All packed up and ready to go.

[aaronandterri]

shuttle pics are cool, where abouts did u watch it from...were there for the april one and plan on going somewhere to see it, have applied for tickets but thats a bit of a lottery...lol

 

[disney_princess_85]

Never cared for a bear before in the sun, we take Pooh bear everywhere(been abroad 50+ times) but he stays in the hotel room

I wonder how Pooh felt about this imposter bear gallavanting around Florida with you!

We take Dug from Up on our trips. Andrew has him poking out of the top of his rucksack and we get quite a few comments.

 

[wayneg]

shuttle pics are cool, where abouts did u watch it from...were there for the april one and plan on going somewhere to see it, have applied for tickets but thats a bit of a lottery...lol

We were in Titusville, 3rd we have seen from there, this was the busiest we have ever seen it, packed solid.

I wonder how Pooh felt about this imposter bear gallavanting around Florida with you!

He hasn't complained to me

 

[aaronandterri]

never heard of the place but jkust googled it and found a map of places to watch it in titusviile , where did you watch it from...?
what was parking like?

 

[Pegasus928]

Great pics Wayne - and excellent ones of the shuttle launch. Did Matt use a tripod to get the Cirque shot - it's pretty impressive if not (it's pretty impressive anyway to be fair)
Thanks for taking care of Dizzy. He looks like he had a great time and I am sure he will tell us all about when he gets back

 

[wayneg]

never heard of the place but jkust googled it and found a map of places to watch it in titusviile , where did you watch it from...?
what was parking like?

Probably the most popular place to see a launch from.
There are stalls selling stuff, food toilets(long lines though this time)
Monuments to the space program, Parking has been really easy upto this past launch, this one was easy to park about 2 hours to launch but 4 hour drive back to Orlando.
See post 2 in this thread it takes you to 3 threads about Titusville
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2592846&highlight=titusville

Great pics Wayne - and excellent ones of the shuttle launch. Did Matt use a tripod to get the Cirque shot - it's pretty impressive if not (it's pretty impressive anyway to be fair)
Thanks for taking care of Dizzy. He looks like he had a great time and I am sure he will tell us all about when he gets back

Just took a quick snap but it came out well, Karen says I won't let her take more than 2 or 3 pairs of shoes so he has no chance of packing a tripod.

 

[wayneg]

Next day (Tues 22nd Feb) just a couple of pics IOA then went into Universal, evening meal at Ale house (posted earlier in thread) then to friends for a while, see their dog, Hercules.

Dizzy helping with a pot of Dippin Dots.

 

[fairytale]

Great Pics Wayne, as ever

How did you find the crowds at WWOHP?

Have they calmed down a bit since your last visit?

 

[wayneg]

Great Pics Wayne, as ever

How did you find the crowds at WWOHP?

Have they calmed down a bit since your last visit?

Still crazy crowds, Universal must be loving Harry Potter
We got there just after opening, had to line up to get an entry ticket to WWoHP, this allowed us in after 10:35am. I would say busier than last August, 90 mins for the ride. Even 35 mins for duelling Dragons(walk on last August)

Will try get pics finished, I don't enjoy trip reports/posting as much after I return, much prefer doing it there, hope the internet connection is good in August

 

[Cyrano]

Still crazy crowds, Universal must be loving Harry Potter
We got there just after opening, had to line up to get an entry ticket to WWoHP, this allowed us in after 10:35am. I would say busier than last August, 90 mins for the ride. Even 35 mins for duelling Dragons(walk on last August)

Will try get pics finished, I don't enjoy trip reports/posting as much after I return, much prefer doing it there, hope the internet connection is good in August

Yikes I know you do not think the universal hotels are value for money but for FOTL at a busy time I think for the time being they help with early entry to WWOHP

 

[wayneg]

Yikes I know you do not think the universal hotels are value for money but for FOTL at a busy time I think for the time bing they help with early entry to WWOHP

I had a look yesterday for 3 days at cheapest Universal resort in August, it was for the RPR again, they want £460 incl parking and net. Its just not worth that kind of money to me but I know it is to others. If I see an offer for half that price I might be tempted to return

Weds 23rd Feb, St Augustine then meal at Mimi's Cafe.

Old Drugstore

Oldest schoolhouse in US

Spanish quarter

The Old Senator, 600 year old Oak

Magnolia Avenue in St. Augustine is regarded as one of the most beautiful streets in the United States.

The Old Jail

French Onion soup topped with cheese

Huge portion of Jambalaya

Turkey dinner

Liver, mushrooms & onions

 

[Linda67]

Ooh those food pictures are yummy

 

[Tink2312]

Great photos! We're going to try to do a few nights at St Augustine in a future trip - looks very quaint! Mimis food looks good - I'm writing a list of all the new restaurants we're going to have to try at Christmas as after 2 years on DDP we're ready to sample life offsite again :rofl:

 

[wayneg]

Great photos! We're going to try to do a few nights at St Augustine in a future trip - looks very quaint! Mimis food looks good - I'm writing a list of all the new restaurants we're going to have to try at Christmas as after 2 years on DDP we're ready to sample life offsite again :rofl:

3 firm favourites of ours are Mimi's Cafe, Cheesecake Factory & Orlando Alehouse.


Thursday 24th
WinterSummerland golf

Lunch at Market St Cafe, Celebration.
Smothered chicken sandwich

Steak Philly

Ceasar salad with grilled chicken

Tuna in pita & soup

Over to watch shuttle launch from Titusville in the afternoon

4 hours of traffic back to Orlando, managed to make it to Cheesecake Factory for evening meal.
Chicken & biscuits, difficult to see size of these portions but they are huge.

Chicken Marsalla

Spicy Crispy beef, all 3 dishes as good as ever.

Dessert we could not manage

 

[wayneg]

Friday 25th, not much to report in pics. Mostly shopping. Tried doing High Tea at GF but fully booked. Handed over Dizzy to Jen(jharrowell) & Stacey then visited Moira(Pootle) & David in their villa at OKW, very enjoyable evening.
Tried dining at Logans Roadhouse but 35 min+ wait so back to LBV and Orlando Alehouse.

Sat 26th & flight home.
Ate lunch at Cracker Barrel half way between LBV & Tampa airport.

Not so hidden Mickey holding up the power lines near Celebration if anyone has not seen it.

Pasta salad to go with my Brisket & toast, really nice meal.

Fried chicken dinner

Ribeye steak

That concludes our trip, no Disney(lots of Disney to come in August) but we went with the intention of doing some travelling and seeing other parts of Florida, no idea on milage but spent $201 of gas so quite a few miles.
Sorry it wasn't as live as I would like, connection was useless at HI express, hopefully a better connection in August.
Thank you all for reading, hope there are are few ideas in this thread for others to do.

 

[dynamite100]

Looks yummy. But no dessert at Cheesecake Factory... sacrilege! Just teasing

 

[wayneg]

Looks yummy. But no dessert at Cheesecake Factory... sacrilege! Just teasing

We almost ordered 3 entrees between the 4 of us so we could have dessert but I wasn't bothered about it, I am not a big dessert fan.

 

[dixonsontour]

Thanks for taking the time to do this - some great pics.

 

[fairytale]

Still crazy crowds, Universal must be loving Harry Potter
We got there just after opening, had to line up to get an entry ticket to WWoHP, this allowed us in after 10:35am. I would say busier than last August, 90 mins for the ride. Even 35 mins for duelling Dragons(walk on last August)

Will try get pics finished, I don't enjoy trip reports/posting as much after I return, much prefer doing it there, hope the internet connection is good in August

How was the Park itself Wayne?

In my experience the lines for TSM have always been 65 minutes plus, but the park has often been dead quiet

 

[wayneg]

How was the Park itself Wayne?

In my experience the lines for TSM have always been 65 minutes plus, but the park has often been dead quiet

We only did Jurassic Park River Adventure while waiting for our time slot for WWoHP, it was a 10 min wait about 10am, by the time we came off it had increased to 40 mins. From the little we saw it looked busy. After WWoHP ate in Cirkus McGurkus which was packed out, long lines, no tables.
We then went over to Universal studios, only 15 mins for Shrek 4D, Matt did Rip Ride Rockit single rider, we watched Shrek & Donkey 10 mins then came out so not sure how busy Universal was either but looked a lot quieter than Islands.
We would normally do a lot more but had DMIL to consider who is in her 70's.