Favorite Photo Friday!

Love this place -- 

especially the Porch of Indecision!

Who among us hasn't said at one time or another (or many times) 

"I don't care, where do you want to go?"

 "What do you want to eat?"
"What do you want to do?"

 "Do you want to stay or go?"

 

Bet you didn't know that Mr. Tennis and I saw Jimmy Buffet

in concert at the Tower Theatre in

Upper Darby, Pennsylvania during his law school days.

That is Mr. Tennis's law school days --

 I don't know if Jimmy Buffet went to law school!

 

Jimmy (as he asked us to call him) had broken his leg at an

earlier, more rambunctious concert (think he meant drunken party),

so he was in a full leg cast,

but still put on quite a performance.

He may or may not have been taking some pain pills at the time! :)

Anywhooooo -- we had to visit his place at

Universal Studios and toast

him with a margarita and cheeseburger in paradise!

 

And Mr. Tennis had to FB the event!!

 

Mickey was so embarrassed that he was
FBing or texting during dinner!

 

More Universal!

More from Universal Studios!

 

 

We actually were not at Universal Orlando very long

(2 nights at the hotel -

then we moved to Disney).

We loved Universal -- though we felt a little out of the loop

since we hadn't been there before.

But, we stayed at a super hotel

 recommended by my sister.  We were going to meet her there

when the trip was originally booked for last New Year's. 

But then I broke my foot (remember all the whining -- boo hoo!) --

so we had to reschedule.

  Unfortunately, my sissy and her daughter could not make it over the Easter holiday. 

We missed them so much!! 

But LOVED the hotel she recommended. 

 It was the Loews Royal Pacific -- super nice and so close with a great little walkway over to Universal and Islands of Adventure!

 

 

Some of our fave rides at Universal/Islands of Adventure were

Despicable Me - Minion Mayhem (hilarious), Shrek the Crazy,

Twister (that one scared Maddy)

and some of the silly Dr. Seuss rides!

 

Super fun looking roller coasters - not brave enough to ride though!

 

Jurassic Park --

who knew it would be coming out in 3D this week?

That movie scared me when it originally was released!

3D??  No thank you!

 

 

 

A funner version of my big red jeep!


 

 

Sweet bicycle!!

 

The Dr. Seuss area playground -- so fun --

do you see who's photobombing this one?

 

 

 

I don't know if Miss Maddy will ever be in a

big city with a subway system,

so Mr. Tennis and she took the subway there!

 

 

Coming up soon -- pool fun!

 

A New Kind of School -- Hogwarts U!!

While we were in Orlando, we decided to check out a new school --

The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry!!!
Remember Harry Potter -- of course, you do!

We joined the early morning crowds!

 

 

 Thanks to staying at a hotel on-premises, we got in at 7 AM --

Nothing like a 6 AM wake-up call on vacation, right!?!!

Oh my word --

 that ride is seriously AMAZING!!

 

Loved it -- we (Maddy and I) screamed a Lot  (that seemed to be a theme on this trip)

and the sign of a very good ride!

Another fave ride was the Flight of the Hippogriffs --

we rode that sweet roller coaster a few times -- once in the very first car --

lots of screaming and laughing ensued!

We would definitely have tasted some Butterbeer--

but it was only 7:30 am!!

As the daughter of a retired railroad engineer, I loved seeing

 that special train the students took to Hogwarts!

 

Now, that's the kind of train my Dad would have loved to engineer!

Stay tuned --

more Orlando fun to come!