So last weekend was both fun and exhausting. Halloween, the FL/GA game and Orlando with friends...
I got off work Wednesday night after midnight with the next two days off and headed home to pack for Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando. My brother, Mike, two female friends of his, and I checked into our room at the Hard Rock Hotel and went to Islands of Adventure during the day.
My brother and me
The new Harry Potter area was a huge disappointment. The Butter Beer wasn't really beer (or alcoholic in any way), the "Every Flavor Jelly Beans" were just overpriced Jelly-Bellies and lastly the new Harry Potter ride was broke down.
After we left the park we hit up the hotel pool and my waterproof camera that I've had for years decided to not be water proof anymore. Thankfully, I was still able to pull the days pictures off the memory card.
Next, I met up with my friends Matt and Ashley for food and pre-HHN drinks. And considering that Ashley used to work the Wing House here in Jax before it closed and that's where I had met them, we met up at the one down there in Orlando.
Once the lot of us finally made it to HHN, which was over an hour after our intended arrival, we had a blast. The houses were so much better than last years and since we had express passes this year, we didn't have to wait in any line more than 10 minutes.
Sadly though, Our night was cut short... There I was getting myself a shot from this super cute zombie nurse and chatting about Tom Savini and zombie flicks when I notice a couple people talking to the rest of our group. Turns out they were undercover park security and my friend Matt had been busted giving my underage brother booze while I was getting my own! So after escorting them back to a security area FULL of people doing the same thing, he and my brother were kicked out of the park for a full year.
They told us that Ashley and I were welcome to stay since we hadn't done anything wrong, but we didn't. Ash wasn't about to stay without her BF and I wasn't going to stay by myself, since my friend Mike bailed on the rest of us to cater to this chick "friend" of his who came with us like a lost puppy dog. After I specifically gave him the "she joined us on this trip, not the other way around. We're still going to do what WE want to do" speech... I'm getting pissed off just thinking about it.
My brother and I took off early Fri morning (yes, I made him drive) and when I got home I took a nap before going downtown to work the water taxis for the FL/GA weekend. Drunk, loud sports fans made for a hectic night. But at $12/hour plus tips and all the sexy Halloween costumed college tail I could gawk at made it worthwhile. The actual game the next day was surprisingly somber for FL/GA, especially considering FL won the game in overtime.
After two days, 22 hours and $315 made... I was ready of a real day off.
But alas! Sun was Halloween! And I couldn't NOT go out...
Matt and Ash
Me and Matt
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I got off work Wednesday night after midnight with the next two days off and headed home to pack for Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando. My brother, Mike, two female friends of his, and I checked into our room at the Hard Rock Hotel and went to Islands of Adventure during the day.
My brother and me
The new Harry Potter area was a huge disappointment. The Butter Beer wasn't really beer (or alcoholic in any way), the "Every Flavor Jelly Beans" were just overpriced Jelly-Bellies and lastly the new Harry Potter ride was broke down.
After we left the park we hit up the hotel pool and my waterproof camera that I've had for years decided to not be water proof anymore. Thankfully, I was still able to pull the days pictures off the memory card.
Next, I met up with my friends Matt and Ashley for food and pre-HHN drinks. And considering that Ashley used to work the Wing House here in Jax before it closed and that's where I had met them, we met up at the one down there in Orlando.
Once the lot of us finally made it to HHN, which was over an hour after our intended arrival, we had a blast. The houses were so much better than last years and since we had express passes this year, we didn't have to wait in any line more than 10 minutes.
Sadly though, Our night was cut short... There I was getting myself a shot from this super cute zombie nurse and chatting about Tom Savini and zombie flicks when I notice a couple people talking to the rest of our group. Turns out they were undercover park security and my friend Matt had been busted giving my underage brother booze while I was getting my own! So after escorting them back to a security area FULL of people doing the same thing, he and my brother were kicked out of the park for a full year.
They told us that Ashley and I were welcome to stay since we hadn't done anything wrong, but we didn't. Ash wasn't about to stay without her BF and I wasn't going to stay by myself, since my friend Mike bailed on the rest of us to cater to this chick "friend" of his who came with us like a lost puppy dog. After I specifically gave him the "she joined us on this trip, not the other way around. We're still going to do what WE want to do" speech... I'm getting pissed off just thinking about it.
My brother and I took off early Fri morning (yes, I made him drive) and when I got home I took a nap before going downtown to work the water taxis for the FL/GA weekend. Drunk, loud sports fans made for a hectic night. But at $12/hour plus tips and all the sexy Halloween costumed college tail I could gawk at made it worthwhile. The actual game the next day was surprisingly somber for FL/GA, especially considering FL won the game in overtime.
After two days, 22 hours and $315 made... I was ready of a real day off.
But alas! Sun was Halloween! And I couldn't NOT go out...
Matt and Ash
Me and Matt
End