my vacation...
last saturday i left kings bay and drove the ~280 miles to largo fl (near tampa) to my sister kelly's place. i hadn't seen her in about 5 years so it was nice to meet her again and her family. her daughter rhianna is now 7...growing up so fast. also met her new husband joe. nice guy from what i saw.
on sunday kelly rhianna and i left from there to orlando to go to universal studios and islands of adventure. we went to islands of adventure first. it was pretty fun. they have two good rollercoasters, the hulk and dueling dragons. the hulk was really fun and fast, but the dueling dragons were cool because it was actually two rollercoasters intertwined so that they passed within a few feet of each other at some points. i think the best ride besides the rollercoasters was the spiderman right. it was unlike anything i'd ever seen before. you got into a vehicle that rides a track similar to a rollercoaster but its powered the entire way. it moved to different areas and tilted to give the impression of movement while we moved to different areas that had huge screens with 3d background and characters on them (we had to wear 3d glasses). the illusions were just really good. when spiderman jumped onto the front of the vehicle even i jumped back it was so suprising. i had no idea they could create 3d illusions like that. we also went on a few of the water rides there, the jurassic park ride was pretty fun even though i got really wet. the rocky and bullwinkle logride was actually pretty good and it had a drop so steep i couldnt see the track it was nearly a freefall into a pitchblack tunnel at the bottom.
monday we went to universal studios. it had a lot cooler attractions but the rides themselves werent up to par with the quality found at islands of adventure. the terminator 2 attraction wasnt quite a ride but more of a show with actors and 3d effects like spiderman but it was still really fun. the e.t. ride was pretty lame in my opinion. it was just a slow ride through some scenery basically. the back to the future ride was ok but it wasnt 3d like some of the others. the men in black ride didnt interest me at all you just rode around with a laser gun and shot and cardboard aliens that popped up. we didnt go on the jaws ride because it was a water ride and it was freezing monday. the earthquake ride was pretty cool. you ride a tram into a subway center then an "8.3" earthquake hit and tore everything up pretty bad. the mummy ride was probably the best there, it incorporated a moving vehicle with cool effects and a rollercoaster. also the people at the mummy attraction were cool because as you get on they were all very in character talking about us as sacrifices and whatnot. the twister attraction was pretty fun to watch, you just walked onto these bleachers with a few of a gas station, drive in movie theatre and a couple other buildings and trucks. then the wind starts blowing, rain falls and you see a tornado in the distance. then they actually make a funnel cloud right in front of the bleachers and everything starts to get ripped up. the trucks slide around and the buildings start falling apart.
i enjoyed going and hope i can go again someday.
the rest of the week i did nothing but sit at kelly's house and watch tv. it was relaxing atleast.
then on xmas day i drove back to kings bay. it rained the entire time. then i got a flat tire. *pop* "wtf" *flumpflumpflump* "fuck.." *pulls over*
it was my first flat tire, and it sucked because it was cold and rainy. now i need new tires *sigh*
oh, and i cant open presents til monday because they are all at the post office still.
on sunday kelly rhianna and i left from there to orlando to go to universal studios and islands of adventure. we went to islands of adventure first. it was pretty fun. they have two good rollercoasters, the hulk and dueling dragons. the hulk was really fun and fast, but the dueling dragons were cool because it was actually two rollercoasters intertwined so that they passed within a few feet of each other at some points. i think the best ride besides the rollercoasters was the spiderman right. it was unlike anything i'd ever seen before. you got into a vehicle that rides a track similar to a rollercoaster but its powered the entire way. it moved to different areas and tilted to give the impression of movement while we moved to different areas that had huge screens with 3d background and characters on them (we had to wear 3d glasses). the illusions were just really good. when spiderman jumped onto the front of the vehicle even i jumped back it was so suprising. i had no idea they could create 3d illusions like that. we also went on a few of the water rides there, the jurassic park ride was pretty fun even though i got really wet. the rocky and bullwinkle logride was actually pretty good and it had a drop so steep i couldnt see the track it was nearly a freefall into a pitchblack tunnel at the bottom.
monday we went to universal studios. it had a lot cooler attractions but the rides themselves werent up to par with the quality found at islands of adventure. the terminator 2 attraction wasnt quite a ride but more of a show with actors and 3d effects like spiderman but it was still really fun. the e.t. ride was pretty lame in my opinion. it was just a slow ride through some scenery basically. the back to the future ride was ok but it wasnt 3d like some of the others. the men in black ride didnt interest me at all you just rode around with a laser gun and shot and cardboard aliens that popped up. we didnt go on the jaws ride because it was a water ride and it was freezing monday. the earthquake ride was pretty cool. you ride a tram into a subway center then an "8.3" earthquake hit and tore everything up pretty bad. the mummy ride was probably the best there, it incorporated a moving vehicle with cool effects and a rollercoaster. also the people at the mummy attraction were cool because as you get on they were all very in character talking about us as sacrifices and whatnot. the twister attraction was pretty fun to watch, you just walked onto these bleachers with a few of a gas station, drive in movie theatre and a couple other buildings and trucks. then the wind starts blowing, rain falls and you see a tornado in the distance. then they actually make a funnel cloud right in front of the bleachers and everything starts to get ripped up. the trucks slide around and the buildings start falling apart.
i enjoyed going and hope i can go again someday.
the rest of the week i did nothing but sit at kelly's house and watch tv. it was relaxing atleast.
then on xmas day i drove back to kings bay. it rained the entire time. then i got a flat tire. *pop* "wtf" *flumpflumpflump* "fuck.." *pulls over*
it was my first flat tire, and it sucked because it was cold and rainy. now i need new tires *sigh*
oh, and i cant open presents til monday because they are all at the post office still.