gatorchomp83 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 My buddy Corey Jessup from Chicago flew down to Florida last Wednesday and came up to party with me in Tallahassee Thursday-Saturday. Saturday morning we headed to Orlando for a wild romp around the theme parks. We started the trip off with drinks at NBA City and then headed to Islands to catch a few rides on Dragons before heading over to the Studios. Revenge of the Mummy ended up being a new credit for me and I LOVED it; definitely a worthy replacement to Kong! Sunday morning, we headed out to grab some free ParkHoppers at MGM and jumped on the bus to Animal Kingdom where I picked up two new credits. Expedition Everest was AWESOME. We ended up finagling our way into a stack of FastPasses so we managed to get a few rides in. We also grabbed a ride on one side of Primeval Whirl but didn't care to wait in line for the other credit. We jumped on another bus to Epcot where we proceeded to spend the next 6.5hr Drinking Around the World, and riding Mission and Test Track. I LOVED Mission: Space, in fact we ended up getting back-to-back rides on the Orange side. It's so incredible. Test Track was it's same old self, a good time but nothing outstanding. Monday morning, we hit up Magic Kingdom before heading over to Islands of Adventure. Onto the pictures! And I leave you with this...Our only regret is we didn't get to watch this! NOT Last coaster picture for the 2007 season! You can draw your own conclusions here... I'm pretty sure this has never been taken before! Corey bartered his fries for my corn on the cob....I loveeee fries cause I'm SUCH an ACEr...Not Mmmmmm, beer and burger! The second Immelman on Fire is so ridiculous Watch your feet! I think some forgot their radio when they left the Landing... This mist was KILLER when the sun went down! Brrrrr Good afternoon, Hulk! IOA was a LOT less crowded! Except for FearFall....711 minute wait! One last shot of Cindy, and it's off to IOA! Aaaaaaand, didn't ride this either! 40min wait + DDM when we got there = Impatient Didn't ride this, either (Thank God!) Yep, didn't ride this...(Entire outside queue was full!) Thunder sounds good! Hmmm, what to do next? (Magic was PACKED today) So hilarious DAMN YOU SPLASH! In the morning... Corey: We're SO doing Splash today! (It was like 40degrees out) Me: I'm NOT riding Splash! First thing we do in Magic? Ride Splash, and get SOAKED And I wasn't very happy about that So, our tickets didn't scan so we had to wait for them to get us good ones...Corey made it in first, and as you can see, was very happy about that. Space!1 So yeah...I left my suitcase at my parents' house so I had to lug everything around in a laundry basket haha So, we couldn't find a bus back to the hotel so we had to flag down this one...The nice driver lady offered to bring us out to The Dolphin, and we had the whole bus to ourselves Veddy Nice I love this shot Possibly the best on-ride picture EVER Yeah, we're astronauts...What!? Me and Holly inside our shuttlecraft And they ended up all over me somehow Someone had the bright idea to eat chips on Test Track.... New friends! Italy and Beer #8! It was at this point where it started to get really cold, so we opted to head back to the hotel to change. Alas, we never made it out of the park as we met two different groups of people and ended up spending the rest of the night riding Test Track and Mission over and over! Momentary beer break for a picture of the ginormous golf ball Germany! (Beer #7!) Epcot's trash cans were definitely not designed too well. Me: Excuse me, do you know where there's an ATM around here? Chinese Lady: Umm, in America! Me: Uh, alright, um...Where's America? (Beer #6!) Beer #5! Hot Norwegian chicks! Beer #4! In Mexico! (Beer #2 got taken by a PhotoSpot person and we don't have the shot...Beer #3...Who knows?) These totally were all obtained legally Close-up Soooo ridiculously intense "Houston, we have a problem..." Hiding from the Yeti! Well, can't say I've never seen snow before anymore... You think the kid in the front is slightly nervous? It's so amazing looking. Photos do NOT do this ride justice! This one had some serious ups! Corey is deathly afraid of DUCKS. yes, ducks. Here we go again! Beer #1 This picture has NEVER been taken before HELLLLOOO Everest! I swear to you he spent $50 on Minnie Bars throughout the course of the trip The Tree of Life...But wait, aren't all trees life providers? And here we are at the Kingdom of Animals, where there are lions, and tigers, and dragons...Ohhh, wait... Our personal ferry to MGM! But I think I was moreso! Yeah, Corey's pretty excited about the hotel Our awesome room (with an Everest view) at The Dolphin Hotel "SHOTS!!!" before Mummy Me, Corey and his friend Chris in Suess Poseidon at night. I wanted to take a spin on it but we didn't really have time as Mummy was calling. Corey made a new friend on the trip! Welcome to Florida! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Dude! Awesome TR! Pics are sweeeeet! Crystal clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDragon Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'm loving that Test Track photo! It couldn't have been planned better! I'm glad you had fun! I really really need to haul my ass out there one year... I'm missing out on a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorchomp83 Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 We had some hilarious on-rides pictures on Hulk, as well, but didn't get any pictures of them. I took some video on Test Track and Everest that I'll probably post sometime today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mavalasko Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Yeah that looked wicked - got me pumped for my visit in 08! Very true about the pics as well.. solid quality. Awesome stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Great report. Lots of fun pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstevet07 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Great report. We stayed at the Dolphin back in '05. That hotel is super nice. My only complaint is if your room is at the end of the hallway, it takes forever to get there. It can suck if you just spent and entire day outside and drinking some beer. Still a reat hotel though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorchomp83 Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 Oh definitely. Monday morning I woke up around 5:30am with a terribly dry mouth and throat and had to SCOUR the hotel for something to drink. Apparently they don't believe in drink machines in the hotel. I eventually found an open restaurant on the first floor, in a very far end corner (we were on the 10th floor) and bought Powerade for $3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollocoast Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Man I seriously can't wait to go back. SOOO much fun! Who knows.. Maybe I'll end up moving down there for a couple years. It's most definitely possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterFanatic Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Nice report Steve! I don't want to hear anything about 40 degrees. Come up here for a weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Great pics! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Hannah Montana in 3d? I sooooooo wanna see that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRollergod Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Great PTR, and I much say Mile is MINE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jappi Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Great trip! but what kind of ride is mission space at epcot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorchomp83 Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 Thanks for the comments, guys. Mission: Space is a very claustrophobic space shuttle simulation ride and is very intense (at least the orange side is, didn't try green). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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