Lots of hotels are doing room service like this now, just dropping a bag at the door like door dash.I will admit, I'm not fancy enough to say that I've ever ordered room service at a Marriott, but doesn't room service come on a tray? Isn't room service served on actual plates not cardboard boxes and plastic containers? With those cute little salt and pepper shakers?
Are we completely sure the hairy dude wasn’t Jenn?Yep, I KNEW I saw some hairy dude in front of him. Maybe Jenn got jealous and went home after that?jk
Off topic- I'm a East Coast girly who has never been to Disneyland.. I found am awesome deal at the Howard Johnson with a park view( please tell me if the hotel is nice/worth it) I only have about a week to take my kiddo in May of next year( is this a good time to go?) Is two days enough to see everything at DL and DCA? We want to do Universal Hollywood as well! I'll take any advice you might have
I think 2 days is not ideal but I've done it plenty of times. Definitely get park hopper of course and use the app to take advantage of what lines are shortest at which park - also take advantage of single rider for the more popular rides, but it also depends on your kid and if they're able to keep up. I would plan ahead (unlike the Bojos) and prioritize what you absolutely want to ride and do and what you could live without doing and do LL. You won't be able to hit up all the rides but not all of the rides need to be hit up TBH. I've managed to squeeze quite a bit in just 2 days even during the week of Christmas with a young nephew - we even happened to get lucky and take pics with Mickey when he was just wandering around Main Street instead of having to go to his house in ToonTown and stand in line. Plus we were there right at opening every morning so we could rope drop rides like Peter Pan. And we didn't go back to the hotel for naps, my nephew would just nap in his stroller. We still even had time to sit and wait and watch a parade and sit down to eat meals.Off topic- I'm a East Coast girly who has never been to Disneyland.. I found am awesome deal at the Howard Johnson with a park view( please tell me if the hotel is nice/worth it) I only have about a week to take my kiddo in May of next year( is this a good time to go?) Is two days enough to see everything at DL and DCA? We want to do Universal Hollywood as well! I'll take any advice you might have
Sliders!I’m so confused. Was this a random man? Who does that?
Definitely. I stayed at HJ once with a friend, kids loved the water park part of it too.Off topic- I'm a East Coast girly who has never been to Disneyland.. I found am awesome deal at the Howard Johnson with a park view( please tell me if the hotel is nice/worth it) I only have about a week to take my kiddo in May of next year( is this a good time to go?) Is two days enough to see everything at DL and DCA? We want to do Universal Hollywood as well! I'll take any advice you might have
I refuse to believe in this sorceryHey Jenn, I saw the weirdest thing today at the grocery store. It was a dad and 4(yes Jenn, FOUR) little kids, the youngest probably under a year old. So I'm confused because you always act like you are the first person ever to have two children thus the need for a nanny, and here is this guy out early in the morning all by himself with four kids.
they are getting worse. Incredibly worse.Who even knows anymore. They are a strange couple and she has terrible editing skills. I have never witnessed someone doing the exact same thing for 10 years straight with zero improvement.
Gatorland is surprisingly nicer than you would think it is. It is also. A huge place!Thank you for this information. I’m new to the Florida area and have been looking for an excuse to go to Gatorland. I am about 2 hours away from Orlando and I’m still trying to get settled but am planning on taking my toddler there soon.
There are several awesome restaurants very close by though! We live in hunters creek and cannot recommend tavern at the creek enough! Fantastic tiny restaurant but the food and drinks are top notch .It's wonderful. It's one of my favorite places to visit; we go at least 1-2x a year. And the Halloween stuff they started a few years' back is so fun.
Hotties aside, it's so much more than gators - lots of different animals (not just reptiles), a nice train ride, plenty of shows, a great "swamp" walk (elevated wooden boardwalk) that takes you through real Florida and is actually a swamp area that feeds the headwaters of the Everglades, and one of the best and most well-known natural bird rookeries in the Southeast (big with wildlife photographers, dependent upon the time of year)
They play up the hillbilly schtick there but they're really a wonderful super professional facility (majorly focused on conservation and species preservation but that doesn't get much attention beyond local news; they're frequently on Fox35 in the mornings). If you ever engage with them, they immediately drop any sort of schtick and are SO knowledgeable about every animal there and love educating you about all the animals, their quirks, etc.
Plan for all day (or most of the day) (operating hours usually are 10-6), if you want a leisurely visit. They've got an AWESOME splash pad for your little one as well! Just don't expect food options to blow you away. The food is pretty standard hot dogs, burgers, chicken tenders, etc. We usually eat at Pearl's there bc there's nice covered seating, fans, and sometimes even peacocks roaming around while you're eating.
Two days is fine for an overview of DL and DCA. You need another two days for Universal if you want to see everything. They are about an hour and a half away from each other. We have gone in May, and it was hot, but not FL hot. CA is gorgeous any time of year.Off topic- I'm a East Coast girly who has never been to Disneyland.. I found am awesome deal at the Howard Johnson with a park view( please tell me if the hotel is nice/worth it) I only have about a week to take my kiddo in May of next year( is this a good time to go?) Is two days enough to see everything at DL and DCA? We want to do Universal Hollywood as well! I'll take any advice you might have
That’s ok, it’s still an interesting bit of information.Sorry, didn’t realize until your response that I was very unclear by what I meant saying “here”. I meant where I lived, not Florida. I’m not American sorry.
I almost thought the pink-nailed chick might be her, but the fake nails seemed too short still for Nanny Claws. And she wasn't yapping away.I'm wondering if it was nanny claws in one of the Gatorade shots petting one of the animals? It looked like her shade of pink nail polish? Also J4Ds in the pool w/ J$ - I'm so sorry to be this mean but that girl doesn't have a maternal bone in her body. Her interaction with her OWN SON looks so forced. Maybe it's just me. There is NOTHING FAKE about my love for my children. They put a smile on my face every day. I just don't feel that with J4Ds.
Oh! Good to know! We'll have to try that place!Gatorland is surprisingly nicer than you would think it is. It is also. A huge place!
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There are several awesome restaurants very close by though! We live in hunters creek and cannot recommend tavern at the creek enough! Fantastic tiny restaurant but the food and drinks are top notch .
Yap, my thoughts exactly. If felt so strange to watch them. If I wouldn't knew I would have never thought that this is a mom with her miracle son.....I'm wondering if it was nanny claws in one of the Gatorade shots petting one of the animals? It looked like her shade of pink nail polish? Also J4Ds in the pool w/ J$ - I'm so sorry to be this mean but that girl doesn't have a maternal bone in her body. Her interaction with her OWN SON looks so forced. Maybe it's just me. There is NOTHING FAKE about my love for my children. They put a smile on my face every day. I just don't feel that with J4Ds.
2 days is probably not enough time. DL is a one day park IF you go all day until end of park close, but when we went many rides were closed temporarily so we didn't get on a few that we wanted to. We didn't make it to DCA, but did go to Universal Hollywood. Honestly we could have taken another Universal day because Mario was packed to the rafters and we spent the majority of our time there and at Harry Potter/Simpsons land.
I would maybe say 3-4 days for Universal, DL, and DCA, unless you have been there before and don't mind missing a few things here and there. At DL, these rides were closed and reopened at some point during the day and night: Small World, Alice in Wonderland, Mr Toad, Space Mountain, Small World again, Winnie the Pooh, Mickey and Minnie's RR, Jungle Cruise x 2. Alice and Mr Toad were closed till early evening. Staffing issues? I am not sure what was up. We got on everything except 2-3 rides, but went for 14+ hours using LL strategically.
I have never been to DCA, so perhaps you could do both Disney parks in 2 days with a park hopper, but DCA has a lot of things we have never seen so we wouldn't want to rush.
Thanks for the advice! Yeah I definitely meant to write two days for just DL and DCA and two days for Universal.. We have about a week to be there, I just need to allow travel days2 days is probably not enough time. DL is a one day park IF you go all day until end of park close, but when we went many rides were closed temporarily so we didn't get on a few that we wanted to. We didn't make it to DCA, but did go to Universal Hollywood. Honestly we could have taken another Universal day because Mario was packed to the rafters and we spent the majority of our time there and at Harry Potter/Simpsons land.
I would maybe say 3-4 days for Universal, DL, and DCA, unless you have been there before and don't mind missing a few things here and there. At DL, these rides were closed and reopened at some point during the day and night: Small World, Alice in Wonderland, Mr Toad, Space Mountain, Small World again, Winnie the Pooh, Mickey and Minnie's RR, Jungle Cruise x 2. Alice and Mr Toad were closed till early evening. Staffing issues? I am not sure what was up. We got on everything except 2-3 rides, but went for 14+ hours using LL strategically.
I have never been to DCA, so perhaps you could do both Disney parks in 2 days with a park hopper, but DCA has a lot of things we have never seen so we wouldn't want to rush.
We are from South Carolina.. I'm not too worried about the heat.. was more thinking rainyTwo days is fine for an overview of DL and DCA. You need another two days for Universal if you want to see everything. They are about an hour and a half away from each other. We have gone in May, and it was hot, but not FL hot. CA is gorgeous any time of year.
Any good suggestions for hotels near Universal?Definitely. I stayed at HJ once with a friend, kids loved the water park part of it too.
I'd get park hoppers for sure.
I'm a former DLR AP, and went ALL THE TME before we moved! Make sure you will get a different hotel at Universal because driving between Anaheim and where Universal is is a damned nightmare! The 5 and the 101 are no joke.
Yeah, she just HAD to get her mug in the shot.She looked completely unhinged smiling for the camera in the pool. It’s like when you think your friend is taking a picture of you, but it’s actually a video but in their case, she knows damn well Tim is shooting a video so why she was tilting her head to the side, posing and smiling? Again, completely unhinged and completely unnatural.
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