Fun(ny) attitude

Orlando, Florida

The last 3 days in Orlando weren’t nearly as fun as Disney World days. Even though we did fun stuff, we (Jon) didn’t have the right attitude.

We went to a Water park

We went to Downtown Disney, where the toys were really friendly, perhaps a little too friendly.

We went to Universal Studio’s Island of Adventure.

We jumped from the highest Skycoaster in the world

Our way back

Taxi to the bus station in Orlando, Bus to Tampa, taxi to the Airport.

On our way back we missed our plane to Las Vegas, so we spent the night in Dallas, Texas… where we missed our flight again…and yeah… after that we missed it one other time. (3 flights!!!)

Once in Vegas we couldn’t find the car, then the battery was dead, then Jon was too tired to drive me back to Salt Lake City (As he said he would) so I had to take a bus the day after.

There’s nothing to do but laugh in these situations.

MasterCard Moment?

Taxi to the bus station in Orlando ($50)

Bus to Tampa ($24)

Taxi to the Airport ($20)

taking two days to get home, missing your flight 3 times in a row then spending 60 minutes trying to remember where you parked your car… and then find out that the battery is dead? Pricel… $56.- (The bus home)

Disney World (Day 2)

Animal Kingdom

Our last day in the traditional Disney’s park was amazing… a lot of fun and fantasy.

We went to our remaining park: Animal Kingdom, a sort of Jungle where two continents meets (Africa and Asia)

Our favorite ride was the ‘Expedition Everest’

My favorite moment was when we went to the ‘Kilimanjaro Safari’ and we saw two chitas walking round.

My favorite picture is the one with Pluto and Goofy.

Grand Finale

After we did all what we could possibly do in Animal Kingdom we went back to Magic Kingdom to get ready for the grand finale: The fire works

Epcot (A ride to the World)

I thought that I wasn’t going to like this Epcot, but it was the only park that gave me goose bumps.

When I saw the huge golf ball realized that in deed I was here… I just stared at it telling myself “Yes Hernan, you are here… get over it already”

The first thing we did was to walk around the World Showcase.

My favorites countries were Japan and its arquitecture, Morocco (where we ate the weirdest food) and most of all The Gran Fiesta Tour in Mexico.

There we got in to a boat and went on a virtual ride thru mexico with the Three Caballeros (Donald Duck, from The USA; Jose Carioca, from Brasil; y Panchito Romero Miguel Junipero Francisco Quintero González, From México)

Our last ride was asimulator that takes you on a fligth all over California. The waiting time was of 2 and half hours!!!

Something about Disney’s lines is that they put stuff to do or watch while you wait… in this case were some cool interactive games where all could participate using their hands.

It was fun the fist hour.

The end of the day were after the spectacular fire works.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios (Happy Happy)

We made it to Disney’s Hollywood Studios

The best of Disney’s Hollywood Studios was the Aerosmith Rollercoaster and our adventure trying to find an ATM.

The line for the Aerosmith ride was huge…almost an hour an a half of waiting time!! We were like “we have to do it” but the minute we got there a guy came to us and gave us a “fast pass” which allows you to skip the line completely… 5 minutes later we were in the front of the line.

The ride is great!

The tower of terror was also good. I took some pictures just when the door of the elevator opens and before the elevator falls.

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Happy Happy

We needed cash, but it was difficult to find an ATM… we asked here and there and finally we got to one in the “Toy Story Section”

Nikki saw a sign of one other employee (a Japanese girl) that said that it was her birthday, so she said happy birthday to her… and then we left…

Then I remember from my Asian friends that Orientals don’t really show emotions so I suggested sing to her “Happy Birthday” and give her a real ‘American Experience’

We went from behind and started singing really loud a Happy Birthday (you would think that other people would join us… but nobody did)

She was so surprised… that started crying… When the time of saying her name came we all looked at her plaque and it said: “Happy”… So her name was Happy!!!

We made Happy to happy!!! What a great day!

Disney World (day 1)

Kissimmee, Florida

Wake up!

Even though I was really tired from all the traveling (across the country) I couldn’t sleep pass 7 am so… I started getting ready.

Jon was still sleeping so I started jumping in screaming (like a kid)… “We’re going to Disney World; we’re going to Disney World”

He woke up with a smile and  screamed “STOP IT!”

Magic Kingdom

We got into the Ticketing area and took the monorail to our first destination: Magic Kingdom (MK).

Making Kingdom (MK) is magical because it takes you back on time (to your childhood)

I had no idea what to expect. All you can see is green and hotels; you don’t see anything Disney like until you arrive to the MK main gate at magic Kingdom.

Nikki, Jon’s friend, was waiting for us with our free tickets! Nikki works there so she also was our guide!

She told us what to do first so we don’t wait time unnecessarily.

The rides

After getting out of the system the fact that I was in deed in Disney World we went to our fist ride: Space Mountain. There was almost no line.

The ride is a roller coaster in darkness. It’s pretty cool

We went to many different rides, but I am not going to detail everything.

My favorites tho were ‘Spash Mountain’ in Frontierland

and the new but clasic ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ in Adventureland.

Enjoy the Ride:

The “Why” of us flying from Vegas to Tampa

Miami, Florida

I am now in Miami… waiting for the flight to Tampa…

Now that I have a little time, and for those who likes to read and want to know how is that I am going to Disney World (and why in the world I am flying from Vegas to Tampa instead of flying directly from Salt Lake City to Orlando) here is the explanation:

My birthday and my graduation were really close one to another… so my friend Paola wanted to give me something special.

First was a sky diving trip, but after finding out what sky diving was she changed her mind.

So she asked me to choose a place to go. The first place that came to my mind was South Beach (Miami) but then I remember that last year I regretted not going to Disney World when I was in South Beach.

Jon, my (then) roommate wanted to came with us; he had a friend there that could get us free tickets! (So he was more than invited)

He got over excited and also scared after the possibility that the trip wouldn’t happen so he bought the tickets way in advance.

Paola always changes her mind, so his fear was understandable. In fact Paola did change her mind and the trip almost didn’t happen.

Jon insisted that we should fly from Las Vegas to Tampa. “If you guys came with me to Vegas I’ll get the gas cost” he said… “Flying from Vegas is cheaper” he assured

Paola had some other businesses to take care of so she couldn’t go to Orlando.

I didn’t really want to go with out her but Jon already had the Tickets so 3 days before the date he was supposed to go I got tickets for the same flight (Las Vegas-Miami- Tampa)

None the less, I was really, really excited that I was going to Disney World.

Vegas Baby!

We arrived to Vegas at noon, just on time to eat. We went straight to In n’Out.

I love eating there (there is nothing special about the food, but it is kind of a must go place in Vegas and California –if you are not from there)

We had many hours to spare before our plane leaves, so we started walking on the Las Vegas Boulevard (The strip)

We visited, once again, The Bellagio, then Caesar Palace and after that we were pretty much dead tired.

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The Boob Collection

Noticing how many naked statues were in the casinos, Jon decided to start a “bob collection” taking pictures of every single boob he saw.

(It was funny at the beginning but I think we crossed the line from “funny” to a “disturbing”)

If you choose to watch the pictures be aware that most of the pictures have nudity on it and it could be offensive to some people.

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Sin City

I never noticed before how sexual Las Vegas is…

There are people (every where) who hands you porn and prostitutes Ads in the street, or the advertisement of exotic dancers and prostitutes in billboards, buses and trucks; or the uncountable kind of “adult’ type of shows that the hotel-casinos offer… But that’s nothing; Las Vegas is much, much dirtier…

The hotel Hooters and the hotel casino Flamingos, and some bars like Coyote ugly (in NY-NY) have servers with almost no close on.

We saw a mega adult store (grocery store size!!!) and the parking lot was almost full!

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Lions

Right before we left to the airport we went to see the lion in a fish tank.

Fungus Psilocybin (Magic Shrooms)

I came home one day and ate some left over of the remaining ‘Chow Mein’ that were in the kitchen. My roommate (the junkie) got mad at me for eating his food but he started laughing.

He explained that he put Mushrooms in the food. I didn’t understand but still I started to freak out!

After a while I thought that I was immune to that kind of stuff because nothing was happening but just in case I decided to get out of the house.

Jon took me to my friends Paola’s apartment (who was out of town) and kept me there for the rest of the night.

It was the most ‘interesting’ experience I ever had.

I got the burning sensation of my body, everything felt well and plus I saw colors and skeletons talking to me.

Definitely that was an experience I’ll never forget.

I told my mom. She told me that drugs are addictive, not because it feels bad, but the opposite. She told me that I have to be very careful now… (Scary!)

I told every body, and they just laugh at me. Some told me that they would pay to see me high.

Funy.