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OK, and finally to finish THE POV OF DANIA BEACH HURRICANE. I wasn't able to upload it to TPR itself, which is fine. I was, however, able to upload it to YouTube. So enjoy. OH AND GO VOTE!!!!!!!! IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT!!!!!!

I kept having to restart. My internet is being spotty. So how was the trip Jake? Ok, I'll let your expression give the commentary. Hahaha, randooooom! Pretty. That's just the place for me! GROSS! Yeah, no you don't. Wanna ride? ROBB! FLY AWAY!!!!! Now that is an extreme go-carts. Old Town from a distance... Yeah, not for me. Get me drunk first and maybe. Oh PUH-LEEZ This made me sick just looking at it... Is this a rip off or what?! RESPECT THE SIGN If you ever get a chance to do this, seriously, do it at 9:00 PM so you can see Disney's Fireworks. BEST TIME TO GO! Watch the fireworks as you go up. THis is the ferris where that defines this "park" for me. Extreme? Really? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! *yet i love it soooo much. FLASH....BACKS.... ARE.... TOO.... MUCH.... TO.... BEAR....... yet i want it so much.... Oh... No... *Insert typical gay buttless leather chaps joke here* Is it? Is it really rated the #1 haunted attraction? If so, Old Town holds a LOT of records. Tallest this, best that... EVERYTHING is the best and tallest and biggest. Your mom's the biggest. That's what SHE said. Oh, so I see. Hmm, what could this be like? Seriously, THIS IS INSANE!!!! drop. I love it. Carousel Where's the apple?! Do NOT put your hands up! The drop I mentioned.. Yeah... Now on to Old Town. It is a sexy coaster to look at though. The wait is always unbearable.m I got bored. I love playing with the shutter. Poseidon's Furry

Ok, so I've procrastinated updating the final portion of this, simply because it means it actually happened, and it's actually done. I can't even stress how much fun this trip was. It's right up there with the Behemoth/Ravine Flyer II trip. I've also never had as much fun doing my home parks as I have this trip around. Thanks a bundle Jake, for making this trip super awesome! So, Islands of Adventure. This is normally one of my favorite Theme Parks ever. Right up there with Busch Gardens Europe, and now Idlewild. But, for some weird, weird reason this go around sucked. It wasn't anything to do with the park itself though. Maybe it was because We had gone out to Downtown Orlando for my birthday the night before, and got pretty (drunk), or maybe it was the two of us being called out for who we are in the middle of a Christian Music Festival, or maybe it was the fact that my all time favorite log flume (and those of you on the Behemoth Trip knooooooow how much I LOVE log flumes) Dudley Do-Right was CLOSED. Either way, the day had not gone as great as it could have. We should have switched USF and IOA around in days, but can't change it now. Hulk was running great up until the end. Spiderman is still simply the best non-coaster ride ever (In My Opinion). Popeye still gets you as wet as ever. Jurassic Park was closed when we did our first go around, but opened back up quickly. The new Harry Potter construction looks SO interesting and intensely HUGE. I almost worry about Jurassic Park being shadowed by the INSANE architecture going in there. The new connector bridge connecting Lost Continent and Jurassic Park is insanely long. Dueling Dragons was a favorite of Jake, and we quickly debated our favorite side (I'm and ICE fan while he's a stupid Fire fan). Poseidon's Furry still impresses me. Seuss Landing looks great. All in all, I do have to say Islands of Adventure looks great still, and I'm super excited to see the new Harry Potter themed Land. After Islands of Adventure, before our three hour drive home, we decided to Credit Whore it up at Old Town. Now, I've been going to Old Town since I was a kid, and remember being 5 years old and going on the Farris Wheel with my dad and him practically crying with fear. I love Old Town with a huge passion. I'm glad to see it looking the same as it did when I was 5, only with more ghettoly awesome cheap rides. The same drop tower that was at Waldameer was there. There was an "XTREME BUMPER CARS" which confuses me. And of corse the two coasters were awesome. There is a Big Apple, without the apple, and a Zamperla compact coaster. Now Windstorm (guess which one that is) has got to be one of the most EFFED up compact steel coaster I've done. Now, I personally love cheap, ghetto, and crappy going-to-break-any-minute coasters. Heck, I'm from Mexico and have survived the most dangerous and least maintained rides there. So if you believe me when I say how amazingly crazy this ride was, it was amazingly crazy. There was a mid corse diving drop thingy, that will be sure to give anyone over the age of 70 a heart attack. Anyway, the rest of our trip consisted of walking around Old Town and Fun Spot USA next door. We just walked around, didn't ride anything really. We finished with pizza in Old Town. After that, we drove 3 hours home where I bored the hell out of Jake for the rest of the week in boring old Fort Myers, Florida. Now, on to the pictures: I AM POSEIDON! WATCH ME THROW UP WATER! Comprende? Dork shot. HARRY POTTER. Dueling Dragon while still a great ride, doesn't impress me as much as The Hulk. From the new view. I miss you Flying Unicorn! The new connecting bridge. IT'S HUGE Now you've been schooled. It's the Behemoth (pronounced Beh-Hem-Moth) building for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Jurassic Park... but wait... what is that in the background? NOOOOO! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHYYYY? *cries in a corner* Toon Lagoon. I don't know who this guy is, BUT I LOVE IT! B&M Sexy-ness-ness.

^Hey, if we can survive our political differences, we can survive our Disney differences. Gwazi was a big blow for me too though. Jeeze, why ARE we friends?

AWESOME? You and I are no longer friends. Hmph. WHAT?? You don't like the new spaceship earth? It's SO MUCH better than it was last year. Dame Judy Dench as a narrator? Pictures, Interaction, updated animatronics?! How are we not friends? How do you hate this? I'm so confuuuuuused.

This update almost bright tears to my eye. Bravo.

So here are two videos before I do the Islands of Adventure and Old Town updates. This video is of Push the Trash can famously found throughout Disney World. The funny story behind that is Jake and I were just standing filming it, and when I came and asked us about our Orange Soda, it knowing that we had Orange Soda was odd because it wasn't in a clear cup, and it had a lid on it. That's what was weird about it. PUSH.mov Push the Trash Can!

^ You know, we were walking to Space Mountain coming from Splash Mountain, and as we passed the castle I remember looking up at Tomorrowland and seeing the Bay Lake Towers rise above the park. It kinda brought the sense of being in another world down just a bit. I'm just not used to seeing anything BUT the things in Magic Kingdom, around me.

^Haha ok, ok. I get you. I forgot I put the Rock Lobster lyrics in my PTR actually, so that just looked VERY random to me.

Wait... what?!

Disney fireworks are better hands down. But Universal is a much more Adult Friendly place to be for NYE. Yeah, I'd go ahead and try and schedule the days before too. If you can. Some places may not take reservations, and some places may already be booked. Book in the City Walk area for NYE, there are a lot of restaurant options, and there will be a lot of activity going on there too! Maybe consider a party pass. IMO Hollywood Studios and Epcot are the more adult friendly parks. I would say if you change anything, it would be to switch Magic Kingdom with Hollywood Studios. Magic Kingdom will no doubt be verrrrry crowded, and near impossible to finish, but has more of your staple Disney rides. Hollywood Studios is a smaller park but still very enjoyable. Either way you'll be just fine. I actually just posted a Disney PTR It's Disney in a day! I'm just doing a little shameless self promotion Anyway, Good luck!

So this post is for all you skeptics out there. For those of you that say that Disney World can't be done in a day, well it can. And I will now let you know the best way to go about it. 1) Start with the park with the least amount of rides. 2) Go when you know crowds won't be overwhelming. 3) Go to the most popular rides first, and fast pass them first thing. 4) Use the boards that give you the ride time, it saves you walking all over the park. 5) Always link Magic Kingdom and Epcot for the monorail and use the transportation system wisely. 6) Never forget that parking in Downtown Disney is free. Though driving is quicker than the busses 7) Plan for the most popular ride, either do them first, or do them last. Those are my Disney tips. How we went about our day: Park 1: (9:00am) Disney's Animal Kingdom. We got to Animal Kingdom right as the park opened up. We bolted straight for Expedition Everest. First thing we did was fast pass it, then proceeded to wait in the 10 minute line. Following the ride, we headed towards Primeval Whirl. Now normally this is the part where you wait 2 minutes for each side, unfortunately for credit whore Jake, the ride was closed. Next stop is Dinosaur! Now, this ride blows my mind, because every time I go on this ride, there is always a kid under the age of 8 in the same car. When the picture is taken, every single adult in the picture looks like they're going to crap their pants, while the kids sit there with the biggest smiles on their faces. Anyway. After Dinosaur, you can then return to Everest. Fast Pass the crap out of it. After, you then can go ahead and do Kilimanjaro, but we chose to leave a bit earlier and get the next park. Park 2: (10:45) Hollywood Studios. Now this is a park subject to interpretation. I feel like every time I go with someone new, they want something different. Now, you have your two major rides (Tower of Terror and Rock 'N' Roller Coaster). If you can, fast pass the longest wait that you see. Normally Tower of Terror. Then wait in line for Rock 'N' Roller Coaster and hit up one other ride. Now, since Toy Story Mania had just opened up, and the day we went, the line was a considerable 50 minute wait (All Things Considered wasn't bad.)... we decided to get the ride we thought wouldn't be there too much longer: Star Tours. Unfortunately for us, there were no fast passes for Tower of Terror OR Rock 'N' Roller Coaster, but we did go on a day with very little lines. We got through all three rides in an hour and a half, which is pretty decent. Park 3: (12:00-12:15 *with transportation to main center accounted for*) Magic Kingdom. On a normal and very busy day, the first stop to make is to head towards Tomorrow land and get the first Fast pass for Space Mountain you can find. The day we went was only an hour and a half fast pass time. So we grabbed it, did splash mountain, and retreated to space mountain again. From Space Mountain the second time around, we then completed the circle in the park, hitting up all the major credits in the park. Barnstormer, It's a Small World, Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain, and Pirates. Yeah, it can be debated that there is so much we were missing out on (the Tea Cups, Peter Pan, Winnie The Pooh, The People Mover, Stitch's Great Escape, Buzz Light year, Jungle Cruises, ect. But you can easily replace your personal favorites with anything else we did. The key is to be out before 4:30pm. Park 4: (4:00pm) Epcot. By now we arrive tired, exhausted, and barely able to walk. But there is still SO much ahead of us. Now the reason I like to get to Epcot before 5:00 is because I like to make this park the major meal park. This is the best park with places to eat on property. First things first is to decide where you want to eat. Then you can pop off the three major rides, starting with Fast Passing Soarin' (if you can). Go ahead and wait for Test Track (normally a 20-40 min wait) and do Mission: Space (normally a 10 minute wait). Then, depending on fast pass times, hit up the Mexico boat ride (VIVA MEXICO! AAAIIII!), and Norway boat ride, then return for Soarin' just in time to go eat dinner. After dinner... it's normally around 9:00pm... ILLUMINATIONS! Now Epcot is time chances. Doing everything risks time. Jake and I missed the majority of the show, but left the restaurant just in time for the fireworks finale. My POINT... is that Disney CAN be done in a day. It just takes strict guidelines and good planning. Remember. Always start with the parks with the least amount of things to do, and end with your favorite park. Now, onto my Photos: By the way: It was my birthday the day we did these parks. Sept 6th! Though I'd hate to admit it. The tree of life, waiting for the park to open. Postcard from the Future!!!!! We ate in Japan... which was a new Epcot restaurant for me. It was AMAZING! Soarin'! Probably my favorite ride at Disney! Hopefully not to give away too much, but when they ask you to smile... make it good! The new Spaceship Earth = Awesome You know where this is from... The update of the castle was great! Just because I'm Mexican, I gotta represent my peeps. Viva Mexico Cabrones! "It's a much bigger world than Hong Kong Disneyland afterall....." JOLLY JOLLY JOLLY! The theme continues!!! Of corse you can, though you're becoming more and more American every day! That's a big piece of meat jake? Can your british appetite handle that? I miss Alien Encounter SO MUCH.... I MEAN SO MUCH. My heart breaks whenever I see stitch's face. Tomorrow, tomorrow, I'll love you tomorrow.... That was corny. Made for a princess.... We're ghosts... (it is Halloween? almost?) The attention to detail was fantastic. Mickey Pumpkin. And gave florida a more Fall atmosphere. Lord knows we don't get it naturally anyway. Awesome Theme. ... Or this cute. ... But I never expected it this nice... I had heard about a Halloween decoration... Oh! Yes! It's the Contemporary Bay Lake Tower! The Contemporary once again. Oh wait, what's that behind it?! Hmm... GLORY! We approach the Contemporary Resort. Childhood! Here we come! This always makes me think of Samantha Brown. I wish I had her job. Approaching Magic Kingdom (Via the boat) This is such a stoner ride. Why doesn't Garbage have their own roller coaster? It could be called, "I'm Only Happy When I Coast!" Jolly, jolly, jolly. I'm wearing a hat! Hollywood Studios. I do love this drop. Even more so, I love the helix. And EVEN MORE SO, I love the YETI! Mmmm. Sexy Beast. (ahahaha get it?) There's no place like home. Mickey (Top Left) and Minnie, Goofy, and Pluto welcome us

^^ The castle used to be my weekly hang out on thursday nights when I lived in Tampa. Too bad I now live too far away. I used to have 8:00am classes on Friday and would still go to the castle. Of corse, I was young and able to pull all-nighters. Oh the memories.

It's called Carne en su Jugo. Translated: Meat in its Juice. mmmmm. I'm hungry all of the sudden.

Well, If you're staying on property at Universal, you may want to make Universal your New Years station. I hear it gets packed though. I've never personally been, but from what I hear it's a lot of fun. I guess City Walk is the busiest one to be at, and IOA gets crowded too. Just like halltd said, be sure you have your dining reservations ASAP. They may already be book at most places, so keep chugging until you find one. Remember the hotel restaurants too. Have fun!!

^ I don't think it would have worked that way, because we were given bracelets that we had to scan as we came in, so I don't think the rides could be shared. I could be wrong though. I just remember Jake having a problem getting his bracelet scanned every time we went in. He had a problem with technology all week long thinking on it! haha.

So Jake (Schwarzkopf) had the opportunity to visit me on my birthday weekend in Florida all the way from England. My birthday weekend consisted of as many Florida Theme Parks we could fit into 4 days as possible. Plus one. For right now, I will post the first day (his arrival), and then Thursday (Busch Gardens) and Friday (Universal Studios). I will first give explanations, then go into the PTR. Disney (All Four parks in one day), Islands Of Adventure, and Old Town to follow soon. Day 1: Jake arrived into Miami International Crapport around 6:00pm Tuesday Sept. 2nd. While we were in Crapville USA, we decided to do the Dania Beach Hurricane before we started our major coaster weekend. Since I live on the other coast, and since I physically hate the Miami area, I had never been on this coaster before. Jake finally got through customs around 7, and we quickly headed north towards Boomers to do the Hurricane. We arrived and got lost inside the arcade. There was no clear signs of where to go or what to do. We asked someone how to get to the outside area and they directed us where to go. We went out the doors and only saw a few (crappy) flat rides. There was no path to the coaster, only flat rides with no one around. We headed back inside to ask where to go for the 'coaster', and finally found the right place to go. Right off the bat, we got the impression that the coaster was not the main attraction at Boomers, though it really should be. We do the coaster a few times, then met up with Scott (krazekiddd) for a little bit. It was great meeting him. But since we had to do a two and a half hour journey back to where I live across the state, we quickly left. Also, I have a POV I will post once I figure out how to Edit it slightly. Day 3: Busch Gardens. This park is what I consider to be my true home park. This is the park that really holds a special place in my heart. I was so proud to be the one to show Jake around. We had a blast too. The park was looking great! The only downfall were the operations. Gwazi only ran one side all day (Tiger), and ShieKra only ran 2 trains (using only one of the stations). But other than the small blubles, everything was in tip top shape. We went the thursday after Labor Day, so crowds were very low. I do have to say something before I move on: I love Gwazi. I know there are a lot of Gwazi haters out there... *CoughNatatomicCough*... but I will forever stick up for this coaster. Yes, there are days where it runs rough, but if you really give it a try, Gwazi is a woodie with great airtime and a tight and twisted layout. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's the best coaster in the world, but I don't think it's the worst coaster in the world either. That's just my little rant. Day 4: I forgot to charge my camera battery! DOH! The night before, in Tampa, we decided to stay out late and go to my favorite club in Tampa (The Castle), so waking up Friday morning was difficult. We decided the night before the best park to do with limited time was Universal Studios. We arrived around 10:45 and quickly made our rounds of the park. This was one of the best parks for me to show Jake around, because it was the park he knew least about. The only thing he really knew anything about was the Mummy coaster. Everything else was a mystery. Twister, Jaws, MIB, Earthqu....errr... Disaster, Terminator, and ET were all new to him. ET is probably still my favorite thing at the park. We only were able to take 2 pictures that day, both in line for Shrek 4-D. I'll update the rest of the parks later, when it's not so late, and I'm more sober. In line for Shrek 4-D Anyone else notice a rather LARGE grammatical error?! SERIOUSLY UNIVERSAL? SERIOUSLY? I realize I am no professional grammar expert, but at least I know the difference between They're and Their. Terminator 2: 3-D One of the only pictures we took that day. Coaster Porn... mmmmmmm This is a great great ride! Jake: "Oh! We made it! What a surprise!" Jake: "OH MY GAWD! A WATERFALL? WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" Jake: "Why is this called Rhino Rally again?" ARGH! I'M A PIRATE! How SEXY! Sexy Zero-G Roll. Kumba will never get old. NEVER! This is a rather decent wild mouse. I do love Wild Mouse Coasters. Wild Maus..... I mean, Cheetah Chase Mmmmmmmmmm.... This turns me on. One day, I want to buy a huge house, not for me. I only need a 3 bed/2 bath area. The rest of my house will be a huge indoor desert for a big Meerkat habitat. I love these animals. SO MUCH. OH MY F*CKING DOG I LOVE MEERKATS! Your mom's a Zebra. Jake: "TAKE A PICTURE OF THE GIRAFFE!" Hahahahahahahahaha. This makes me laugh every time. And why does it remind me of the Bingo Square "Robb Shaves?" Maybe I'm just crazy. Hyaena's need sleep too. This looked like me after the Behemoth/Ravine Flyer II Trip. We were at the beach, everybody had matching towels. Somebody went under the dock, and they saw a rock. It wasn't a rock.... it was a rock... LOBSTER! Swim away Jake! Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming... Edge of Africa. Does this remind you of anyone? *Cough Dave eats anything cough* Jungala is AWESOME! And it just so happened the tiger climbed right on top the glass. They have several places throughout Jungala where you can peek up, look down, or climb around right next to the animals. This is only one example How pretty. I'm so glad they redid the white tiger habitat. Now it's better than ever. How can you not go "Awww!" When I say this kids area rocked, It was awesome. I thought Zampala did this jumping star, but I was WRONG. Jake proved me wrong too many times on this trip. In my opinion, it's the best kid's area i've seen in a theme park. It was practically empty when we went, but still very well themed. Jungala. I love the Orangoutang I love log flumes. I Absolutely love log flumes. Did I mention how much I love Log Flumes? Gwazi. Don't hate the coaster, hate the train. (anyone get this reference?) This is more exclusive than Robb's ERT. See... Nobody! Jake and I had ERT on the coaster. There was almost literally NO BODY there. Ok. So let me get this right. I can get unlimited rides cheaper than three tickets? Why the hell would ANYONE pay more for only three rides? Just get the danged UNLIMITED rides option. That's a bit ridiculous. Walking up to the Dania Beach Hurricane. I kinda wanted to do this... but I couldn't be bothered. Boomers' Entrance. Kinda lame, isn't it?

^ I also think most of us were too concerned with not destroying our cameras in all the unacceptable (yet extremely acceptable) amount of wetness that was involved with that infamous night. I miss it.

Ohh, ohh! I have another one! Wow! This Disney really is a Small (Disney) World! BAHAHA.... No? Not as good? Ok, well I thought I'd try.

Man that's a small castle. Everything looked so tiny. I could eat that turkey leg in one gobble. Well, you do know they say about asians right?

You're amazing, and so are your Trip Reports.. ALSO, Don't forget about Great Adventure! I know the feeling about school though, only I've been rebelling against it. I'm so very far behind now, and it's time to do some serious homework drilling. blah.

^^Meh, most chances, your plane will crash and you'll burn and die. That's why you should do the WEST COAST trip with me!!! I've been contemplating road tripping it out there with Jake via car anyway.. or maybe train. You should come with us... then there's no flying involved. And we could leisurely see the country, and get out there with interesting stops along the way! Something to Think About Natalie!

Even though I've never been to Coney Island... From all the pictures I've seen, it seems like one of those really artistic parks, photography-wise. Every picture is interesting, because the park is so unique and the people there are beaming with interest. I wish I would have gone. This kills me.

These are awesome! Great memories!!!!! Great job! Keep em coming!