Hot and humid in central Florida, followed by hot and humid in Houston Tx. Probably. It was hot and humid in Orlando except when it was raining. The overcast helped too, but when the sun poked through, boy howdy it got hot. I’ve been wearing my lightweight boonie hat from Columbia to shade my head and keep the sun off my neck, and it helps alot.
Spent the day at Universal Resorts Orlando which apparently is what they call the properties here. Universal Studios, Citywalk, and Universal Islands of Adventure. It’s not actually very big, either in total, or for each park area. Citywalk is a public area of restaurants, shopping, and nightlife, while the others are classic theme parks. Well, Citywalk is a semi-public area anyway. They do search you and restrict you while you are there.
Did I mention that their parks use the same facial recognition hardware that the TSA does? The implementation was not complete yet, unlike Epic, so we did still need to have a printed ticket to scan for the lockers, and to move from IOA to US. Printed because there are times when your phone is locked up, in a locker that can only be opened by scanning your park ticket.
We at least walked through most of the various “lands” but spent most of our time in Potter world. See yesterday’s comments for more details.
It was expensive, tiring, and even the kids will be glad to be home. Got to see mom and sibling, spend time with my wife and kids, and see some fun attractions. I’ll be glad to be home too.
Stacking up the good times,
nick