Last Sunday, I headed down to Orlando with my friend and her daughter to Disney's Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon. I don't have any pictures from the water parks because I didn't want to get my phone wet.
We went to Typhoon Lagoon the afternoon we arrived. The park was not as big as I thought, but is a decent size. It has a massive wave pool that shoots out a huge 8 ft wave every two minutes. I had so much fun in the deep end of the wave pool by swimming up the wave before the wave brakes and flying over the back of it. (You should only try this if you are good swimmer and know wave currents. I was taught how to swim in large waves and rough currents growing up.) They have some slides there that are fun, but the wave pool was my favorite.
That evening, we went to Downtown Disney and ate at Wolfgang Puck Express. It was one of the best restaurants ever, and not to mention inexpensive. I had the shaved chicken with mash potatoes and string beans. The presentation was lovely and the food was delectable. Did I mention I ordered the kids meal?
We headed to our resort that evening and stayed at the Hilton Grand Vacation Club next to the Premium Orlando Outlets off of Vineland. It was very nice to have a suite with a kitchen, living and dinning room. We had a beautiful view of the pool, which was a short stroll across the pond.
The next day, we headed back to Downtown Disney to eat at the Rainforest Cafe for lunch. We enjoyed the experience but the food was somewhat of a disappointment. The food was bland and expensive and I felt I could have prepared it better myself. Hopefully the Rainforest Cafe will be able to improve their food.
It was pouring down rain while we ate at the Rainforest Cafe, but luckily we came prepared with an umbrella and ponchos.
After lunch, we headed to Blizzard Beach. Our waterpark season passes are only valid after 2pm, so it was nice to have the mornings to shop and spend the evenings at the waterpark. There was a thunderstorm before we arrived, but it cleared out a decent amount of people at Blizzard Beach and allowed us to go down the slides with no wait. The slides at Blizzard Beach are better than the ones at Typhoon Lagoon, but the wave pool at TL is better. We left the waterpark that evening and grabbed some quick food at a fast food chain known as "Freddy's." I had a grilled cheese with a frozen vanilla custard. It was so good. My friend and her daughter had a cheeseburger and loved it. Best fast food I've had in a long time.
On our next to last day, we hit up the outlets next to the resort. My friend found some shoes and I left the outlets with only a Subway sandwich. No luck! We headed back to Typhoon Lagoon that afternoon and I headed to Shark Reef to with the sharks. It was an very interesting experience but also very short. The Shark Reef was included in the park admission and did not cost extra. (Unless you wanted to scuba.) We went back to the resort that evening and chilled in the hot tub.
We checked out of the resort and headed to Ikea on our way out of Orlando. I love Ikea and bought a fish shower curtain for my bathroom. Overall it was a great trip and I enjoyed it with my friend and her daughter.
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