Hey everyone, I just got in last night. I had a great time, even with the cold weather. The lines weren't bad at all, and the boardwalk villas were excellent. The renovation is going pretty well, the entire front side of the villa side (smoking rooms) is being done. Main Street renovation looks like it's nearing completion. I didn't get to a lot of the attractions that I wanted to because of family: "that's boring, we did that 2 years ago, etc." i was very ashamed at times at what my mother was saying too, "are there any middle easterners around?" that's was probably the worst, but she said a lot of things that i didn't like. we stayed at the hard rock hotel at universal, and being the little punk rocker that i am, it was heaven. we even got upgraded to the vip floor. we got free drinks,food, movies and cd's not to mention front line access to every ride. universal studios is tired, except for MIB, i enjoy that quite a bit even if it is a buzz lightyear spin off. IOA really impressed me. i had a great time at that park. the fire dragon is one of the best coasters i've ever been on, hulk too but i like RnR better. and here's the most sad part of my trip. at the Hard Rock pool, I saw what I thought was the girl of my dreams, and i didn't talk to her. Why? because i'm an idiot. i had plenty of oppurtunities to say something but just couldn't. i hope i see her again which is very very very unlikely. but overall i had a great time.