Lovely trip report! So glad you had a wonderful, well-deserved time. Velocicoaster is one of our favorites too! Love that acceleration as you approach the top hat! We gave Strong Water another go during a recent weekend and so glad we did. We ended up having Lenny while seated at the bar and he was just delightful! So pleasant and caring… always checked in on us, made amazing drinks (I love gin and he recommended some that he made) and had fun conversations. Thanks for an amazing trip report!
Looking forward to another trip report! Your writing and pictures are lovely. Hoping the May trip is simpler when it comes to the testing.
Hi Carole,
Thanks for sharing your long awaited "Return to America" with us. Sounds like your usual relaxing trip with lots of good eating, drinking and people watching. Of course the last two days sounded so stressful, I was thinking of you once Omicron became a "thing" and they were closing some borders. "At least they're there now," I said to myself, "and can finish their vacation."
My adult DD and I have May and September booked this year as well. Next month we plan to get TSA Precheck to make the airport lines a little better.
My DD will definitely try out the VC, even though she can't tolerate the coasters as well anymore. We also want to do Hagrids at night if possible, we did it several times in 2019, but not at night because the parks were closed after we had dinner.
I'm going in this year with lower expectations and lots of patience. I'm sure we will have a great time just being back!
Carole, thank you for the wonderful report. I have a few days off and have enjoyed finishing reading your report.
I’m so glad all worked out with the Covid testing, flight, and the unexpected train ride.
I hope you have a wonderful trip in May, we are going back the end of April for 7 nights and will spend time at Universal for a day or two. I am renewing our AP’s at Universal for 1 more year.
Our Disney AP’s expire the end of September and for the first time in many years I am not renewing.
Thanks for the crepe review, I have heard the crepes were delicious from a few vloggers. I wonder if it was an off day or if they have started to cut corners on them.
It sounds like you had a nice trip and really enjoyed being back. This was very evident in your report!
Thanks again and I look forward to another one!
Carole, I LOVED your report. I'm so glad you and Tom were able to get back to your happy place and that it didn't disappoint. I felt your tears of joy for sure. Universal is our happy place too so I totally get it!! Awesome that you got to ride VelociCoaster so many times. You and Tom both look so wonderful and happy! I love how the two of you go with the flow and stop to smell the roses - it's the best part of any trip. Looking forward to reading your new report. We're going back in August and cannot wait!!
It now, since 2019 has the addition of Tuk Tuk......a much needed quick service food option for the hotel. We haven`t actually eaten anything from there, but it does get very good reviews, we keep saying we`ll give it a try, but never seem to be hungry whenever we`re there or we`re heading out for food.
And of course we cannot wait to see this beautiful sight again.......
We stayed in RPR once. I think it was 2017. We liked the hotel but didn't love it the way you do. One of the big shortcomings for us with two young picky eaters at the time was food. The food offerings were mostly upscale and not to the kids' liking with a heavy emphasis on Asian flavors. We loved Jake's, but an affordable quick service was badly needed. Glad to see they got one!
My oldest is such a Christmas nut. I can't wait to see all the holiday decorations when we go this year.