We decided to do Universal Trip, Take 2, this summer. The last time we went was two years ago, when Sydney fractured her leg (and in hindsight, we think it was her first of several knee dislocations) the night before we left. Stephen and Sydney ended up flying back to Atlanta on the second day, because she was in a lot of pain and we needed for her to see the ortho.
We still had their tickets from then, so we decided to put them to good use! We planned to stay at Universal for 4 nights, go to the parks for 4 days, and then stay in a hotel one night and go to Disney for one day.
It was a GREAT (yet exhausting!!) trip! We'd be up at 6:30 AM, if not sooner, each morning, and walked easily 10 miles a day. We were able to do a bunch of rides, thanks to being able to get in an hour early and having "express passes" from staying on site.
Here's what we did each day...
Tuesday: We flew into Orlando, got an Uber to Universal, and left our luggage up front at the hotel, since it was too early to check in. Once we got to the parks, we had to wait in the guest service line to get Stephen and Sydney's tickets (from 2 years ago). It took 2.5 hours (!!) to get our tickets! Our Uber driver was telling us that, in Florida, people are getting longer unemployment checks due to Covid, that a lot of people make more that way than actually working... so they were severely understaffed. So that was a bit frustrating. We went into Islands of Adventure and only ended up riding two rides, due to weather delays and longer lines. We did run into our friends from Loganville! That was a fun surprise! We went back to the hotel since many of the rides were closed down due to lightning, and then came back to go to the City Walk for dinner that night!
No comments:
Post a Comment