Trip Report Revisiting 2016's War and peace I took one for the team

Hello it's me again and if you want to know what the title means you'll have to stick around for a while. Sorry but no spoiler This trip was 3 years in the making and the official countdown started at 439 days. Surprisingly the time seemed to fly by. Our little adventure was taken by me (for those who don't know I'm Figmentfan423 Figgy to my friends here), my dh and our 2 boys James 14 and fellow Disney planner and M who's a bit older autistic and doesn't like getting his picture taken or me talking about him. Our trip began at
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am on July 30th. We sang happy birthday to my little guy while driving down the street on our way to Disney. I'm a very mean mommy who made my baby spend his birthday in the car. Any way it was smooth sailing until half way through Virginia where we hit rain and traffic all the way to the North Carolina border. It was bad enough we worried a bit about making it to our hotel for the first night but once we hit NC the skies cleared and so did the traffic:joyfull: and we made it to Florida
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to take the obligitory first Florida picture of the boys. With a bit of luck and excitement we made it to Ormond Beach to get a good night's sleep.
 

Figgy1

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After that it was back to the condo by way of a grocery store, put away the haul and have lunch. So far it was a nice relaxing day. That lasted about 15 minutes longer while I was getting lunch together James announced his sneakers didn't fit! What I just got them a 2 weeks before we left home. I know this isn't exactly a short trip but seriously........... I had Jim check them and sure enough they didn't fit, not even with thin socks. So right after lunch it was back to the outlet mall and a hunt for sneakers began. He and I have always had good luck with Reeboks so that was the first stop. He must have tried on 10 pairs and they all seemed too narrow and the wide ones were too wide:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: We must have hit every place that had sneakers before we found a pair that fit and he would be seen in public in, he was told whatever he got would also be for school.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: I stopped in the Character Spot just to calm down. Crisis over Back to the condo and hit the pool for a bit before dinner and maybe I had one or two of those fruit with rum smoothies mention earlier and maybe they may have been a bit strong:angelic::angelic::angelic::angelic: At least all the laundry was done, the condo was squeaky clean and we watched Tangled :joyfull:
 

Figgy1

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Monday August 22 Over the weekend we noticed there were still quite a few things we hadn't done at Universal so today we set off to fix that. First up The Simpson's It was funny how they ripped off POTC and the Back Lot Tour(RIP) Then Twirl and hurl
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Then ET OMG it was great and it's not even one of my favorite movies. I really didn't think I'd like it but I did. James doesn't ever remember seeing the movie but he can't wait to see it.
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Figgy1

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Next up it was time for the Blues Brothers show. We got there a few minutes early and got to sit on a bench while waiting. They were really fun!
 

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betty rose

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We went back into Studios. I grabbed these along the way to Men In BlackView attachment 162207 View attachment 162208 View attachment 162209 I hat to say it but MIB 's a bit cooler than TSMM or Buzz and it's a tad easier to hit things and few pics from the queView attachment 162211 View attachment 162212 and as evrywhere else it empties into a gift shop LOLView attachment 162210 View attachment 162212 View attachment 162213
Love the picture of your son. The dog shirt is really funny.
 

Figgy1

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After the Blues Brothers which is a must do show we headed over to see an acapella group no pics we stayed for a bit but my ds' middle school chorous is many times better. Then it was back on Mummy (think Everest with everything working and fire) So after that I popped into Finnegan's while the boys rode again and had a Mummy's Revenge (only fitting) Vodka, Chambord, triple sec and a sweet and sour mix:hungry:
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betty rose

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After the Blues Brothers which is a must do show we headed over to see an acapella group no pics we stayed for a bit but my ds' middle school chorous is many times better. Then it was back on Mummy (think Everest with everything working and fire) So after that I popped into Finnegan's while the boys rode again and had a Mummy's Revenge (only fitting) Vodka, Chambord, triple sec and a sweet and sour mix:hungry:View attachment 162562
That looks really good!
 

Figgy1

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We had a bit of time before our next scheduled thing to do so we just had to ride ET again it was that good. Then it was time to find a good seat for Animal Actors on Location. It was very well done and way more fun than I'd thought it would be. It's another must do!!!!!!
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