Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Notes
Up at 7:30, finished packing
Called Lisa at 8, arranged to meet her in food court @ 8:30
Loaded car, went to food court, got breakfast
Lisa found me (cell didn't come thru - no bars in food court)
Drove over to 80s section for blue building for photo shoot
Dropped Lisa back at Bldg 2, went to Belz via Turkey Lake Rd.
Took pics, bought Rick a Star Wars model
Went to Universal, stopped at CityWalk to call Rick and Frank
Went to IOA, rode Spidey, browsed comic shop, took pics of Ripsaw Falls, rode JP
BR break at Burger Digs, lunch at Enchanted Oak
Saw Posiedon's Fury, took lots of pics of outside and of Mythos
Browsed shops in Port of Entry for 2006 logo
Left IOA, sat in a nice padded chair at Hard Rock to make notes, 2:30
Rained for a few minutes
Went into USF, got a milk shake at Schwabs, rode MIB
Browsed shop, bought Frank a Noisy Cricket
Browsed BTTF shop, bought a Hot Wheels time DeLorean, BTTF Trilogy soundtrack
Went to front of park, looked through Universal Studios Store for 2006 logo, asked TM
Browsed shop at exit for 2006 logo, asked TM who took me back to US Store and found me a key ring - not much but it was something
Took pics of 2007 logo t-shirts in prep for next year
Left park, went to Walgreens at Palm Pkwy, bought a Coke and a giant universal remote
Went to back parking lot, packed camera and belt
Got on road, took I-4 to 528
Traffic on 528 bad, got stuck, forgot to fill gas tank
Arrived at MCO at 6:20, dropped checked bag, forgot boarding pass in machine and had to reprint at automated kiosk
BR break, went thru security quick, got to gate at 6:45
Made note, called Rick to confirm flight time, called Mom to let her know I was coming
Saw Karen walking through, hung up and found her, talked till her plane boarded
Took off on time (8:05), landed 10 mins early at 10:05
Rick waiting at baggage, got home about 12