Its been a pretty full on past few days. Its Friday now and I'm in Orlando, Florida. I know right?
Anyway, lets skip back a few days.
~creepy go back in time music~
On Monday I left Bryn's house in New Jersey and went into NYC for a few nights. I'd booked in at a hotel near JFK Airport which was nice and cosy, although it had a strange bath/shower/bedroom combination, but on the bright side it meant I could watch TV while I had a bath!
Tuesday I headed into the city, taking the free shuttle to the airport, then the airtrain to the subway station and then the subway. Epic journey I say! I did a bit of shopping on 34th Street, went to Macys (hugely amazing) and a few shops round there. I had meant to get to 5th and Madison Ave but never got that far lol. These places actucally had stuff more in my price range, although in saying that, I didn't actcually buy anything. One of the guys from camp was coming into town so I met up with him and we wandered the streets for a bit. Decided ages ago that we wanted to go see a show but on a budget and I had forgotten that Wicked was showing eariler that night so missed lottery tickets, lame! We ended up with tickets to Bring it On (which he chose). As we were walking to find dinner, we saw a line forming for autographs, I had no idea who the people wee but Crabbe got so excited and it was the Bryan brothers, when I saw they had gold medals from London, I knew it was a big deal. Turns out the US Open is on in NYC right now, huh! Anyway, we lined up for pictures and autographs and it was all fun and Crabbe was very happy. He taught Tennis at Awosting haha. Then we headed back to up the theatre to se Bring It On. WOW. So totally different from Chicago, it was heavily choerographed, being a show about cheerleaders it had to be, bt the stunts they pulled were incredible! Even Crabbe said he enjoyed it way more than he nthought he would. It was just epic, I literally had my mouth open the entire time gaping at te amazingness of it. It was proper, cheesy, stereotypical Broadway. I loved every minute of it! Afterwards, I had to catch the subway, airtrain and a cab back to the hotel (epic journey) and pack up all my stuff cos I had to be on the 6.30am shuttle the next morning to make sure I got to the airport ontime to check in for pur flight to Orlando!
I met Gabby at the airport, cos she had stayed out at Newark that night and had an epic trek into JFK. Anyway,we checked in and naturally, I was a little overweight, but that was all goods. Got through security, with a little kerfuffle with Gabbys moisturser in her bag lol, but it was all good. Plane flight was all good, I attemptedbto sleep for an hour or so, uncomfortably. We got to the airport and we had seen that our hotel wouldnt allow check in until about 3pm and it had just gone 11am, so we ate lunch at the airport and then found a Lush store. They were so cool to us in there, they gave us a free mini facial thing, face masks and all. It was so relaxing, perfect after the stress of making sure we were flying ok etc. That took us to about 1.30 so then we decided to come out to the hotel. Even on the cab ride, we noticed how different Orlando is to New York, and even where we were in Connecticut. Ther are little ponds/lakes everywhere and its sooo grassy! Nothing much more was acheived after we arrived at the hotel. Naps and food were priorities and we even found a little supermarket down the road a bit which stocks crunchie bars, yum. The hotel is quite nice, more motelly really, but it has a pooln and a resteraunt which suits us fine. And it includes free breakfast, yay!
Anyhu, yesteday was the big day when we missioned it out to Universal Studios. Well, it wasn't really that much of a mission cos we just got the free shuttle from the hotel lol. It left at like 8am though, so it was an early morning, consequently when we got there, we headed straight to the nearest coffee shop (aka starbucks) for a morning pickmeup. After we entered the park, we hung around Suess world for a bit (Gabby had never heard of Dr Suess, WTF? I may have quoted way too many lines from Seussical that morning), went on the kiddies rides before we couldnt hold back anymore and headed towards the castle towering over the park (aka Hogwarts). It was sooo cool! Hogsmeade was first up, with the train and shops! Honeydukes, Zonkos, Madame Malkins, it was soooo cool! There was fake snow everywhere so it looked like the middle of winter but it was so hot! We meandered around a bit before heading up to Hogwarts and going on the forbidden journey ride. It was so dizzymaking haha, you pretty much sat in some seats that moved round like a motion simulator, but you were liteally dangling from mid air watching a screen like you were flying around on a broomstick. Fun, but I felt very sick for a while afterwards. We went and had lunch at The Three Broomsticks which was fun! I tried what thy called Butterbeer, it was very sickly sweet, I have no idea what was in it! We meanderd a little before going into Ollivanders and having a wand choosing experience, except that some kid got chosen to get his wand picked, Gabby and I disliked this. Anyway, that whole thing was fun to watch. We also went on the Hippogriff rollarcoaster, which is for kids, but I still screamed and closed my eyes. Lucky I haven't got my voice back fully yet! It was just fun and totally worth comingdown here for. We did the rest of the Island of Adventure which included Jurassic Park (and the birth of a living, breathing dinosaur which Gabby totally fell for), a comic place where we went on a popeye ride that got us sooaked! And then there was a marvel superhero bit which was cool, but we avoided rides at all costs cos they looked too scary! We ended up leaving the park at about 5pm and heading around the front facade which included a hard rock cafe which was fun. We were absolutley exhausted by the time we got back to the hotel so totally bummed out. Bleugh!
Went outlet shopping today, and spent hardly any money, go me!
Right, time for karaoke!
Anyway, lets skip back a few days.
~creepy go back in time music~
On Monday I left Bryn's house in New Jersey and went into NYC for a few nights. I'd booked in at a hotel near JFK Airport which was nice and cosy, although it had a strange bath/shower/bedroom combination, but on the bright side it meant I could watch TV while I had a bath!
Tuesday I headed into the city, taking the free shuttle to the airport, then the airtrain to the subway station and then the subway. Epic journey I say! I did a bit of shopping on 34th Street, went to Macys (hugely amazing) and a few shops round there. I had meant to get to 5th and Madison Ave but never got that far lol. These places actucally had stuff more in my price range, although in saying that, I didn't actcually buy anything. One of the guys from camp was coming into town so I met up with him and we wandered the streets for a bit. Decided ages ago that we wanted to go see a show but on a budget and I had forgotten that Wicked was showing eariler that night so missed lottery tickets, lame! We ended up with tickets to Bring it On (which he chose). As we were walking to find dinner, we saw a line forming for autographs, I had no idea who the people wee but Crabbe got so excited and it was the Bryan brothers, when I saw they had gold medals from London, I knew it was a big deal. Turns out the US Open is on in NYC right now, huh! Anyway, we lined up for pictures and autographs and it was all fun and Crabbe was very happy. He taught Tennis at Awosting haha. Then we headed back to up the theatre to se Bring It On. WOW. So totally different from Chicago, it was heavily choerographed, being a show about cheerleaders it had to be, bt the stunts they pulled were incredible! Even Crabbe said he enjoyed it way more than he nthought he would. It was just epic, I literally had my mouth open the entire time gaping at te amazingness of it. It was proper, cheesy, stereotypical Broadway. I loved every minute of it! Afterwards, I had to catch the subway, airtrain and a cab back to the hotel (epic journey) and pack up all my stuff cos I had to be on the 6.30am shuttle the next morning to make sure I got to the airport ontime to check in for pur flight to Orlando!
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| Weird bed/bath combo thing |
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| Crabbe and one of the famous tennis guys |
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| A very happy Crabbe |
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| Bring it on Baby! |
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| Post Broadway Excitement Faces |
I met Gabby at the airport, cos she had stayed out at Newark that night and had an epic trek into JFK. Anyway,we checked in and naturally, I was a little overweight, but that was all goods. Got through security, with a little kerfuffle with Gabbys moisturser in her bag lol, but it was all good. Plane flight was all good, I attemptedbto sleep for an hour or so, uncomfortably. We got to the airport and we had seen that our hotel wouldnt allow check in until about 3pm and it had just gone 11am, so we ate lunch at the airport and then found a Lush store. They were so cool to us in there, they gave us a free mini facial thing, face masks and all. It was so relaxing, perfect after the stress of making sure we were flying ok etc. That took us to about 1.30 so then we decided to come out to the hotel. Even on the cab ride, we noticed how different Orlando is to New York, and even where we were in Connecticut. Ther are little ponds/lakes everywhere and its sooo grassy! Nothing much more was acheived after we arrived at the hotel. Naps and food were priorities and we even found a little supermarket down the road a bit which stocks crunchie bars, yum. The hotel is quite nice, more motelly really, but it has a pooln and a resteraunt which suits us fine. And it includes free breakfast, yay!
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| Free Facials! |
Anyhu, yesteday was the big day when we missioned it out to Universal Studios. Well, it wasn't really that much of a mission cos we just got the free shuttle from the hotel lol. It left at like 8am though, so it was an early morning, consequently when we got there, we headed straight to the nearest coffee shop (aka starbucks) for a morning pickmeup. After we entered the park, we hung around Suess world for a bit (Gabby had never heard of Dr Suess, WTF? I may have quoted way too many lines from Seussical that morning), went on the kiddies rides before we couldnt hold back anymore and headed towards the castle towering over the park (aka Hogwarts). It was sooo cool! Hogsmeade was first up, with the train and shops! Honeydukes, Zonkos, Madame Malkins, it was soooo cool! There was fake snow everywhere so it looked like the middle of winter but it was so hot! We meandered around a bit before heading up to Hogwarts and going on the forbidden journey ride. It was so dizzymaking haha, you pretty much sat in some seats that moved round like a motion simulator, but you were liteally dangling from mid air watching a screen like you were flying around on a broomstick. Fun, but I felt very sick for a while afterwards. We went and had lunch at The Three Broomsticks which was fun! I tried what thy called Butterbeer, it was very sickly sweet, I have no idea what was in it! We meanderd a little before going into Ollivanders and having a wand choosing experience, except that some kid got chosen to get his wand picked, Gabby and I disliked this. Anyway, that whole thing was fun to watch. We also went on the Hippogriff rollarcoaster, which is for kids, but I still screamed and closed my eyes. Lucky I haven't got my voice back fully yet! It was just fun and totally worth comingdown here for. We did the rest of the Island of Adventure which included Jurassic Park (and the birth of a living, breathing dinosaur which Gabby totally fell for), a comic place where we went on a popeye ride that got us sooaked! And then there was a marvel superhero bit which was cool, but we avoided rides at all costs cos they looked too scary! We ended up leaving the park at about 5pm and heading around the front facade which included a hard rock cafe which was fun. We were absolutley exhausted by the time we got back to the hotel so totally bummed out. Bleugh!
Went outlet shopping today, and spent hardly any money, go me!
Right, time for karaoke!
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| Pre Potter Faces |
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| Lost Island of Adventure or something at Universal |
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| The Universal Globe! |
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| ZOMG Hogwarts |
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| Made me feel like I was back at Seussical |
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| We arrived at the right station |
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| Candy storeeee |
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| Bubble man! |
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| A very wet Charlette |
