjoy some of the evening festivities. I just bought tickets online to Sea World and also reserved tickets to the Christmas shows. It cost us an extra 29 bucks each but it sounds like it is worth it!! This includes:
Christmas Show Seating Package 10 P.M. Close – Early
Valid for one time reserved seating at our most popular Christmas shows. Must arrive 15 minutes prior to show time to receive your reserved seating to each Christmas Show. Shows included in this package are:
* Clyde and Seamore's Countdown to Christmas - 6:00
* O Wondrous Night - 7:00
* Shamu Christmas Miracles - 8:00
* Winter Wonderland on Ice - 8:30
That sounds like a perfect line up for us with a few hours to enjoy the park first!!
We will probably just grab food on the run today. We honestly don't care that much about rides here. We haven't been to Sea World in a number of years and we are very much looking forward to enjoying this park!!
Our total purchase for the day came out to 227.51.
Plans look good and glad you had pretty good luck with the FPs!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
It makes perfect sense to me, especially with that package for the shows - those are great shows outside of the Christmas season, so I can imagine they're even better for the holidays!
It makes perfect sense to me, especially with that package for the shows - those are great shows outside of the Christmas season, so I can imagine they're even better for the holidays!
It's been three and a half years since we have been to Universal Studios. We were last there in July 2013. We saw the original Harry Potter stuff and were very impressed with it and we just can't wait to see what else is there now!
It looks like there is also a new King Kong ride and we haven't experienced the Transformers attraction.
Honestly, I also can't wait to ride MIB again and The Mummy!!! I love this Universal so much more than the one in California. There are tons more attractions here and I love the layout!!
We plan to spend the entire day enjoying both theme parks today. We got Park to Park tickets and they are both open until 8 PM. For the evening, we plan to see Mannheim Steamroller!!! We absolutely adore this group and we will get there whatever time is necessary to see the show. There are no ticket sales for this event. It is a free concert and you can bet your bottom, I will camp out if necessary to see them!!
It is also almost as important to me to get a Butter Beer!!! I love this delicious concoction of Harry Potter lore and have never quite been able to conjure it up properly at home!! I am pretty sure it's just cream soda and butterscotch but I swear they put a spell on it or something!! Can't wait to have one or two!!
Other than that , we will see where the day takes us! We will definitely want to check out the newer Harry Potter stuff and definitely take the Hogwart's Express in between the parks!! I hope it's like the Chunnel!!
For lunch today I think we will try Cowfish on City Walk. We both love burgers and we both love sushi plus I just like the name of it!! The menu looks very interesting. This will be our big meal today and we will just get some snacks for the concert.
After Mannheim Steamroller, we will head back to Portofino Bay and chill out for the rest of the evening. I am so hoping that the Christmas decorations are cool as I would love to stroll around and get pictures!!
We also love staying on site here. Besides the convenience of it, you get some nice resort perks. The ones we will surely use are:
SKIP THE REGULAR LINES FOR FREE with Universal Express Unlimited ride access
Priority seating at select restaurants throughout the resort
Early Park Admission to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter one hour before the theme park opens
Complimentary transportation to both theme parks and CityWalk®
Water Taxis
Shuttle Buses
Resort-wide charging privileges with room key
Complimentary delivery of merchandise purchased throughout the resort to your hotel
Complimentary scheduled transportation to Sea World
We just love the whole atmosphere and accessibility of everything as well. IMHO, all of the onsite resorts are beautiful and unique and the walking paths are lovely!!
Next: Day 3-December 5th. More Universal!!!
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Sounds like great plans for Universal. I've been there four times but not since 2009 as so much has changed since then. I need to return, but won't be this trip unfortunately, so hoping on my next one.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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At least it was the same day. 
We absolutely adore this group and we will get there whatever time is necessary to see the show. There are no ticket sales for this event. It is a free concert and you can bet your bottom, I will camp out if necessary to see them!!
I love this delicious concoction of Harry Potter lore and have never quite been able to conjure it up properly at home!!
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