So I visited IOA today (Tuesday, Dec 21) to buy a Harry Potter-esque christmas present for my ex-beard Jen. What I thought would be a lone, quick shopping experience turned out to be a crazy extravaganza only the superbowl halftime show could muster. Shall we begin?
Yay Orlando's #1 resort for capital spending and progress...
There sure are a lot of people in Citywalk. Oh well, it
is 11am.
Now, why do I smell stress coming up ahead?
Well FML.
IOA was PACKKKKKED today. According to a fellow friend who works for the mouse, MK hit 75,000 yesterday. Orlando is busy yall.
To make matters worst, instead of going left towards Suess Landing like a normal person, they had signs for the WWOHP pointing the OTHER WAY. At this point I wanted to shoot myself in the face, but I was morbidly curious as to what the wait could possibly be.
This is the service road between Dudley Do-Right's and JP arch. And these people (including myself) are waiting in line to receive a "Fastpass" to get into the land. 75 min wait...
Since I couldn't enter until 1:40, I walked around the park looking like an idiot. My friend who works for the mouse was supposed to meet me in the park but unfortunately he lost his annual pass. There is nothing more fun than being a party of 1 in a theme park.
Guess I'll watch people do stupid stuff like ride the water rides. It was 60 degrees.
They even used the left side. That's how crowded it was. Workers were out in full force barking to guests "Ride the water rides now while it's warm!" (warm?)
Stupid people. In 3 seconds, everyone in this picture will have water shooting into their faces.
I decided to check out an area I don't frequent (because it's so out of the way and kinda hidden by the trees: The front of the park.
They had performers playing arabian music behind me. It was odd to see street entertainment here, but I really liked it.
What a random skyline. Grey warehouse, tropical visitor building, castle, elaborate rock formation.
Idk what I'm taking a picture of, but by this time my friend told me they sell select HP merchandise at the Port of Entry gift shop. Opps. I forgot.
Well, after spending about an hour and a half here, I bid my farwell to the park and head to the gift shop where I buy a Twiwizarding Cup for my friend, so she can drink hard liquor from it.
Hope yall enjoyed my first ever trip report. Ok Bai!