Florida: Are they all Young-hee?!

Day 4 --  We woke up today, after a night of re-dubbing korean soap operas and got our stuff together before saying goodbye to Stacey and checking out of the hotel.

Today's adventure was to the Kennedy Space Centre. First though, we went with the MacAgy sisters to Cracker Barrel. I had some pancakes and syrup, our server, Chara, said my accent was sexy. So, I was happy.

Chara was in her 30s, but that's not the point.

From there, we were off. We took out the Sat-Nav and told it where we wanted to go, then proceeded to ignore it pretty much the entire way. When we got there, we were impressed by the free parking (especially after, at Universal, we paid $3 a locker. When we just wanted to go on the ride and have our stuff be safe), we went in and again, commented at how reasonably priced it was.

From the main centre, we got on a bus which took us to the "Observation Gantry", which was a bit of a letdown, it gave some cool views, but that was about it. The next stop though, was awesome, the bus took us to the "Apollo/Saturn V centre" which featured a 363ft moon* rocket, hanging from the ceiling, as well as a bunch of other cool apollo related stuff. The two films they showed us were also really interesting, for people who like history and space.

We left the Apollo/Saturn V centre on a high, ready to go to the next stop. Something that added to the excitement for the next stop was the fact that we'd been told on the bus that they were no longer going to the third stop after this weekend.

The bus was leaving at 4:30, so we stopped to have something to eat in the cafe before heading out. As we walked towards the bus, just before 4:30, the bus left.

There'll be another one along, I hear you saying to yourself (not really, you're not next to me, unless you are, but still, I can't hear your thoughts) -- Nope.

We asked the employee at the front of the line, she said No.

"You're kidding right?"
"Yeah, I'm lying." ... "No, I'm not, you can't go."

Her name was Ashley and she was a bitch. Stacey would never treat a tourist like that, Stacey, if she had to, would have driven us there herself, hell... She would have carried us, if it meant we got to see it!

We got back on the bus, sad and deflated, our dreams crushed by the bitch named Ashley. Bitter towards all things NASA.

We boarded the Shuttle Launch Experience, which would have been cool, I guess, if they didn't make it sound like it was the most real thing ever and just called it the simulator that it was. After returning to earth -- something they didn't actually have the simulator simulate, it left us in orbit. Lame. We went to look at the Astronaut Memorial and Rocket Garden and then headed out of the centre. Still bitter.

We stopped off at the Astronaut Hall of Fame on the way out. Figuring, if it was included in admission, which it was, we may as well get the most out of our money.

Heading inside, it actually ended up being pretty cool. It was a lot more hands on than the other site and seemingly more purpose built for tourists.

Overall, the Space Centre was pretty cool and, I'd say, worth the money if you don't go expecting too much. The only thing that let it down was Ashley and her bitch face.

We left the Hall of Fame and drove back to Clearwater.

*rocket didn't actually go to moon, or, in fact, leave earth. Gutted.

Florida: Oh Stacey, look what you've done

Day 2 -- Woke up, generally lazed around until everyone was ready and then we went to Publix to buy our Islands of Adventure passes. Then we went to Chili's for food.

After Chili's, we started off to Orlando, with Abby driving instead of Janine, due to the fact she'd started to feel ill. The trip there was fairly uneventful, once at the hotel we were staying at though, we decided to check out Universal CityWalk. Paying $15 to park, only to find out Universal CityWalk is shit. We left disappointed and headed back to the hotel room.

It was at this point we found someone special. I don't want to overstate anything... but... I found love in Orlando, and that love's name is Stacey.

I don't want to stay too much about Stacey, other than she has great stories to tell -- stories that we could listen to all night, she's enthusiastic and passionate about her job. She also likes pwning things.

I tried to get a video of Stacey for you, but despite the fact that she's definitely not shy, I failed to get one.

Day 3 -- Hogwarts!

We'd booked ourselves on the shuttle from the hotel to the park at 10am and headed pretty much straight to 'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter'. I'd researched it a lot online, but it was still a lot better than I imagined it being. We walked through Hogsmead, just taking it all in and went into Hogwarts. The inside of which is the line to 'Harry Potter & The Forbidden Journey'. Inside the castle was awesome. The detail is amazing. With little things from the books/movies across littered along the path.

The ride was cool too, essentially a simulator. You go from the Great Hall and fly out of Hogwarts and across the Hogwarts' grounds.

From Hogwarts, we went to Jurassic Park. Got a little wet and moved on to Toon Lagoon and got soaked. Literally, not a dry spot. From there, Spiderman! The Hulk! Cat In The Hat...

Then we went off to the Three Broomsticks for some Butterbeer. It was nicer than I thought it was going to be, but it was extremely rich. I felt like I'd drank loads and then looked down at the cup to find next to nothing gone. I didn't finish it.

DUELING DRAGONS! AWESOME. [I'm getting tired of blogging right now]

Then I went shopping. Oh, I actually went shopping before, I bought a t-shirt in Hogwarts. The other stuff I bought was from Honeydukes. A couple chocolate frogs, and some any flavour beans, as well as just some Honeydukes Milk Chocolate. Which I just realised will not taste good, cause it's American chocolate. It's all American chocolate. Oh dear. Hogwarts, you've let me down. Hogwarts is in the UK, it should be British chocolate!

Now we're back at the hotel. Where we've decided we're the cold open of Friends. I will not expand on that at all.