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I continued my walk around Toon Lagoon while I waited for my soon to be drench rats.
This is another area that is very stimulating on the eyes.
I was worried about being late back to find Skip and Claire, so I never went inside any of these places. I wish I would’ve though. But hunger was also calling my name, so I basically just did a quick walk and snapped away.
Yes we are!!!
I went back to the Popeye area and Skip and Claire were just getting off….and they were wet!
Claire was very excited about how wet she was too. She was soaked right through and even the shorts she had on under her skirt were soaked.
Skip told me that they had a spot to put the bag in and it was completely dry. Thank goodness for that. I was worried his phone would be no good…and he has an old phone as it is, so I’m sure it wouldn’t take much for it to die.
After Claire told me all about her exciting wet ride, we proceeded on. Our mission now was lunch! I couldn’t wait any longer.
I’m not sure why that person has an umbrella. No rain in site…I’m guessing she was shading the sun?
As we walked we discussed dining options. I was impressed when Skip mentioned there was a NASCAR restaurant…that meant he really read and paid attention to my tip sheet! I told him it didn’t matter, that was a good choice, or Bubba Gumps…which proceeded into a conversation of Does it have seafood? Does it have anything else?...or Margaretville as another option.
Even on the fly and starving to death, I thought to get a picture of the rental building. LOL
I usuall spend a lot of time saying to Katie "where did your father go?" So now I try to remember what the heck shirt he is wearing. Sorry you didn't get to go on Jurassic Park...we loved it. Got soaked the second time we did it!! I love all your pictures (as usual).
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Splash mountain is 52 feet tall at an angle of 45 degees. Jurassic park is 85 feet tall at an angle (as I was told by an employee) of 87 degrees. I have been able to verify the height but not the degree of the drop. Anyway you look at it is breath taking and you are almost assured to get very wet. Since you did not get to ride, perhaps you would like to take a look. Here is a Youtube POV of the ride. Jurassic Park River Adventure (HD POV) Universal's Islands Of Adventure - Orlando, Florida - YouTube.
While watching that video, I saw this one and thought you might like it as well. Hope the links work.
I'll have to check those links out. Thanks. Thre is quite a difference in the drop, isn't there.
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I usuall spend a lot of time saying to Katie "where did your father go?" So now I try to remember what the heck shirt he is wearing. Sorry you didn't get to go on Jurassic Park...we loved it. Got soaked the second time we did it!! I love all your pictures (as usual).
Hope you got to eat something good!!!
I think men get lost on purpose!
That is one ride I do want to try to get on in the future.
I forgot to mention that we did look at the wait for Spiderman as we walked by. It was 50 minutes. We passed on that. Maybe we could check it out later.
We are now off in search of lunch. The first place we came across was Jimmy Buffets Margaretville.
Skip said to take a look and see if it had a wait.
Nope there was no wait at all. They asked if we wanted inside or out. I asked how cold it was inside. I surely didn’t want my wet little Claire complaining through the meal about how cold she was. Skip said let’s just go outside. It was a great decision. It was nice there. There was a breeze and they had fans blowing and it was the perfect temperature.
We debated on what to eat. I asked Skip if he wanted to share the nachos and he said yes. My thinking was we could get dessert then too! Skip said he was going to get a turkey club as well. I told him that I was pretty sure the nachos were big and he wouldn’t need a sandwich, but he didn’t believe me. He said he didn’t want to get stuck with 12 nachos to share. Ok then, I won’t argue.
We had an excellent server and we made our order. I told him I was just sharing the nachos and he said OK, but I almost felt like he thought I wouldn't have enough to eat….but I swear I had seen pictures of here before and the nachos were fairly big.
Claire colored while we waited.
She did complain a bit about being wet. I had a change of clothes for her in the car, but she was wet right down to the underwear and I didn’t have an extra pair of those with me…..I knew I should’ve as in years past we have had to change her right down to the underwear. Oh well. She said she was fine, but she did grumble.
Soon the nachos arrive….Let’s just say I told you so!
I think Skip’s jaw fell off. They were huge and good. We did notice later though, that the table next to us just had a big bowl of guacamole and chips and we kind of wish we had just went with that option. Claire loves guacamole…or as she calls it “morraca~ole” and she would’ve eaten more that way. And I think I would’ve too as after a bit, the bottom layer got soggy. But it was still good!
Not long after the nachos arrived we also got this!
I ended up eating half of Skips sandwich too. It was to die for. I’m not usually a club kind of person, but this one was REALLY good.
Claire got her usual…chicken strips and she ate almost everything, with the exception of a few fries. She was a hungry girl too. And she had only had a small donut for breakfast and then half a churro later on.
It was nice and relaxing. I had a water and it never tasted so good. I had a headache from the heat and hunger, so I did take a couple of ibuprofen and they were working their magic as well. Skip did tell me I looked awful and red….Can you feel the love?...….he said not sunburn, just red from heat…and I told him I felt awful too. The rest and food was exactly what I needed.
Perry had to help finish off the nachos though!
Claire and I headed off to the bathroom and I didn’t think to leave my AAA card with Skip. So we did miss out on the 10% off there, as he paid while we were in there. I took off Claire’s shorts she had on under the skirt and she felt a little better with that. We also put her skirt under the hand dryer and tried to dry her up a little better.
The waiter gave me a plastic bag and we threw her shorts in there (they were red and we didn’t want them dying anything they touched) and then we put the bag in the famous backsack.
With bellies now full and feeling much better, we headed off to Universal Studios park!
Skip was starting to complain about his feet and shins hurting too. I have had this before, and I knew how awful it was, so I showed him some stretches to do to help relieve the pain. We just walked slowly over to the park.
I love palm trees!
We’ve made it!
This area looked very slow…..I was hoping that was a good sign.
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My goodness, that plate of nachos was enormous! Glad that the rest and food and meds were able to fix you right up so you could enjoy your afternoon of touring.
And I agree with Claire--damp undies are the worst!
As we exited Skip told Claire that Poseidon was Ariel’s father. I quickly said no, King Triton is. So we figure he must be her grandfather then. No clue if any of this being true, but Claire accepted it and said if she saw Ariel she would ask.
I think, although I could be wrong, that Poseidon and Triton are the same person, but one is from Greek mythology and one is from Roman mythology.
Just getting caught up on all of your updates! I'm enjoying them even more after my recent trip to IoA. I'm hoping to get motivated enough to do a mini-TR for my trip.
My goodness, that plate of nachos was enormous! Glad that the rest and food and meds were able to fix you right up so you could enjoy your afternoon of touring.
And I agree with Claire--damp undies are the worst!
They were HUGE!
I felt much better after I hate and tooks some meds.
Damp undies are awful, but she felt much better after getting those shorts off.
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Oh my, my jaw dropped when I saw those nachos.
LOL!
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I am so hungry now looking at those nachos!!! I think I may have to stop there on our August trip.
It was good food and nice and relxing too.
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My goodness - how much food?
Yep! We ate well.
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Now I want nachos! Those would've fed 10! Glad you also enjoyed the club. What, no dessert?!
Yeah, we decided to skip dessert.
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Aren't those nachos just heaven? We get them everytime we go there down at Mohegan Sun.
They are. I am glad we stopped here and gave them a try.
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I think, although I could be wrong, that Poseidon and Triton are the same person, but one is from Greek mythology and one is from Roman mythology.
Just getting caught up on all of your updates! I'm enjoying them even more after my recent trip to IoA. I'm hoping to get motivated enough to do a mini-TR for my trip.
Good to know...now I'm gonna have to google. LOL
I hope you do. Let me know. I would love to read it.
Getting through the gates at Universal was painless and easy. It looked fairly empty too. We walked up the street and tried to decide what to do.
We decided that Shrek would be first.
The line wasn’t too long; we got in the next show.
I took a couple of shots as we waited.
I loved these posters.
The show was cute. Be aware that some of the shows…this one included, has a little adult humor in them. It isn’t awful and flies by most kids head, but I picked up stuff that was kind of funny, if you knew what it meant. I also think that Universal does 3-D better than Disney does.
If you have been to Universal years ago, this show is located where the old Alfred Hitchcock show used to be.
After the show, we walked out through the gift shop and Claire spotted a very cute Puss n Boots. She said she may want to get him later on. We saw Shrek, Fiona and Donkey out for a meet and greet, but Claire refused to go see them.
Skip and Claire decided they were thirsty and got in line for a drink while I headed off to the bathrooms.
Skip bought one of those refillable mugs. I think it cost 89 cents to refill it and it said it was good for only that day. We never tried it the next day, so I’m not sure how strict they are with this. I personally didn’t think this was a good deal, but Skip did so he got one. And then he got a drink that I don’t care for, so I only sipped on it a few times to quench my thirst.
We headed off, just roaming randomly.
Someone called Skip so we stopped while he talked…and look what I found! Something I had hoped to see! YAY!!
I was actually surprised to find it here, as I thought it would be close to where the ride used to be.
Skip kept chatting away and Claire and I checked out the car. Claire really has no clue about this movie. I have it on DVD, but I don’t think she has actually ever seen it. And she didn’t think this looked like a very fancy car. Back in the 80’s though, this was the “BOMB!” Who didn’t want a Delorean after seeing that first movie?
I have actually seen the Delorean before. Supposedly one used in the movies. Years ago we would have a custom rod auto show in our area once a year. We knew the guy who put it on, so I would work it each year. My Dad and I would go to the airports and pick up the stars and transport them back and forth from the hotels and I would take/sell pictures as well. One year my job was to take pictures of people sitting in the Delorean…of course I got one too. It’s a Polaroid though and I’m sure I don’t have it scanned.
Did you see Skip in that last picture? He’s carrying the famous bag around his neck. LOL
Agent P thought this would be the perfect spy car.
We continued on. I don’t think we had a definite plan of where to go though.
I didn’t like how the tracks came out here. It ruins the theming.
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