Category: Theme Parks
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 294 – Dark Souls
Yep, another trip to Halloween Horror Nights. But this time, I made sure to get a photo with someone/something other than Lady Luck. As I emerged from the Canyon of Dark Souls, I noticed one of the reapers was being “used” as a photo op. This year’s event is largely photo-free in the scare zones, with scareactors generally going out of their way to stay out of posed pictures and keep the scares going. But it was a particularly crowded night and sometimes it’s just safer to let everyone take pictures outside a foggy scare zone rather than trying to stop and fire off flash photos in the middle of a tight area. So I joined in the fun.
As I began to walk away after the photo, the reaper waved me back to him and asked me in a raspy, growling voice, “Are you Freddy Krueger?” He had noticed my new sweater. I told him I was slowly turning into Freddy, to which he replied, “His soul is trapped here,” or something to that effect. After being called “Waldo” earlier in the night by a random guest (Waldo has red and white stripes, not red and brown!), I was happy to see that at least one person at the Halloween event recognized the sweater.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 291 – Disney Afternoon
I was on a mission to buy the new DuckTales shirt I heard was available at Epcot and when I got there, I also spotted an excellent Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers shirt too, so I had to get both. While I like the DuckTales shirt (Woo hoo!), I love this Rescue Rangers shirt because it doesn’t say anything, so it’s slightly more subtle. Slightly.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 288 – Horror Nights prize
Technically I won the ghost pictured here yesterday at Halloween Horror Nights, but I didn’t get home until after midnight, so I’m counting it as today’s photo. In the Amity section of Universal Studios, I paid $10 for 4 dart throws at balloons. I hit popped 4 balloons and walked away with this ghost (which I’d been wanting since spotting it last year) for 3 hits and a little cow for the fourth. I could have only paid $8 for 3 darts and left with the ghost I wanted but figured I might as well go for an extra throw, just in case I missed.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 286 – Miniland
Today was the official grand opening of LEGOLAND Florida and easily the best part of the park is Miniland, where cities around the United States (and even a trip into history featuring pirates) are created in miniature using thousands upon thousands of LEGO bricks. The surprisingly large area is packed with fun vignettes featuring little LEGO people going about their LEGO lives amidst the LEGO cityscapes.
I’ll be posting a ton of photos from this area soon, but here’s me standing in the middle of it, with Washington DC directly behind me and Las Vegas behind that.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 285 – LEGOLAND preview
I enjoyed my first day at a LEGO theme park with today’s media preview of the new LEGOLAND Florida in Winter Haven. The park has a lot more to see than I had anticipated, so even after being there for 7 hours, I still didn’t see everything – and I’m going back tomorrow for the grand opening day! Today was a good chance to experience the park with very light crowds but tomorrow they’re expecting around 15,000 people… probably 15 times what was there today. Should be interesting!
