My parents have finally decided to get rid of NetZero. To replace it they are going to get DSL again. It figures they would bring DSL back just before I leave to go back to school. I leave for school on August 10th for work purposes even though classes don't start till the 18th I believe.
Like I said before I will be getting a new cell phone to replace this partially broken one. I will also probably do some school clothes shopping and definitely new shoes shopping this weekend to take advantage of the tax free weekend this weekend.
Also if anyone has tried to call the apartment the last two days and couldn't get through it was because our phone line was dead and didn't get fixed till this afternoon. So Anyway back to the vacation.
Day Four, July 18th:
That morning my cell phone rang at 7am and it was my mom saying it was time to get up. Cathy had already been up since 6:30am so she was already ready to go. About 20 minutes later everyone else was ready and we headed over to the other house. When we got to the other house Thomas and my father already had on there outfits so William and I had to go put ours on. I must say once we all had them on they we looked even more ridiculous than I first thought. From there we left to go get some breakfast and we stopped at the "5 & Diner" again and when we walked in the front door I felt like an idiot as even on in the restaurant was looking at us some of them laughing, at that moment I would have loved to have been anywhere but there. I worked through my embarrassment and we left from there and left for the park. Once there we once again met back up with April, John and MacKalya. Of course they laughed at as too and I was really beginning to wish I hadn't agreed to do this. Niki's boyfriend Tim was there too and his family met with us there and Niki went off with Tim and his family. From our meeting point you could go right for
Universal Studios (Were Niki, Tim and his family went) or you could go left for
Islands of Adventure(were the rest of us went). Once entering Islands of Adventure we passed a few shops thankfully not entering and after the shops you could either go right of Dr. Suess Land or go left for Marvel Comics theme park area (don't remember exact name) we decided to go left and right as you enter this park there is the roller coaster called
The Hulk which in some rankings is rated the #1 roller coaster in the US. On that Hulk link the bottom picture shows the coaster and it looks like its sort of coming at you. This picture was taken from the bridge that the coaster goes under and I stood in about the exact spot that the picture was taken from but more inline with the coaster on that bridge and If you watch the coaster as it reaches the top of the loop and descends down right towards you and then under and if you don't have your feet firmly planted on the ground you could end up on your ass. How do I know this because I just about ended up falling on mine when I watched it because when you watch it fall from that loop right towards you it disoriented you and causes you to lose balance. Cathy, Thomas and John wanted to ride it but the line was too long so they figured they would come back later when the line was shorter. From there I went to use the restroom and when I came out all but William, mom, dad and Jacqueline were on this G-Force ride that is similar to the Tea Cup ride at Magic Kingdom. From there we moved on and I went into one of the stores looking for some cooling lotion because my neck was beginning to burn. After finding some and buying it I come out and find my dad standing in front of the stroller and electric wheelchair that my mom used. Come to find out the rest of the group decided to go onto the Spriderman 3D ride, of course without waiting to see if I wanted to ride and by this point that was getting annoying because between the Magic Kindgom and now at this park it was probably about the 5th or so ride they went on with out notifying me or asking if I wanted to ride. My dad then says he is going to go off to see if he can find my mom and hat and leaves me with the strollers and wheelchair. Not 5 minutes later my mom calls who is waiting in line with the rest of the group for the Superman ride and ask if I wanted to ride with them and I told them I would love to but I couldn't because dad had walked off and left me with the strollers (with purses) and the wheelchair. Then about another 5 minutes later if things were bad enough already it begins to pour and so I have to hurry up and grab the purses and everything I could and head for shelter. Just as it stops raining my dad shows up with a poncho on, so now I really feel like shit because not only do I miss the ride because he is gone but since he was gone I got left with trying to save everything from the ran and then no he doesn't show up to help while its raining but right as it has stopped raining and with a poncho on that he didn't have before he left me and did he think to get me one to stop from getting wet, no of course not. So after searching for the exit to the Spiderman ride we finally find it inside a store. After about little while they all come out talking about how great the ride was and how I should have gone with them and I am thinking, "Yeah, just rub it all in some more". So finally we leave from there and head for
Toon Lagoon and stop three to get something to eat. I got some Mexican food that wasn't very good but oh well. From there we headed to the ride I had been waiting for the river rapids ride. The one there is called "Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges" and It totally kicks the living shit out of the Six Flags version Thunder River. It is twice as fast, longer and a lot more fun. Only thing Thunder River has over it is the big waterfall at the end were as this one doesn't have one but it does have several areas of falling water to get you plenty wet. It also has 2 straight drop offs in it of about 10 feet that make you pick up speed quickly. I rode the thing twice once during the day and once at night. The day one we all went on it. Jeralyn, Thomas, Jacob, MacKalya, John, April, and Jillian were on the first raft and William, Cathy, Jacqueline, Mom, Dad and I were on the second one. My mom, dad, John and Thomas got the most wet of everyone. From there we headed to the log flume known as "Dudley Do Right Ripsaw Falls" that Jacqueline wanted to ride. So Thomas, Jacob, MacKayla, John, Cathy, Jillian and Jacquilne all went on this log flume. From there we head to the Jurassic Park rides. The only ride that was ridden there was the Jurassic Park River Adventure which Cathy, Thomas, Jacob, Cathy, John, Mom and my dad all rode on. This ride is mostly indoors with the end which is a 3 story tall drop off with a splash landing to the outside. Where they hit at the bottom for the splash landing they have an area were you can stand and get soaked by the huge spray of water coming from the ride. So William, Jacqueline, MacKalya and I went and stood there and got completely soaked. On the ride on the way down the 3 story drop off they have a camera set up taking pictures of the riders as they go down. My dad went and got a copy of the picture of the one they were one and it is one of the funniest pictures I have ever seen. It looks like something right out of a commercial because my mom has her arms rapped around my dads right arm with her head on his shoulders holding on for dear life with her eyes closed. Anyway from there we headed to the lost content were my nephew bought this cool looking silver necklace that he paid $50 for that my guess is he will lose it with in the next few months. The first ride we went on there which it is actually a show not a ride was "Poseidon's Fury" which it was ok the only really cool part was this water tunnel that you walk through were the water is going around you as you walk through it. When we left that right my dad saw the "Mythos restaurant" and he wanted to eat there it was 6pm so he made a reservation for 6:30pm. So we decided to walk over to Dr. Suess Land and we tried to ride the Mary-Go-Round but it broke down so we went back to the restaurant. We went in and continuing with the themed restaurants this one was made to look like you were eating inside of a cave which was pretty cool. This restaurant was also rated as the #1 theme park restaurant. I got the scallops with gnocchi(which is a potato pasta) and it was excellent by far the best meal I had on the trip. From there we went to the "Dueling Dragons" roller coasters so Cathy, Thomas and John could ride them. It is two roller coasters one called Ice and the other called Fire, Fire being the more intense of the two, and the two roller coaster race. They rode both of the coasters. While they were riding that one Mackalya, Jacob, Thomas, April and Jeralyn rode on the smaller roller coaster called "The Unicorn". From there once everyone finished with those rides we headed back to Dr. Suess Land as night began to fall on us. First we all with the exception of my dad rode "The Cat In The Hat" ride that takes you through the whole Cat In The Hat story while it spins you around from scene to scene. That first spin will get you to if your not ready for it just ask Cathy. From there Jacob, Jillian, Jacqueline, MacKayla, April, Thomas and Jeralyn tried to ride the "One Fish, Two Fish" ride but our luck struck again as it broke down. So we notice the Mary-G0-Round was now up and running again so I took William and Mackayla on it and once we got off Jacqueline was upset she didn't get to ride so then William, Mackayla, Jacqueline, Jacob, Thomas and I rode it (being the second time for William, Mackayla and I. From there it was after 9pm and the park closed at 10pm and William wanted to go ride the river rapids ride again and so did I so I told him if he found another person to go with us we would go. Not only did he find one but he found 3 more. And my luck it was all the kids. So William, Jacqueline, Jacob, Mackayla and I set off for the other side of the park to ride the River Rapids ride once more. Cathy, Thomas and John took this time to finally ride "The Hulk". Once we got on the rapids ride Jacob asked "How come we have to make sure our seat belts our tight?" and I told him "So, you don't fall out" well Jacqueline heard that and it scared her so through the entire ride she was scared to death that she was now going to fall out of the ride. I tried with the help of Mackayla to calm Jacqueline down but do no avail. I must say riding the ride in the dark is a lot more fun as it makes it even more intense and when you go in the cave it is pitch black and you can't see a thing. Once we got off everyone wanted to ride it again with the exception of Jacqueline and I wasn't going to make Jacqueline ride something she did not want to ride again just because everyone else wanted to. So we head back to met up with the rest of the group back at "The Hulk". When we found them it was about 9:40pm and my Mom, Dad, April, Jeralyn, and Jillian were sitting at a table and they said that Cathy, Thomas and John were still on the roller coaster. About 5 minutes later Cathy appears with eyes as big as plates saying that, that roller coaster was "awesome" (i think she said that about 10 or more times) saying it was the best coaster she had ever been on and that they rode it twice, so it seems the #1 rankings it got were justified. From there we headed back and towards the shops were my dad went in one of the stores to pick up all the prizes that the kids had one playing games back at the Lost Continent area of the park. April, John, William and I all got our own funnel cakes as we left the park. We then made our way back to our cars and head home. We arrived at our respective houses not long after 11pm and were in bed just before midnight as storms began to roll in. And I was thankful to just be out of those clothes. Thankfully we were going to be able to sleep in the next morning which was Monday the day we would leave for Tallahassee.
The Tallahassee part of this trip will come soon and it should be shorter, since not quite as much happened.
|| Vespere Hesperian 11:44 PM
