A very nice day for early February!
The beautiful Royal Pacific Resort.
Breakfast in the Island's Dining Room at
the Royal Pacific. I had the Eggs Benedict
and Dawn had the buffet. This is a great spot
for a tasty, relaxing breakfast.
Lunch at the Leaky Cauldron. Dawn had
the Ploughman's and I had the fish and
chips. We shared the Scotch Eggs. Everything
was good but honestly this place is more about
the atmosphere. If you are a Harry Potter fan
it is very cool.
Hogwarts Castle
The Sweet Shop...check out all the cool
candies below. Can you find the chocolate
frogs?
Cheers...gotta love butterbeer.
Going to Universal brings out the caveman
in me. I have to get one of these huge, smoky
delicious turkey legs. I think Michael had one
too....Yum!
This has to be the highlight of the day.
Michael and I love Beetlejuice and were
thrilled to see him on the way out of the
park. He couldn't have been any cooler.
Ahhh..the legendary Lard Lad donut. If
you're at Universal Orlando it is a must
try. The Lard Lad big pink is a giant donut.
It will easily feed two to three people. The
best I can describe it is a cross between a donut
and a cake. Either way it's delicious. Try one,
you won't be sorry.
Michael hanging with his good buddy, Milhouse.
A few of our favorite rides. The Hollywood
Rocket...You pick your own music to listen to
on this roller coaster. The Incredible Hulk
is another wild coaster. Spiderman is one
of my all time favorite rides.
Here is a video
of Dawn, Michael, Yosh and Logan on
Storm Force Accelatron. As fast as they were
spinning I thought they would all be sick.
Men in Black...this is a fun ride. You
compete against other riders. As you
go through the ride you shoot aliens
and it tallies your score. At the end it
displays every one's scores and the
highest wins.
For the last meal of the trip Mom and Dad
bought everyone dinner at Toothsome
Chocolate Emporium. It's a steam punk
themed restaurant that specializes in
desserts and huge milkshakes.
Pretty tasty food. The french onion soup
was really good. I had the forest mushroom
flatbread. It was good. I think Dawn had the
shrimp and lump crab macaroni and cheese.
That's a big bite Yosh!
Dessert is the real star at Toothsome. I had
the banana cream pie sundae. It was very
sweet, but tasty. Dawn had some kind of
brownie sundae.
Michael and Dawn in front of Mel's Diner.
Giordano's Pizza, just down the street
from the Royal Pacific. Look at all that
cheese!
Citywalk at night...
And that brings to a close a wonderful
vacation. Universal Studios was a great
way to wrap it all up. For thrill rides it's
hard to beat Universal. The two Harry
Potter rides are cutting edge. The Hollywood
Rocket is one of the wilder rides I've been
on and you can't forget Spiderman and
Jurassic Park. Unfortunately Jurassic Park
was closed for renovation while we were
there. Simpson's land is another very
cool thing about Universal Orlando. The
food at Universal is quite good. I would
say they are giving Disney a run for their
money. All in all a great vacation that our
entire family will always remember.
Links...
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