Monday December 5, 2005

King Kong 112

Notes

Up @ 8, showered, finished packing, checked out.
Drove up Palm Pkwy to Turkey Lake to get to Uni.
Got breakfast at Chick-Fil-A.
Went to Universal - bag check now in parking garage at end of people movers instead of at park gates.
Park EMPTY - T23D and Shrek on 30 minute schedules.
Got photos of Jimmy Neutron and Dora, checked camera center - downloads to CD $8.99, limit 100 pics.
Rode ET, no line - got some tripod shots of queue area.
Rode MIB - running pre-show (haven't seen pre-show in 3 years)
Saw Shrek, saw T23D.
Park deserted, every attraction a walk-on.
Bought Frank the Pug at MIB gift shop, 20% discount for Passholder.
Went to IOA, rode Spidey, got lunch at Burger Digs (Thundefalls closed for rehab).
Burger excellent, bigger than Electric Umbrella - 20% discount on counter service for Passholders!
Vanilla shake excellent, CMs very friendly, helpful, and cheerful.
Walked rest of way around IOA, took a few pics and left park.
Packed utility belt in Uni garage.
Went to Belz (now Prime 1) to look for Marvin the Martian keychain for Rick, no luck.
Packed camera and everything else, left for airport @ 3:30.
Took I-4 East to FL Tpk to BeeLine.
Arrived @ MCO 4:10, got in wrong lane for garage and circled around to return rental car.
Used machine to check in @ SWA (very efficient), went to gate, called home to arrange my ride and check on Mom.
Weather report was for snow in Baltimore (might delay flight).
Got a banana-orange-strawberry smoothie that tasted like pure banana.
Boarded at end of B group, sat in rear of plane and had an empty next to me.
Took off @5:35, flight a little rough because of storm below us.
Landed on time, Frank picked me up @ baggage claim, took me to get my truck.
Stopped at hospital on way home, about 9pm.
Home about 11:30, bed by 12:30.