Trip Report We are venturing outside our comfort zones and hoping the reward is worth it!! April 11 -23, 2021

Hello! I am, again, going to attempt to do a semi livish trip report and then fill in the details when I return. Like Rapunzel, when we made these plans, I definitely was taking a leap a faith! I, like all of us, have had a long year. We are DVC members and it was time to use the points. It is that simple. I can't tell you how thrilled I am now!

The cast remains the same! Den (my husband), Deighton(me), Hunter (16), Camden (9), and Brinley (5 and starts kindergarten in the fall). Some of us are a lot taller and some of us wider...

We fly Southwest out of Pittsburgh early Sunday morning and land in Orlando around 10:15am.( I feel like I struck gold with 2 nonstop flights!) Then we head to the home where animals belong, a one bedroom villa at Animal Kingdom Lodge until April 19th. Then we move to Cabana Bay Beach Resort until the 23rd. Universal is a whole new world for us. Any advice for the entire length of stay is welcome!

I will be posting our plans soon! Thanks for reading! Another big thank you to those of you who posted, happy, positive thoughts and reports during these crazy times. It definitely kept time moving forward and hope alive. It keeps me smiling and tearing up to see your children growing up on this platform! Happy Thursday everyone!!

 

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Some more fun snaps on our way to Mythos!

 

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We are in Mythos now throughly enjoying the ambiance, air conditioning and masks off! Our server, Bonnie, is great. I couldn't choose between the feta pork chop and pork belly grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup. I told her to surprise me and not tell me. She brought me a steak knife and a spoon!!

Banana Daiquiri for me and an old fashioned for Den!

 

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Can't wait to see what you get

 

[littleroo]

Mezze platter for an app

kids food...trumpet sounds...shocking noises...

chicken fingers and french fries!
My lunch surprise is...

It is a perfect medium and delicious!! I highly recommend this place when visiting Universal!

Den had Scallops in a pea risotto with micro greens and ate every last drop!

Hunter was extremely happy with his Greek chicken sandwich. The only complaint after it was throughly devoured was it had too much onion. I asked why he didn't remove it and he said he never thought of it. Teenagers!!

 

[littleroo]

I like to move it, move it!!!

 

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A few quick pictures of the beautiful structures in Mythos!

The Reign of Kong up next with express passes! After this we are headed to some water rides. I know many of you got snow last night and I apologize but it is a sunny, hot day here!

 

[littleroo]

King Kong does exist!! It was an amazing, scary, thrilling ride! If I were 5, I would have been scared to death! Brinley loved, loved it! Spoiler alert....the special effects are insane! Kong jumping on the bus was so cool!!

Suddenly, out of the blue, my flash worked as you can tell by Cam's eyes!

 

[EngineerMom]

Probably one of the reasons we REALLY don't like FastnFurious.
We love Kong especially hubby. It is an amazing ride and FastnFurious is similar but the ride is just so blah in comparison.

 

[littleroo]

We just scored virtual passes for Hagrid!!! Wahoo!! Party!!!

 

[littleroo]

Probably one of the reasons we REALLY don't like FastnFurious.
We love Kong especially hubby. It is an amazing ride and FastnFurious is similar but the ride is just so blah in comparison.

I couldn't agree more! Fast and Furious is our least favorite ride, too. We road that before Kong! Huge difference!! No pun intended!!

 

[littleroo]

Waiting for Ripsaw Falls...it has been about half an hour so far...at least that to go but we are making great time and still have 10 express passes and 5 hours to park close!

 

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My family does not ever learn!! Everyone, again, is soaked but me from Dudley Do Right!!

 

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Next up...

 

[littleroo]

Dudley Do Rights is like Splash Mountain on steroids! You will get wet! Wear a poncho! I just road Blutos Barge with a poncho and I am still soaked!! Tie your hood with duct tape around your head! This is like Kali River Rapids but longer and more intense!

Here are my drenched darlings!! Heading to Hagrids slowly now!!

 

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We ran into this pretty tiggress! The sun was unfortunately in Brin's eyes!

 

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The view of Hogwarts from the line for Hagrids!

 

[Loco_driver]

Haha that Popeyes ride is absolutely bananas! We actually went back to our hotel to put on swimsuits before we did that our last trip. Also love Kong!

 

[littleroo]

Haha that Popeyes ride is absolutely bananas! We actually went back to our hotel to put on swimsuits before we did that our last trip. Also love Kong!

They were both a riot and extreme opposites!!

 

[littleroo]

We got in line around 430 for Hagrid and got on at 550. It really is truly amazing! I just wish I was young again! Lol We used some of the quick passes from earlier and got right on the Forbidden Journey. Hit the brakes!!! My is rattled!! The motion sickness really got to me! The kids got their cupcakes from Honeydukes. They were supposedly delicious. Sorry no pictures!

They all just did Cat in the Hat again!! Reservations at tonight at Jimmy Buffets place at 830. Going to slowly walk out of Island of Adventures!

 

[littleroo]

We are sitting in a little corner of CityWalk having drinks. We checked into Margaretaville awaiting a text message. Hopefully it is early. We just got some really good chili fries for the kid!