Good morning all!
It's been a busy few days, so I thought I'd finally take a few minutes and check in before we embark on today's adventures. The itinerary has us heading to St. Petersburg today for our dolphin cruise at noon and the Blue Jays versus Tampa Bay Rays game at Tropicana Field at 6 pm. After several days of walking around the parks, it will be nice to have a day where it doesn't feel like we are going to walk our legs right off!!
The weather here has been HOT......like, mid-90's hot
. The sunshine has been abundant and virtually endless. The last two nights, there has been a spectacular lightening show once darkness settled in (around 8:30 pm and later) but not a drop of rain has fallen either time. The forecast for the balance of our trip is calling for highs of 91 each day (though more moderate today for St. Pete's....its only supposed to be 86 degrees there) with lots of sun and virtually no chance of rain. I can't believe how fortunate we have been yet again when it comes to weather.
Time is passing, as always, WAY too quicky. We had our arrival day on Sunday (which we devoted mostly to shopping and relaxing), SeaWorld on Monday, Universal on Tuesday, our Disney character breakfast and mini golf at CityWalk on Wednesday, Islands of Adventure on Thursday, and then both parks (the Studios & IOA) on Friday. Yesterday we also had the Superstar Character Breakfast at Universal and it was AMAZING!!!!!!!! I can't wait to share all the pictures and details in my trip report, but I can honestly say its been one of the biggest highlights of this trip. So much fun and so incredibly well done!!
It was SO hot yesterday that we decided to end our final Universal parks day early and spend the afternoon in the Fountains pool here at the resort. We had conquered virtually all of our must-do's at the parks and we were all eager for some much-needed downtime. We golfed at Congo River last night once the heat of the day has passed but before the lightening show began.
Tonight is our last night at the Vistana (how did this go by so quickly?!?
) and tomorrow we check in at the Residence Inn SeaWorld for the balance of our trip. Sunday's plans call for a day at Aquatica (which reminds me, I still need to book a cabana
..... we will surely need it as temperaturs soar into the 90's again) and Monday is slated for SeaWorld (with our Behind The Scenes tour and Dine With Shamu). Tuesday morning we are off to the airport and on our way home.....but that makes me sad, so we're trying not to think about it.
Instead, we think Minion-y happy thoughts.
For any fellow Canucks who will be watching the Jays on TV tonight, watch for us right by third base. We will be just 2 rows from the field, so you may catch a glimpse of us! (Steve and Jake will be in their Jays blue jerseys, and I will be in a red Jays t-shirt)
@pigletto , safe travels to you as you make your journey to Orlando today. Have a spectacular time on your trip!!