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[DISWolves]

Just set up another photo bucket account
Good job as we are at The Alehouse!

 

[DISWolves]

I also remembered my Capt Jack's Buried Treasure birthday voucher

 

[DISWolves]

Today was our last full day for this year, at Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek. We started as usual in Harvest Bistro, for breakfast.

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After the previous few days, we were determined to have a 'chill day'. The next few hours were spent just messing about in the pool. The sun was a long time appearing, but when it did, it was quite fierce. To cool off, we sunk a couple of cocktails!

Towards late afternoon, we headed back to our room to start packing, in preparation for our early departure to RPR, in the morning.
Packing done, showered and changed, our first port of call was to fuel up at the Hess station (opposite DHS entrance). With that sorted, we then went to OKW to request being located around block 21 for our stay, starting in a few days.
Dining tonight was at Orlando Ale House, on US 192 (near to mile marker 3).
Emma spotted a chalk board outside, advertisng a full rack of ribs.....sorted!

I decided on 20oz Porterhouse with fries and Caesar salad, washed down with a
Bud Light. Sue opted for the traditional English fish and chips.this arrived with a good 6-8 pieces of fish. 2 Rum Punch cocktails also followed.

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This is all that Emma left

I had remembered to register my 'Orlando' birthday just before departure and so, printed out a voucher for a free Cap'n Jack's treasure chest dessert.
We decided to share this, as we were all stuffed,

On the way back home, we had a tremendous thunder and rain storm. Back at the Hilton, we loaded 3 suitcases into the car, in preparation for an early start in the morning.

 

[scoobydooby]

I cannot wait to hear how you got on getting up early for the new Harry Potter stuff!

 

[wayneg]

We never managed a Capt. Jacks this year, I prefer a starter so always too full for dessert.

Lucy, Paul & Lily got caught in MK with the storm, hope the weather is better today. Watch out for them if you are in Universal today, they should be there.

 

[dixonsontour]

Millers looks great - happy 'un' birthday to you!

 

[jackieleanne]

Wow that food looks delicious! Incredibly hungry now. Looks like you're having fun.

 

[davidmolliesmum]

must make a note of that place - those ribs looked AMAZING!!!

 

[DISWolves]

Today will be done over 3 or 4 posts.....I just realised that I have taken over 500 pics today together with HD video
Internet here at RPR is not the best for uploading


What a day have we just had!!!!
We had an early departure from the Hilton at around 06:30 and headed over to Lowes RPR at Universal. Check-in was very good and quick.

We were issues with our room keys (which would be allocated via text later in the day) and then we made our way over to a machine to print out our Express passes.. This is done by inserting your room key, it then takes your photo and prints out a very poor black and white image onto the pass.

We made the journey on foot to City Walk and decided to tackle IOA for today. Our first stop was to Hogsmeade and to ride The Forbidden Journey. 20 minutes later and we were riding!!!! Once exited, we decided to go again and this time the queue was even smaller

Next up.......Dragon Challange. On the way to the ride, I was told that I could not use my GoPro camera and so had to leave it in the locker However, I forgot to take my compact camera out of pocket and managed to shoot an HD video from the front of the ride

We decided to do an anti-clockwise loop of the park, with our next stop at Jurassic Park.

Passing thro' Toon Lagoon, I was spotted by another fellow DIS'ser, Sandshal, and her party. We had a chat and a photo, and then moved on.

 

[DISWolves]

Emma, who is a HUGE Marvel fan, was in her element, as we hit Marvel Super Hero Island I am sure that this is going to cost me a few quid when we return in the next few days

We ride Spider-Man, Dr Doom's Fearfalll, The Incredible Hulk and then Storm Force Accelatron.

2010 and her first Hulk ride

At this point we decided to head back via Seuss Landing, to check out The Hogwarts Express to Kings Cross.

 

[DISWolves]

8:00 now and queue for Diagon is WAY past Fear Factor stage !

 

[68earlybay]

Soooo looking forward to doing hp and marvel at universal

 

[disneyholic family]

can you use express pass on forbidden journey?
or was the standby line that short?

looking forward to seeing your pictures on the new HP stuff!!!

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[sandshal]

Today will be done over 3 or 4 posts.....I just realised that I have taken over 500 pics today together with HD video Internet here at RPR is not the best for uploading What a day have we just had!!!! We had an early departure from the Hilton at around 06:30 and headed over to Lowes RPR at Universal. Check-in was very good and quick. We were issues with our room keys (which would be allocated via text later in the day) and then we made our way over to a machine to print out our Express passes.. This is done by inserting your room key, it then takes your photo and prints out a very poor black and white image onto the pass. We made the journey on foot to City Walk and decided to tackle IOA for today. Our first stop was to Hogsmeade and to ride The Forbidden Journey. 20 minutes later and we were riding!!!! Once exited, we decided to go again and this time the queue was even smaller Next up.......Dragon Challange. On the way to the ride, I was told that I could not use my GoPro camera and so had to leave it in the locker However, I forgot to take my compact camera out of pocket and managed to shoot an HD video from the front of the ride We decided to do an anti-clockwise loop of the park, with our next stop at Jurassic Park. Passing thro' Toon Lagoon, I was spotted by another fellow DIS'ser, Sandshal, and her party. We had a chat and a photo, and then moved on.

Lovely to meet you after all these many years of reading your reports, we only have 3 days left in Orlando then back to NYC for Saturday night. PM me if you need any further info on NYC, it's well worth a visit. Enjoy the rest of your holiday

Sharon, Stephen and boys

 

[DISWolves]

On the way to Hogsmeade, we passed a few favourites along the way.

As we reached Hogsmeade, the queue for the train to Kings Cross, was surprisingly small and so we took our place in line.

What we were about to experience, will stay in my Florida memories for a very long time.
Without wishing to spoil the experience, for anyone visiting soon, the attention to detail just blew me away. From the moment we boarded the train (which was a 6 seat compartment with sliding door) to arriving at the famous platform, something was happening all of the time. The effects, looking out of the carriage window is something else!

As we stepped onto the platform, it was like being in a time warp! We had a look around the area, and then made our way to Daigon Alley.

 

[DISWolves]

Not wishing to miss out on anything, I had read many (what I considered as good and thorough) reviews, yet all of those words combined, seemed to fall short of what lay before us. We had already planned to explore beyond Gringotts Bank in the morning, so here are some photographs of the surrounding buildings, that make this place such..... WOW!!!!

The dragon above Gringott's bank, breathes a huge flame of fire at irregular intervals.

Unfortunately, we had to cut our stay short, as we had been invited attend a Back to School gathering at the Hilton. On the way out we caught up,with Beetlejuice's mob

The Hilton gathering

In all of the excitement, I forgot to add a few pics from Royal Pacific!

 

[wayneg]

Great pics. Only problem is, now Karen & Matt will want to go more than ever.

 

[disneyholic family]

wow!!!! the new HP stuff looks AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

do you have any pictures from inside the train?

by the way, do they have anything knew to eat/ drink (like butterbeer) for the new area?

 

[68earlybay]

Wow the details amazing really cool pics

 

[Kath2003]

Great pictures! Can't wait to see it all - only 7 months to go